Aedge Podcast - Unlearning via design
Jul 9, 2024
Free flow, constraints and open minds
A few weeks ago, Adeptic Labs had the opportunity to conduct a workshop at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology. So we thought of inviting some of their design students to share their experiences as design students. This conversation with Chitra explored -
Choosing design as a course of choice
From wanting to become a doctor, engineer, or theatre person and knowing that they wanted to be only a designer
Challenges and experiences of staying in the problem space, solving fights with friends using a design mindset,
Letting go of assumptions while trying to build the right product
Research and design, having to observe people for hours
Being influenced by having a parent in marketing
Design is a continuum
Influences in their design journey through spiritual exploration, cultivating their lines of inquiry, being influenced by friends and family and going back to them when they are stuck, the influence of having a parent in marketing and the creation of impactful campaigns
unlearning at Srishti with a course on chaos and turning traditional learning on its head
How research helps in design, like a scientific mind
Engineering approaches have rules, designers work more openly
Theatre influences design and vice versa, seeing design through theatre as reflections of the world we live in, actors and designers' minds are like a begging bowl always waiting to be filled with anything coming their way, curating and creating experiences
What Unlearning meant in their First year at Design School