A survey, was conducted by Business Insider dot com, in 2012, which rated the 25 of the top design schools across the world, using the following methodology: I Quote
" 633 respondents to the survey, 87.8% said they studied or participated in a college-level design program. Most of the respondents were either art directors (26.9%) or product designers (30.3%). The vast majority of respondents (76.6%) said skills and knowledge were the most
valuable asset their respective design programs offered. We ranked the schools by a simple metric: What percentage of respondents ranked the schools somewhat valuable, valuable, or extremely valuable?"
There's a debate going on at my home, between me & my wife , about whether we should send
our Son, Dhruv(17) to US(My view MIT Media Labs/Rhodes) or NID, Paldi, Ahmedabad, (which is a common meeting point between Dhruv, Me & also importantly, Dhruv's Mom(And my Wife) in that order, from Least to Most Important(Me, Dhruv & MOM!!!) to pursue, in his words, "ONLY & ONLY ANIMATION DESIGN" Not, Graphic, Not, Film, Not, Video JUST ANIMATION DESIGN!!!!"
NID Ahmedabad, 4 Year course, in Graphics, Video & Animation Design,
or
A 4 Year Course at MIT Media Labs, Massachusetts
THAT IS THE BIGGEST
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QUESTION
ON OUR MINDS
I'm of the opinion, as the kid, is more interested, in Animation, AND ONLY ANIMATION,
He must pursue ONLY MIT Media Labs/Or Rhodes Island School of Design(RISD), AND NOT NID , Paldi, Ahmedabad.
Here's why.
I started by purely googling
" Top Design Institutes of the World"
I get this wonderful, well researched & feedback from real alumni & graphic & animation or Media firms. It gives annual intake, rates them, gives focal area. Why it is good, and who are the famous alumnus. Well, I don't give Alumnus, that much importance,
as I give to Faculty, Research & Teaching.
PS: This link, is of 2012, in 2014 edition, NID, Paldi, Ahmedabad,(at No 11) is among world's top 25!!! In fact, when, it is about product design,(industrial ) or graphic design(logo & static images) NID(IN MY OPINION) is among, the world's Top 10. Here is the list. LINK
My view, design schools, can be categorized for the following
1. Graphic Image(Static Picture not digital, but its print quality)
2. Logo Design(Neither Graphic, Nor Digital, but just the Logo, & non verbal signage)
3. Video Design(not films OK!!!, Video, is used for Television, and it has close ups, Films have close ups, panned image)
4.Film Design(Do not join Design Schools for Films, join Film Schools, like FTII)
5. Product Design(Say Maruti OMNI, Ferrari, MacBook PC Monitor, Batmobile, iPod, Rs2 Coin, All Out Mosquito Liquid Repellent)
6. Textile Design(Join Fashion Institutes for the same say NIFT, Gandhinagar/Kolkata)
7. Animation Design Animation is 1
26 Best Design Schools in India Sorted on Rank
26 Best Design Schools in India Sorted on Total Intake(seats)
In Descending Order Higher to Lower
26 Best Design Schools in India Sorted on Year of Establishment
In Ascending Order Older to Newer
THIS IS WORK IN PROGRESS I will now categorize design schools as per area of speciality.
Design School Websites
Say Georgia Institute of Technology is known for Architechture, NIFT, Kolkata, for Knitwear & Leather, NIFT Delhi, for Fashion Design & Graphic Design, NIFT, Bangalore for accesory, NIFT, Gandhinagar for Jewellery & Textile Design, NIFT Mumbai, for Graphic & Fashion Communication,
NID Ahmedabad for Product, Animation & Graphic, Furniture Design, JJ School of Art & MS University, Vadodara, for Art.
If it is for an artiste, I would send him/her to London, Rhode Island, Or Pratt, if photographer, to NIFT Delhi, NID, Ahmedabad or Carnegie Mellon University School of Design, RISD or Pratt, For Logo Design, to Stanford 'D' School!!
If you can shift in 9th Standard to Ahmedabad, or send your kid to Ahmedabad,
BRDS(BHANWAR RATHORE DESIGN STUDIO) is the best institute for NID entrance, mind you, in GDPD (UG Level) there are just 120 seats) i.e 15 seats in each of the 8 fields, Animation & Film, Graphic, Film & Video, Furniture, Ceramic & Glass, Product, Textile,
total aspirants are approximately 30000. So the ratio is 120:30000 or 1:250.
In IIT-JEE the ratio is 6000:300000 or 1:50!!! In other words, NID Entrance is tougher than IIT-JEE or Indian Civil Services examination. Plus, there are some pretty serious aspirants.
IMHO, every year, around 600 SERIOUS CONTENDERS, TAKE NID DAT(Design Aptitude test) & Studio Test, with 100% PREPARATION. So, as NIFT has 2100 seats{[(at 15 centres) including 330 in F.Tech or Fashion Technology(production)] } :30000 aspirants it at 1:14.74 is a much easier ball game.
