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Prerequisites
for a good designer.
Do you know that 95% of the students are not even sure what a
designer actually does to earn a living? Or what are his / her
daily routines, work schedules or more importantly how do they
design? This also means that 95% of the students also do not know
whether they want to become designers or not.
Now, since the parents are not truly aware of this field as
a career, they are not too sure whether their child should even
be thinking of becoming a designer. This brings us to another
important conclusion that those who do join any designing
colleges do so by default i.e. once they get through the
entrance tests, they get tempted to join. So the question that
arises is “Who really has the ability to become a good designer
or to join prestigious institutes like NID/ NIFT. etc.?”
We at TRENDZ visit many schools and talk to class XI &XII
students about their career choices. 70% of them want to become doctors
or engineers or do MBA. Rest 29% of them are not sure and though
they have an inclination towards design or art, have just too many other
options in their minds. And only 1% are really keen and focused
about
Design
as a career.
This means a number of things for you as a student:-
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You have to be very focused about your career.
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You should be happy that this field does not attract too
much competition.
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To get focused you do not have to be in the 70% category.
Even if you are in the 29% category, you have a very good
chance of clearing the entrance exams for these design
institutes. You do not have to be exceptionally brilliant in
academics, if you have a unique way to look at things, an open
mind, if you are a last page scribbler and have a desire to make it
big on your own, but do not know how. You have to ask yourself a
logical question “If I am interested in curing diseases, I would
want to become a doctor some day. What would I do if I have to
become a designer some day? The answer is simple. If you think
you enjoy meeting people, noticing what type of garments they
wear, what looks good on them and what not, you enjoy it when
your room is being painted anew, you love it when your friend
wears old kick knacks as jewelery, well, you are the kind of
person these institutes would be looking for. You just need
some
focused guidance from the experts.
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