March 28, 2025
Creative design experiments through playful games encourage intuition, observation, and spontaneity. Activities like visual association or material exploration foster collaboration, curiosity, and sensitivity to form, texture, and context, creating safe spaces where mistakes inspire deeper creative learning and connection.
March 25, 2025
The calligraphy workshop introduced design students to artistic handwriting, typography, and letterform design. It enhanced creativity, encouraged hand-lettering in projects, and highlighted calligraphy's design significance, while suggesting future exploration of advanced techniques and digital tools for deeper learning.
March 18-20, 2025
The 3-day Mask-Making Workshop introduced design students to sculpting, moulding, and finishing with gypsum and plaster bandages. It emphasized safety, craftsmanship, and creativity, offering hands-on exploration while encouraging advanced techniques like resin casting or theatrical mask design.
March 12-13, 2025
The two-day Cyanotype Workshop introduced design students to alternative photographic printing using sunlight. Participants explored chemistry, history, and creative compositions, producing unique blue-toned prints while enhancing hands-on learning. Future sessions could expand into diverse experimental printmaking techniques for deeper exploration.
February 22, 2025
The "Garment Making Through Paper" workshop introduced fundamentals of fashion design using paper. Participants explored structure, form, and sustainability, creating unique paper garments. The hands-on experience encouraged creativity, innovation, and low-waste practices, fostering design sensibility and experimental thinking.
February 18-19, 2025
The Lamp Making Workshop at PCU Pune Design School, led by architect Akash Shah, introduced students to platonic solids, parametric design, and material exploration through hands-on lamp crafting, enhancing technical skills, creativity, and geometric design understanding.
October 22-23-24, 2024
The Bamboo Craft Workshop introduced students to bamboo's versatility in design and model making. Through hands-on practice, they learned shaping, joining, and crafting techniques, creating unique products while appreciating bamboo's sustainable, flexible, and practical applications in creative design.
August 23, 2024
The Comic Jam & Zine Making Workshop guided students through idea generation to printing, covering zine culture, layout, and materials. Hands-on tasks like storyboarding and comic challenges fostered creativity, leaving participants with practical skills and completed works.
August 22, 2024
The Origami Workshop introduced participants to folding fundamentals, progressing from simple to intricate designs. Students explored materials, crafted lifestyle products, and created original pieces, fostering mindfulness, creativity, and practical understanding of origami as an artistic and design practice.
February 6th, 2026
As part of the academic curriculum for the Visual Communication Design program, an industrial visit was organized to observe and understand both manual and machine screen printing processes. The visit was aimed at exposing students to real-world printing practices, bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical industry applications.
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February 7th, 2026
The manufacturing facility of Supreme Industries, Kanhe specializes in production and assembly of plastic based industrial parts. They have injection molding and assembly units. Supreme Industries supplies injection molded plastic parts to various leadirig automotive and other industrial firms like Tats, JCB and Piaggio group.
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February 6th, 2026
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2026 was a vibrant and inspiring experience. The creative entrance made with Milton bottles and caps was especially memorable. The festival beautifully combined art, culture, sustainability, and design in a public space.
Overall, it was an educational and enriching visit that enhanced my creative thinking and design understanding.
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February 17th, 2026
The educational visit to the "Living Lightly Utsav" at Zapurza was a deeply enriching experience. It successfully expanded the students' understanding of design beyond standard industrial applications, grounding it in ecological awareness and cultural preservation.
By interacting directly with pastoral communities and viewing thoughtfully curated exhibits, students gained a holistic perspective that will significantly contribute to their development as empathetic and culturally aware design professionals.
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We gained practical knowledge of residential interior planning and execution.We studied the layout of the unit and understood how rooms are organized according to function, ensuring proper furniture placement, circulation, comfort, and usability.
We also learned about material selection, especially in the kitchen, where MDF with laminate and plywood are used based on durability and moisture resistance, particularly in areas like under-sink cabinets.
View DetailsGarment Making Through Paper workshop taught design basics, sustainability, creativity, and garment structure through practice.
Lamp Making workshop taught platonic solids, parametric design, materials, and techniques, enhancing creativity and skills.
Bamboo Craft workshop taught properties, techniques, and applications, fostering sustainable design skills and creativity.
Comic Jam & Zine workshop taught brainstorming, design, culture, and printing, fostering creativity and skills.
Origami workshop taught folding basics to complex designs, fostering creativity, mindfulness, and cultural appreciation.
Terracotta workshop taught techniques, history, and creativity, fostering skills and cultural appreciation in participants.