Types of Designing Courses & their career scope
In India, there are different types of design courses available at different course levels. Many universities & colleges are offering design courses in various streams to suit the natural creative quotient of the aspirants.
Various umbrella design courses are as
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Fashion Designing: Fashion designers are responsible to design clothes / apparels & fashion accessories. This field requires the aspirants to remain updated with the latest fashion trends, geographical sentiments & local culture.
Skills Required
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Conceptualization skills
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Sketching
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Adobe Photoshop
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Merchandising
Career Opportunities
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Fashion Houses
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Merchandising
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Fashion Journalism
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Own Business
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Interior Designing: Professionals in this domain work with interior spaces to improve the safety, functionality and aesthetic appeal of the area. Interior designers use specialized softwares to select to convert their ideas into designs for further execution. They play with the interior elements like construction pattern, color schemes, furniture, flooring, lighting to transform the space as per the requirement.
Skills Required
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Computer Aided Drafting/Design (CAD) Software
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Pattern setting
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Customer servicing
Career Opportunities
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Designing Consultants
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Architect Firms
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Own Business
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Footwear designing: These designers are responsible to design fashion footwear. Being the integral part of leather, rubber, canvas, plastic; as raw material, aspirant should possess basic understanding about these materials
Skills Required
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Computer Aided Drafting/Design (CAD) Software
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Sketching
Career Opportunities
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Buying Houses
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Export & Import Houses
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Production Units
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Textile Designing: These designers’ works to create fabrics and materials used in fashion & interior design.
Skills Required
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Understanding about fabrics
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Good sense of color schemes
Career Opportunities
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Textile Mills
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Buying Houses
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Export & Import Houses
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Production Units
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Graphic Designing: Graphic designers are the people responsible to designs marketing material like collaterals, product illustrations, brand identities and websites using specialized computer softwares. They merge technical skills with artistic ability to create designs that communicates brand message with the targeted audience.
Skills Required:
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Adobe Photoshop
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Adobe InDesign
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Adobe Illustrator
Career Opportunities
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Design Agencies
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Marketing Consultants
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Product Designing: These are the people those who conceptualize & design usable products to make day to day life easier.
Skills Required:
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CAD / CAM
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Sketching
Career Opportunities
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Production Units
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Retailers