Just read on BusinessWeek about a new government policy on taking design as a national priority. The policy acknowledges the need to develop design skills in India, is planning to set up more National Institute of Designs. This whole thing is still at the policy level, but it’s a good step forward. Good design skills are really scarce in India. With Indian companies now catering global markets, it’s critical that we train ourselves into designing our products in a manner that’s delightful to all our customers.
Albert’s Design Master Class we had in Magnet a week ago was a superb training for design in software projects – he actually even discussed design in everyday life. That was one reason why the training was so interesting. I think we should train our knowledge workers about design, at the same time setting up institutes for more formal design education.
Two friends who come in mind when I think of great designers, are Pranav and Kaushal. I think we should get together and do something!
Hey I totally skipped this post – was just egosearching when this popped up 🙂 and thanks for the honour!
Don’t know what you have in mind but we should definitely meet up sometime and catch up on stuff – been ages!