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In India, design courses are trendy and appeal to the artistic mindsets willing to pursue a career in fashion, graphic, product or interior design. However, there are some factors which students must keep in mind before choosing to pursue a Design Degree out of  FOMO or wrong perception of one' s skills. Here are seven reasons as to why certain students might not find design courses suitable to them even though they feel they are made for designing. 

The Absence of Real Passion and Interest

Design requires imagination, critical analysis and a passion in aesthetics and usability. Lack of interest in design concepts usually causes the students to lack motivation, and thus, can adversely influence their academic work and career development.

Wrong Expectations 

Stats of design students in India indicate that the dropout rates in specialized courses such as design are more than other technical and non-technical courses. This is an indication of the discrepancies in the expectations of the students and the reality of the course and many end up dropping studies half way through.

Biases toward Structured Learning

Design education is not as fixed and more investigative in nature and it demands self-directed learning and exploration. The design courses can be frustrating and overwhelming to students who prefer learning in strict and predictable environments, and not knowing what is right and wrong.

Financial Limitations and ROI Issues

Design degrees may be costly, particularly when pursuing the course in private institutes that have studio and material tuition fees. The payback period (ROI) is very diverse and students who do not have excellent portfolios might also struggle to get gainful employment right after graduating.

Poor Technical and Digital capability 

Contemporary design extensively uses digital resources and applications (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite). Students who feel uneasy or unconversant with technology might not be able to follow at a pace that will impact their confidence and achievement.

Little Stress Tolerance of Subjective Feedback

Design is often subjective and iterative, with peer criticism, faculty criticism, and client criticism. Students that are stressed or demotivated by repeated subjective feedback might not succeed in the design discipline.

Incompatible Career Expectations

Most students anticipate high paying glamorous design careers without a full understanding of how intense the industry could be. In the absence of achievable career aspirations and readiness to face entry-level challenges, it is usual to be disgruntled and switch careers.

All-in-all, if a student is not crazy about designing, creativity, and wishes to do everything to build a lucrative design career, he/she should not pursue this course. Because designing is not everyone’s cup of tea, it is better  to look for alternative career options and not waste months studying something you don’t feel passionate about. 

Thus, before taking design courses, students must think hard about their eagerness to be creative, their wheel of comfort with ambiguity, their financial preparedness, and their career expectations. Reflective self-assessment may also avoid ineffective enrollment and help students to pursue courses and programs that match their stronger and intended aims. 

Are you searching for a career that blends creativity, style, and stability? Interior design courses are trending high in 2025 and for good reason. As homes and offices prioritize comfort, aesthetics, and eco-friendly solutions, skilled interior designers are in hot demand across India and globally.

Today's top interior design courses focus not just on beauty, but on innovation. Learn space planning, 3D modeling, and the newest sustainable design trends that transform any space into a masterpiece. Whether you choose a diploma or a degree, these programs equip you with hands-on skills and industry insights that employers crave.

Institutes like Manipal University and CVM School of Design offer courses tailored to today’s market, including training in smart home integration and biophilic interiors connecting people with nature indoors. Plus, industry-relevant internships and portfolio development boost your job prospects instantly.

Why is this course so sought after? The interior design field promises creative freedom, strong job growth, plus opportunities in real estate, hospitality, and corporate sectors. And with digital tools becoming vital, you’ll learn technologies that give you a competitive edge.

If you’re passionate about shaping spaces and want a career that’s future-proof, start exploring interior design courses today. Invest in your creative skills and join a booming industry!

The National Institute of Design (NID) continues to strengthen its global presence by virtue of a broad network of global as well as collaborative programmes. Ranked by Business Week (USA) amongst the Top 25 European & Asian Design Programmes (2006, 2007) and amongst the Top 30 design colleges globally by Ranker in 2014, NID has continued to adhere to excellence in learning as well as creative partnerships with world-class international design schools.

Faculty and Research Collaboration

Since NID is approaching six decades of designing learning in India, faculty exchange has emerged as one of the prime focus areas. Short- and long-term faculty exchange programs with its associate universities are fostered by the institute to develop cross-cultural learning and encourage research conversation in design. Research remains the pillar of NID's academic culture.

