For all of the petrolheads out there, who are passionate about cars designing and want to learn the ropes from professionals of the game, here’s good news! Industrial Design Centre (IDC)- IIT Bombay and Office of Continuing Education & Quality Improvement Programs, IIT Bombay have come up with a short term course on ‘Automotive Styling & Design’. The course has been tailored to shed light on everything that goes into designing visual appearance or aesthetics of the vehicle.
The course will be held at IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai from 20 to 25 March 2017. It will be conducted by Nishant Sharma, IDC, IIT Bombay and Automotive Industry Expert Sathiya Seelan G. The last date of registration for the course is 15 March 2017. The course comprises of series of lectures and design demos that will give participants an exposure to vehicle design trends, journey from sketch to vehicle, skills-resources-tools, sketching-rendering, Computer Aided Styling (CAS), Clay Modeling, Exterior-Interior, Instrument Panel, Colour-Material-Finish, Experience and Interaction Design.
Details of the course are stated as follows:
The course will be divided into three modules.
Module 1: Automotive Styling & Design
- Automotive Design- Scope and Directions
- New Vehicle Product Design and Development
- Vehicle Design Trends, Historical Perspective
- Vehicle Styling Process: From Sketch to Vehicle
- Studios, Resources, Skills and Tools
- Vehicle Package
- Detailed sessions by design experts on:
- Cars
- Two wheelers
- Commercial Vehicles
- Concept vehicles show cars, futuristic vehicles
Module 2: Exterior Design
- Components of Exterior design, Body in White (BIW) Materials and Processes- Traditional and New
- Exterior Trends- Global and Indian
- Users stories to Inspiration Boards
- Exterior Sketching (doodle, sides, perspective)- Demo
- Two wheeler Sketching (doodle, sides)- Demo
- Exterior Computer Aided Surfacing (CAS)- Demo
- Exterior Clay Modelling- Demo
Module 3: Interior Design
- Components of Interior design
- Interior Trends- Global and Indian
- Seating buck and Ergonomics
- Interior Sketching (doodle, perspective)- Demo
- Interior Computer Aided Surfacing (CAS)- Demo
- Interior Clay Modelling- Demo
- Instrument Panel, Displays, and Controls
- Colour, Material, Finish- – Demo
- Experience and Interaction, Technology and Future
The short term Automotive Styling & Design course is aimed at candidates from the field of automotive, transportation, and also from Government organizations. Product Designers, design engineers, studio Engineers, auto ancillaries and Suppliers, automotive accessories designers, and faculty members of design institutes can make use of the course. Students of design, engineering, architecture, and fine art will also benefit from the same.
On completion of the course, participants will be awarded a certificate from the Continuing Education Programme of IIT Bombay.
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