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Design Education
There are many nuances of a Career in Design Education. For me understanding Why I want to choose a Career in Design Education is phenomenally more important than figuring out How to get into Design Education. In my quest to learn more about a Career in Design Education, I found this amazing page: https://www.lifepage.in/careers/design-education
Prabhakar Dabral’s professional point of view!
With 7 years & 9 months of professional experience, Prabhakar Dabral understands Design Education. Prabhakar Dabral has worked in Design Education as Founder in JUG MUG Studio. In Prabhakar Dabral’s own words, this is how Prabhakar Dabral got into Design Education: “After completing B Sc in Fashion & Apparel Design from Army Institute of Fashion & Design, Bangalore and Masters in Design from National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar. I started working as a Stylist at Pantaloons Retail India Pvt Ltd. I am a former Guest Faculty at Design Circle. I also interned at Jump Inggoose. I am the Founder of JUG MUG Studio, JUG MUG is an initiative to empower & enrich lives around us through interactions and collaborations.” This link showed on the first page of search results for Prabhakar Dabral: https://www.lifepage.in/page/prabhakardabral
Career Video on Design Education
In a video, Prabhakar Dabral has talked about various aspects of a Career in Design Education. Prabhakar Dabral started by explaining Design Education as: “Design education is learning how to apply practical methods, prior knowledge, and natural talent to solve new problems. It is also referred to as Creative Education.” The video gave me so much food for thought.
It was a welcome change to see the video touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at Design Education, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter Design Education. Prabhakar Dabral touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:
- Teaching Methodology
- Elements & Principles of Design
- History of Art & Design
- Human Anatomy & Perspective Drawing
- Design Philosophies
- Child Psychology
This Career demands specific Skills which only an experienced professional can lay out.
Prabhakar Dabral then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Design Education:
- Observation Skills
- Visualisation
- Articulation Skills
- Execution Skills
- Hands-on Experience
- Communication Skills
- Social Skills
- Patience & Empathy
Positives of any Career motivate one to work hard for the same.
Prabhakar Dabral believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Design Education:
- Fun Job
- On-site Learning
- Bridging Gap between Parents & Kids
- Scope of Creativity
- Collaborative Profession
Challenges define a Career as much as the Positives of the same.
And, Prabhakar Dabral believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Design Education:
- Handling Students
- Dealing with Parental Insecurities
- Financial Insecurity
- Constant Up Gradation
In the final section of the video Prabhakar Dabral talks about How a day goes in a Career in Design Education. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Design Education, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20180627-0001
