Product / Industrial Design in India

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Useful resource e-links on 'Product - Industrial Design' in India

Resources
Industry
Design Studios
Technical Firms

Reports, Articles
Business Standard writings on Product Design in India
National Design Policy
India Report by Charles Eames

Seminar
Design Experience
This event held annually is a national seminar with presentations of design work, mainly as case studies from the industry, by design motivators on critical issues in design.

Organisations
Associations
InDeAs
AIDI
Standards, IPR

D'source
- resources on Product design in India - courses, case studies, etc.

Writings
Writings by Prof. M P Ranjan, NID Ahemdabad
Writings by Prof. U A Athavankar, IDC, IIT Bombay
Writings by Dr. Ajanta Sen, Solar Project, Mumbai
Design History by Prof Kumar Vyas

e-Groups
Design India
IDCian, IDCians
NID Folks

Blogs
Design for India
- by Prof M P Ranjan
India by Design
- by Kavita Rayirath
Bard in Sight
- by Manoj Khotari

Institutions
All Schools
NID
IDC, IIT Bombay
IIT Guwahati
IDDC, IIT Delhi
IIT Kanpur + more
Museums

PD at IDC, IIT Bombay
- 2 year Master of Design (M. Des)
- Doctoral Degrees (Ph. D)
- Admission through CEED

PD at NID, Ahmedabad
- 4 year) Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD)
- 2 1/2 year Post - Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (PGDPD)

PD at IIT Guwahati
- 4 year) graduate program in Design (B. Des)
- Admission through JEE

PD at IDDC, IIT Delhi
- 2 year Master of Design (M. Des)
- Admission through CEED

Directories
Industrial Product Finder
India Biz Club

Resources
Automobile Design
Craft Design
Green Design

Case Studies
Elephant Design

Automobile Industries
Ashok Leyland - Trucks and Buses
Avon Bicycles - Cycles
Bajaj Auto - Motorcycles, Scooters, 3 Wheelers
Daewood Motors - 4 Wheelers
DC Design - Customised Automobiles
Eicher Motors - 2 Wheelers, Tractors, Trucks and Buses
Force Motors - Tempo, LCV's
Ford India - 4 Wheelers
General Motors India - 4 Wheelers
Hero Cycles - Cycles
Hero Honda Motors - 2 Wheelers
Hindustan Motors - 4 Wheelers
Huyndai Motors - 4 Wheelers
Kinetic Engineering - Motorcycles, Scooters
Mahindra & Mahindra - 4 Wheelers, SUV's, Tractors
Maruti Udyog - 4 Wheelers, SUV's, Vans
Mercedes Benz - 4 Wheelers
Reva Electric Car - 4 Wheelers
Royal Enfield - 2 Wheelers
Scooters India - 3 Wheelers
Tata Motors - 4 Wheelers, SUV's, Trucks and Buses
TVS Motors - 2 Wheelers
Volvo - Trucks

Communications Industries
Idea Cellular - Mobiles.
Reliance Infocomm - Voice, Data, Internet +
Tata Indicom -Voice, Data, Internet +

Consumer Industries
HMT - Watches.
Titan - Watches.
Tanishq - Jewelry

Home Industries
Bajaj- Iron, lights, Mixers, Ovens, Fans +
BPL- TV, Refrigerators, Washing Mc's, Ovens +
Bharat Impex - SS Vessels, Cookers, cutlery +
Crompton- Fans, Lighting Fixtures +
Electrolux - Ac's, Refrigerators, Washing Mc's, Ovens +
Godrej Appliances - Ac's, Refrigerators, Washing Mc's +
Philips India - Lights, Kitchen Eqp., Phones, Music Sys. +
Tata BP Solar - Lanterns, Lights, Heaters +
Usha International - Fans, Sewing Machines, Mixers +
Videocon Industries - TV, Refrigerators, Washing Mc's +
Whirlpool Industries - Ac's, Washing Mc's, Refrigerators +

Medical Industries
Philips India - Imaging, Ultrasound, ECG +

Industrial / Product Design Firms in India

Northern
Studio Korjan, Ahmedabad
I.D.E.A., Ahmedabad
MindsEye., Ahmedabad
NID, Ahmedabad

5th Quadrant, Delhi
Abhikalp Design, Delhi
Autumn Design, Delhi
Design Epoch , Delhi
Designdaku , Noida
DesignPlus, Gurgaon
Desmania, Delhi, Mumbai
Icad, Delhi
Incubis, Delhi
Nexus Design, Delhi
Think Design , Delhi

Southern
Axiom, Bangalore
Bang Design, Bangalore
Compositech., Bangalore
Design-Geneva., Bangalore
FT Design, Bangalore
Icarus Design, Bangalore
Kummaya Design, Bangalore
Neil Foley, Bangalore
Nipa Design, Bangalore
Play Speak, Bangalore
Tat Elexsi, Bangalore
Tessaract, Bangalore
Tycka Design, Bangalore

Centro id, Chennai, Bangalore
D Cube Designs, Chennai
e-mantras, Chennai
Mirajkar Design, Chennai
Thunk in India, Chennai
Jags Design, Coimbatore
Idola Fori, Hyderabad

Western
Mozaic Design, Goa
Iidenrt, Nasik
D esign Design, Kholapur
Wings 44, Kholapur
Bulls Eye Design, Mumbai
DC Dessign, Mumbai
EMW, Mumbai
Future Factory, Mumbai
Futuring, Mumbai, Pune
Greendesign, Mumbai
Ideas, Mumbai
IDC, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
Peacock Design, Mumbai
RJB X, Mumbai
Aakruti, Pune
Cluster-One, Pune
Design at Work, Pune
Design Directions, Pune
Design Geniesis, Pune
Elephant Design, Pune
Floret Design, Pune
G2 Design, Pune
Genesis Design, Pune
Lemon Design, Pune
Lokus Design, Pune
Onio Design, Pune
Purnansh Design, Pune
Remote 3D, Pune
Sauve Design, Pune
Ticket Design, Pune

Industry Design Studios
Philips Design India, Pune
Bata Design - India, Kolkata

International Resources:

International Resources

International Webzines
Businessweek: Design
Core 77
Design Observer
Dexigner Design Portal
Design Boom
Design Droplets - ID magazine for Asia Pacific
Designophy
Design Engine
Design Addict
Kaliber 10000
Yanko Design

International Directory
Coroflot
Core77 Design Directory
Design Directory

Designers
Ettore Sottsass
Giorgetto Giugiaro
Hartmut Esslinger
Jasper Morrisonr
Kenneth Grange
Karim Rashid
Mario Bellini
Michael Graves
Jonathan Ive - (Biography)
Philippe Starck (wiki)
Richard Sapper
Ross Lovegrove
Robert Venturi
Yves Behar

International Organisations
Association of Women Industrial Designers (AWID)
Cumulus - Association of Design Schools Worldwide
International Council os Societies for Industrial Design (Icsid)
Product Development and Management Association (PDMA)