Course General Description

The interaction design program at NID would focus on aspects of design and behaviour of various forms of digital products ranging from mobile, web based to dynamic ones in gaming, education, transportation, healthcare, banking, retail and other domains. This program is offered as a two and half years Master of Design program in interaction design. This program educates the students on concepts, theories, practices and processes in the area of interaction design. The design projects and courses aligned for the various semesters progressively move from being able to communicate concepts, web & mobile platforms, to dynamic interactive interfaces and finally to look at product appliances & interfaces with strong relationship to physicality of the space context. The programme is a research driven and provides importance to various dimensions/aspects of interaction design: Sensory-perceptual-cognitive-behavioural and sociocultural-aesthetic etc. The students would gain adequate knowledge and training enabling them to design wide range of products using varied digital media/technologies and for diverse target audiences.

School General Description

The National Institute of Design (NID) is a design school in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Gandhinagar India. The institute functions as an autonomous body under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. NID is recognised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research under Ministry of Science and Technology, government of India, as a scientific and industrial design research organisation.