Glass Design
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What is Glass Design
The study of Glass design, which is also known as ceramic designing, is a course that offers tremendous skills and experience in the field of art and creativity as well as designing to its students. The ‘glass designing’ course provides its students with a specialization in architecture designing, interior designing, and many others.
The demand for this field of study has increased over the years due to a lot of people engaged in the careers of interior designing and architecture or engineering designing. It has been observed that a lot of people engaged in this course of a career are mostly women, but the number of men enrolled in this subject has also increased. Glass design combines creativity, technology and science to provide a wide range of scope and in-depth study on subjects of ‘Glass and Ceramic’ designing, increasing their chances of pursuing their careers at housing or real estate and interior design as well as engineering.
This course, glass design is mostly available abroad rather than in India due to their better infrastructure, knowledge, opportunities and more subjects of study in the field.
Therefore, many students from India go abroad for this course. Due to the limitations of the glass design course in India, but there are a few good Institutions that provide ‘Glass and Ceramic Designing’ courses with Ahmedabad having one of the most popular Institutions which offers Glass and Ceramic design courses.
Eligibility Criteria (UG & PG) of Glass Design
The eligibility criteria for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees are given below.
For undergraduate degree
The candidates must not be 20 years and above of age.The candidate must have completed 12th grade from a recognised board with a minimum score of 50% to 60%
For postgraduate degree
The candidates must not be more than 30 years of age.Aggregate marks of minimum 60% are required by almost all Institutions for this course of study.Candidates must have completed Bachelors in Design or any relevant course of study is recognised Institution or college.The eligibility criteria for the course of Ceramic/Glass design may differ among Institutions or colleges as per the needs and entrance exam scores.
Entrance Exams for Glass Design course
Admissions for glass design course are carried out by entrance tests of state and national level exams from various Institutes.
Institute Entrance Exam-
Institute entrance exams are carried out by respective institutes to get admission at the Institution for the study of Glass design. This type of entrance exam is conducted by the Institute alone and not national.
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED)-
UCEED is a national level entrance exam conducted once every year by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. It is a computer-based online test for the admission of Bachelor of Design.
Common Entrance Exam for Design (CEED)-
CEED is an entrance exam conducted once every year by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). It is a national level entrance exam for the admission of Masters in Design and PhD programmes offered by colleges with a CEED score.
National Institute of Design-Design Aptitude
Test (NID-DAT)-
NID Design Aptitude Test is a national level entrance exam which is an offline mode of exam conducted by National Institute of Design. It is conducted once in every year for admissions of bachelor’s in design, diploma in ‘Glass and Ceramic’ engineering (DGCE), and Master of Design. It consists of prelims and mains exams to clear the examination.
Scope of Glass Design in India and Abroad
The study of Glass design offers a wide range of scope for individuals pursuing the course.
Students pursuing this course have a great scope of working or setting up their art galleries or Glass studios, interior designing, real estate firms, product designing and much more, in India as well as abroad.
The field of design especially real estate, art galleries and interior designing has been a demand due to the importance given to art and designs today.
In places like New York City, San Francisco, United Kingdom, Germany and so on has been the centre of designing career scope for many aspirants of Glass Ceramic design course.
Course Subjects
The study of Glass design course provides a wide range of subjects to its students. Some of them are listed below:
Advanced Techniques for Materials Characterization
Ceramic Fabrication Process
Nano Ceramics
The technology of Ceramics white wear
Ceramic Materials and Applications
Bio Ceramics
Advanced Glass Technology
Science of Ceramic Materials
Glass and Glass and Ceramics Refractories
Plant, Equipment and Furnace Design
Advanced Ceramics
Careers in Glass Design
The Glass design course opens a wide range of career opportunities to its students in India as well as abroad.With the rise in demand for designing fields of work in almost all companies today, one with a Glass design degree can pursue a lot of career options in completion of their degree.Many people go abroad for further studies in Glass Ceramic designing due to limited seats and colleges in India and abroad providing better infrastructure and design subjects than in India with the use of technology and digital learning. Career options in real estate firms, interior designing, product designing, art galleries, design displays are the core focus of many aspirants pursuing this course of study since they can work efficiently by applying their skills and knowledge in the field of work.The coming years are expected to introduce more job opportunities in technology design with the application of Glass and Ceramic designing which will be advantageous for its aspirants.
Upcoming trends
A lot of upcoming trends in Glass design courses are expected in the coming years due to its rise in demand for this field of work globally. New course subjects are to be added as per the need and new trends that will exist or be introduced by many companies in the future. The subjects in this course cover all the latest technology or information about Glass and Ceramic design.A lot of career opportunities are expected to increase in the coming years in glass design. The use of technology in designing is the new trend today in Glass design course and it has been seen to be successful in bringing more knowledge to its students by making use of technology in designing.
Job Profiles and Top Recruiters
There are a lot of job profiles an individual with Glass design can pursue as their careers
with their degrees.
Glass designer/ freelance designer
Designing, producing, decorating pieces of Glass to make Glassware,
architectural Glass,
crafted Glass windows and much more.
Ceramic designer
Produce designs by clay, stoneware and porcelain to create pottery or sculptures
and homewares.
Interior designer
Design and style homes of people elegantly according to the size of homes and
as per the need of the owners.
Product designer
Creating digital or print drawings of different designs for different products of the
company.
Real estate agent
Rent, buy and design and sell properties to clients.
Glass Design Top Recruiters
The Clay Company
Ceramic India
DecorCera
Bombay Design House
Toshiba Japan
Maruti Suzuki
Weavetex Overseas
Average Salary
The average salary range for Glass design course students differs from company to company and the job role offered by Company. It also depends mostly on the skills, experience and degrees of an individual. The more skilled they are, the more chances they have of being recruited by high paying Companies.
Job RoleAnnual Average Salary
Glass designerRs. 4 to 6 Lakhs p.a. (Approx.)
Interior designerRs. 7 to 12 Lakhs p.a. (Approx.)
Freelance designerRs. 3 to 7 Lakhs p.a. (Approx.)
Ceramic engineerRs. 3 to 8 Lakhs p.a. (Approx.)
Product designerRs. 4 to 15 Lakhs p.a. (Approx.)
Required Skillset for Glass Design
The candidates or aspirants pursuing the course study of Glass design need to have certain skills to successfully understand and gain knowledge on their subject of course. Having a keen interest in art, design and being creative are the skills required for an individual seeking the best of opportunities through this course.An individual with the artistic style of design is advantageous, however, one can learn during the study of glass design course too by putting efforts and dedication throughout studying the course. It is important that after completion of a bachelor’s degree in glass design, one needs to have developed basic skills by then to proceed with further studies i.e. Master’s degree or even PhD in Glass design.
Course Curriculum for Glass Design
This course is designed to expose students to the fundamental knowledge of Glass and Ceramics and how they can be used in the field of design and creativity.It helps students understand the different types of glasses which are used in designing and the technologies used in carrying out the process of designing.It aims to bring out creativity and designing skills from its students using Glass materials and skills for designing in all fields related so that they have a wide scope of career paths in the future.