NID Press and Publications

NID's publishing arm, NID Press, chronicles the institute's philosophy of design and innovations in the form of books, monographs, catalogues, and newsletters. Its premier publication, The Trellis, focuses on research work, archival research, interviews, and book reviews with open invitations for contributions from both the faculty and students globally.

Collaborative Workshops and Open Electives

Through its Continuing Education Programmes (CEP), NID conducts short-duration workshops and collaborative training programmes bringing design in touch with industry, commerce, and service sectors. Visiting professors from partner institutions often co-conduct the workshops with the facilitators, facilitating cross-learning.

NID also organizes its Open Electives every year in January–February, where senior students from all disciplines are welcomed to participate in two-week multidisciplinary design workshops. International students and faculty are also welcomed, helping in creative exchange and experimentation.

Student Exchange Opportunities

NID offers semester-long exchange student programs typically between January to May during which the participants have the opportunity to undergo India's design ecosystem. The exchange requests are processed by the home institutions' respective International Offices in accordance with regulations that have been established.

Through these initiatives, NID continues to be at the vanguard of international design education by fusing Indian creativity with international cooperation to create the future generation of innovative thinkers and researchers.

The National Scholarship Scheme, initiated by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, is a program that seeks to empower Scheduled Tribe (ST) students by giving them complete financial support in seeking higher education in India's best institutes. The scheme is meant to motivate bright ST students to attend undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various professional fields like Engineering, Management, Medicine, Law, Social Sciences, and Humanities.

100% Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship

This 100% funded Central Sector Scheme is undertaken by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. It addresses all the notified and recognized institutions' approved courses. The award of the scholarship extends until the completion of the whole course, subject to maintaining satisfactory academic progress, as attested by the institute.

But the students availing of this scholarship are not entitled to receive any other Central or State scholarship during the same course.

 The income is derived by totaling the gross income of both parents from all sources — salary, agriculture, business, property, or any other source.

Important provisions are

If both parents earn, their combined income is considered.

In case of a single parent, only that parent’s income is counted.

For orphans supported by a guardian, the income limit does not apply.

For married students, the spouse’s income is added to the family income.

The certificate of income must be submitted only once at the time of admission. For salaried workers, Form 16 is accepted, whereas for others, certificates issued by the specific State or UT authority are acceptable.

Premier Institutions and Course Coverage

A total of 252 top institutions in India have been notified under the scheme currently (Annexure-I). They are prestigious IITs, IIMs, AIIMS, National Law Universities, and other high-ranked government colleges. Only those students from these institutions who are admitted on the basis of merit are eligible for the scholarship. Those admitted under management quota in private colleges are not included.

Providing Equity in Education

National Scholarship Scheme is an historic initiative for preventing good ST students from pursuing world-class education due to financial constraints. By paying for tuition fees, living expenses, and study expenses, the scheme provides opportunities for tribal youth to succeed in competitive, high-impact professional careers — building a stronger, more diverse India.

During the course of China's fast growth, society has increasing demands for educational reform. Unlike other elementary disciplines, design puts more importance on practicality, which demands that, in the course of design education reform, more efforts should be made to stimulate students' subjective initiative and enhance students' problem-solving ability in case of failure. This paper systematically elaborates on a more scientific approach to curriculum reform suitable for China's educational system, based on positive psychology and taking grit into account. It conducts research and analysis of the curriculum reform of design education based on positive psychology using field research, logical analysis, and other methods of research. It is easier to design education curriculum reform from the perspective of positive psychology than from that of normal education curriculum reform, and the contribution of grit to participation in the educational curriculum reform towards positive psychology is much higher than in the traditional educational curriculum reform, as per experimental study. 

