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MUMBAI: With the Planning Commission of India all set to include design innovation as a major thrust in the 12th Five Year Plan, the 'Design Degree Show' of the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay gets further impetus this year.
The graduating batch of students from IIT-B designed several products for the Indian users that will be put up for exhibition at their Industrial Design Centre's (IDC) annual exhibition.
The list of products designed by them includes a social network for farmers, an interactive tangible tabletop for school children, malaria trackers, and a bed that becomes a work table as well as sofa. The design show which will showcase all these products will be held on June 30 and July 1 at Nehru Centre at Worli.
Designs from four branches — industrial design, visual communication, interaction design, animation and film design and mobility and vehicle design will be showcased. A few of these designs have already won national awards. The show is aimed at creating design awareness in society and simultaneously offering a platform for people to meet, interact and facilitates new ideas to emerge and innovative collaborations to materialise.
While one student worked at standardising mobile bills to design a standardised bill for all service providers. This bill will feature the most frequently called number, internet usage and value-added services. Transformable furniture was designed by the other group that would allow an individual to manipulate the product according to his or her requirements. Another project aims at redesigning Mumbai suburban railway indicators for effective communication with regular commuters as well as new travellers.
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