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Automotive Sketching Workshop in IIT Mumbai

Jan12
2012 Leave a Comment Written by admin

DYPDC faculty had a great time at Techfest 2012 that was organized by IIT Powai. As part of this annual event, they had invited us to conduct an Automotive Sketching Workshop. Mr. Emanuele Nicosia conducted the session and was assisted by Dominique Taffin and Mizhuo Tomita. What was wonderful to see was the tremendous enthusiasm the 100 odd students from various parts of the country displayed. They also demonstrated a great desire to learn automotive sketching. It was also wonderful to see the number of female participants, who showed an equal amount of skill and passion to learn this art form.

All participants had a great time learning from the DYPDC faculty. What fascinated them the most was the improvement they noticed in their sketching skills before and after Mr. Emanuele taught them the tricks and tips to make better sketches. They left the session with the confidence that they too can improve their sketching skills if they put their hearts to it and practice regularly.

A little about our faculty

Emanuele Nicosia:

Emanuele Nicosia graduated from the Royal College of Art in London in 1976 and has more than 30 years of experience in designing production and concept cars for worldwide car industries using Italian creativity and designing concepts.

During his stint with Centro Ricerche Pininfarina, he worked with some of the world’s most renowned brands, including, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Jaguar, Peugeot, Cadillac, and Honda. Presently, he heads the Automobile Design program at DYPDC Center for Automotive Research and Studies.

Dominique Taffin:

He is a graduate of ECAL Art School, Lausanne, Switzerland and has over 25 years of experience in industrial and transportation design. He has an extensive experience in innovation, product development and project management, ranging from retail and interior architecture to yacht design as well as automotive design assignments, having worked with organizations such as GM, GE, MCC, Mazda, Benestoyachts and others. Some of his awards include, GM Chairman’s Honours Award for New Car Concepts and patents, GE Plastics Management Awards and patents.

Mizhuo Tomita:

She graduated from Waseda University, Japan, and went on to work with Creative Box, Inc – The Advanced Study Design Studio of Nissan Motor Company Ltd, where she was in charge of Project Management, Strategy, Concept Development of Various Show Cars that were presented at various important motor shows; Internal Advanced Study, Next Model Study, and Contextual Trend Study. After quitting Creative-box, she moved to Switzerland, where she worked as a Project Planner, Conceptor and Coordinator at DSN (Design Service Network s.a.). Since the year 2007, she has been with Bee Studio s.a.s. in Turin, Italy, and has collaborated with automobile giants such as, Subaru, Nissan, Honda, Daihatsu, Centro Ricerche Fiat, Martini and several others.

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Automotive Sketching Workshops are Back!

Nov23
2011 Leave a Comment Written by admin

Do you wish to sketch like pros?
Do you want to learn tips and tricks of the craft?
Do you want see your super-cool ideas magically come to life on paper?

Then this workshop is perfect for you.

DYPDC’s Learn from the Masters automotive sketching workshop is a day-long workshop where our expert faculty will take you through the basics of automotive sketching: right from the process of car design to car segments to perspectives, volume, balance, shading, and a lot more. Our wonderful faculty will coach you one-on-one, and teach you quick tips and tricks to master the art of sketching and ways to get progressively good at it.

This focussed workshop will equip you with the skills and confidence that will help you build great portfolios and prepare you for an exciting career in automobile design.

Who’s Eligible?

Apart from having a burning desire to be an automobile designer, the participant should have cleared his 12th standard, or should be in his or her final year of graduation or have completed his graduation.

Duration and Venue

• The first workshop will be held in Pune at the DYPDC Campus

• More workshops will be held in major cities across India. Last year we successfully conducted these workshops in 8 cities including, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Indore and Kolkatta.

• Information regarding venue and time will be provided to you in due course, after registration.

• All stationary items required for the workshop will be provided by DYPDC

• A certificate of participation will be presented to all the participants.

• Tea/coffee, snacks and lunch will be provided.

Cost

A nominal fee of Rs. 1000 will be charged per participant. For working professionals the fee is Rs. 2500. The fee needs to be paid in advance either through a cheque or a demand draft, the details for which will be provided to you, and will include cost of the workshop, certificate, lunch, tea/coffee and snacks.

Please note that if a participant applies to the undergraduate or postgraduate program in automobile design at DYPDC, the workshop fee will adjusted against the DYPDC application fee.

Registration

If you wish to be a part of this exciting workshop, register your interest by calling us on 020 – 3061 0506/7/8 and speak to Raman or Kailash.

Hurry, we only have limited seats!!

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DYPDC’s Learn from the Masters Workshop

Nov23
2011 Leave a Comment Written by admin

DYPDC’s Learn from the Masters day-long automotive sketching workshops were conducted in 8 cities, such as Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, with the idea of teaching participants the basics of automotive sketching: right from the process of car design to car segments to perspectives, volume, balance, shading, and a lot more. The sessions concluded with the evaluation of participants’ work.

These focussed, one-of-a-kind workshops were aimed at equipping students with the skills and confidence to build great portfolios, and give them a little taste of the exciting lives of automobile designers. Our expert faculty coached the students one-on-one, and taught them quick tips and tricks to master the art of sketching and ways to get progressively good at it.

The idea for such a workshop came about when most of our applicants expressed apprehension regarding their sketching skills.

Some applicants said: “I would love to be an automobile designer. I breathe, talk, sleep cars, but my only problem is that I’m slightly weak when it comes to sketching.”

Others said: “I have the ideas in my head but I can’t translate those ideas on to paper.”

This posed a concern for us. On one hand we needed students with such a burning desire to be automobile designers, but on the other hand we couldn’t admit students with average sketching skills. The answer lay in our desire to teach them, to give them the tools and to see if they could cope up. They did. The workshop results were amazing. We were thrilled to see their faces when they gave shape to the ideas in their heads.

One of the reasons these workshops were a great success was because of what the participants took away with them: the confidence to sketch well and a sense of accomplishment. The high point for them was the drastic change in their sketching output, the before-after results. It was also exciting for them to be among people who spoke their language, perhaps for the first time in their lives. They felt the energy of this collective passion and enthusiasm for automotive design.

So those who have been constantly emailing or calling us to inquire about the future workshops, get ready to unlock the designer in you. We will soon conduct several sketching workshops across the country. Get in touch with us to know eligibility requirements, registration process, workshop fee etc.

On a special request, we also conducted sketching workshops for reputed schools like IIT, Mumbai and VIT, Vellore.

For more details call us on 020 – 3061 9507/8 and speak to Ramandeep or Kailash, or email them at Raman@dypdc.com or kailash@dypdc.com respectively.

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