In present times, in China, some problems and social contradictions have arisen due to rapid development. Consequently, most researchers call this new phase of Chinese society a transitional period. While a country or nation is transitioning, its education system will tend to experience all forms of changes and reforms. Due to the progress and foresight of the development of modern education, educational transformation and reform should precede societal reform and transformation, and the progress and foresight of educational theories and thoughts should ensure the progress and foresight of educational development. Since the past few years, with the nation's interest and the constant shifts in the need of talent for the society, universities and colleges have carried out a lot of research on modifying the teaching content and curriculum system (Tadesse and Melese, 2016; Yun, 2017). Yet the outcome is far behind what society needs (Shmuel, 2018; Campbel, 2020). Positive psychology asserts that human nature can only be eliminated or repressed by developing and enhancing positive power. As a new movement in psychology, the positive educational concept endorsed by positive psychology presents a new study perspective. Though majority of colleges and universities' human capital development objectives are all at "technical application talents," their curriculum contexts and pedagogies are not consistent with the name (Koh, 2017; Mohamed and Ahmad, 2019). Positive psychology research has had mixed success among many scholars. For example, Li Jinzhen et al. in "Positive Psychology: A New Research Direction" examined the emergence, general research areas, and current development status of positive psychology. It is said that the concepts of positive psychology have emerged in previous psychological studies, following the extensive introduction and examination (Li, 2019). While it is no longer new, Vickers (2018) and Fu and Clarke (2019) are confident that its systematic and systematic examination can provide a new research direction for psychology. In "Positive Psychology: Ideas and Actions," Miao Yuanjiang introduced the central framework content of positive psychology as an idea and an action (Yuen et al., 2019). It outlines the gigantic response it has received within the academic and societal realms, and it gazes into the future of the positive psychology's growth trend with optimism and concern (Tao, 2017; Huang et al., 2021). Grit is a learning culture that challenges students to work through a string of failures before attaining success. Cultivation grit is a vital personality attribute that must be highlighted in China's new school system. In conducting educational reform studies, it is essential to take into account the influence of the personality attribute on educational achievement.

This research aims to encourage educational curriculum reform, as well as investigate and assess design education curriculum reform from positive psychology, as well as the disadvantages and flaws of traditional design curriculum education. Discuss and analyze the design of education curriculum reform according to the concept of positive psychology.

With revolutionary trends revolutionizing UI/UX, typography, and branding. With interaction and customization, design turns more user-experience-centric, tech-aware, and sustainable. But so are branding and collateral design embracing newer approaches, reflecting well-balanced, streamlined personas of every digital and physical touchpoint. So, let's get closer to the biggest digital design trends of 2025 at a macro level.

1. AI-Design and Generative videos

AI is revolutionizing digital design in a way that simplifies and maximizes the workflow even more and makes infinite possibilities a reality. Until 2026, it will give layouts, color, even entire branding systems and serve as a giant helper and human creativity will never fall out of fashion. The designers will focus on primary decisions, making a selection between optimal AI-generated possibilities which best fit specific projects.

Software like Adobe and Figma have integrated AI, with software that opens doors, simplifies things, and introduces new levels of accuracy.

2. Dynamic, Fluid Typography

Typography will also change as a core design element up to 2025, becoming more flexible and responsive. Variable fonts will facilitate smooth performance on devices and across environments by adapting dynamically with screen size and user preference. Typography will become more interactive as text elements respond to scroll, hover, or voice input and form an interactive layer in response to user interest.

3. High Contrast

Dramatic contrast will be the supreme ruler of design in 2025, with intense contrasts like black blue and electric orange employed to stand out in digital and print. These effect colors bear optical tension that is arresting and can communicate energy, confidence, and freshness. Perfect for branding, UI, and marketing, these contrasting colors are especially well-suited to pierce the digital noise, and strike designs on screens and in life. High contrast isn't just beautiful—it's a statement of confidence and originality in a denser, busier cosmos of color.

4. Color in design

Digital design will move towards shades that not only represent the advancement of technology but also more and more evoke natural and emotional color by 2025. Look at the following color trends that will definitely make waves:

Neon Green and Electric Yellow – Representing the green revolution and computer age, these colours will find application in technology-focused branding in order to highlight the innovative and dynamic aspects of computer-based solutions. Both colours are bright and crisp, perfectly suiting trendsetter brands. Coral makes a return in a vibrant, bold spin, imbuing digital interfaces with energy and warmth. It is stunningly harmonious with neutrals and can serve as a striking accent without overwhelming. Electric blue is charging 2025, pouring into digital and brand imagery graphic, tech-, and futuristic energy that communicates innovation and assurance.

5.  Motion Posters

Motion posters will add a new, dynamic twist to 2025 design by fusing the strength of static images with high-end, luxury repeat motion. Perfect for advertising, social media, and event promotion, motion posters give enough movement to be seen without too much. Perfect for product launches and brand campaigns, motion posters will be a favored means of disseminating strong, compelling narratives that also remain, and brands will have an easy means of cutting through the noise of the digital environment.