Nazuk Keshan
Lifestyle Accessory Designer — Gandhinagar, India
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Studying Lifestyle Accessory Design
- Experience:
- 4 years
- Education:
- National Institute of Design, India
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EDUCATION
Current-
Pursuing Post-Graduation in Lifestyle Accessory Design
National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar
2004-08
Bachelors of Design, Textile Design
National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kolkata [CGPA 8.3]
2004
Senior School Certificate Examination, STD XII, Commerce
Sardar Patel Vidyalya, New Delhi [Aggregate 78%
2002
Secondary School Examination, STD X
Sardar Patel Vidyalya, New Delhi [Aggregate 83%]
PROJECTS
Exploring Material properties, surfaces & textures-
Wood, metal, paper, textiles, leather, bamboo, clay, corrugated cardboard, plastic pipes.
Jewellery mini project-
Created Series of experimental jewellery consisting -neckpiece, rings and broach, using plastic pipes and copper wire.
Creative methods-
Created trivets and coasters using properties of Corrugated cardboard
Designed hair accessories for women under 5rs/-
Designed a unisex wrist watch which is a combination of Digital & Analog way of time telling.
Trend Studies- Forecasting lifestyle trends for coming years, building a persona and a design solution for the same.
Craft Project- Working with handmade paper to create accessories, project sponsored by KVIC.
SKILLS
Design Software-
Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch Book pro, Picture Publisher, Nedgraphics- print & repeat pro, dobby, easy map.
Textiles-
Printing, weaving, fabric styling, surface techniques
Course Inputs
Trend Studies, Design Management, Craft Documentation, Perspective, object, nature & human figure drawing, colour & composition, form studies, ergonomics, and representation techniques.
EXPERIENCE
Apr12-Jun12
Asian Paints, Mumbai
Worked on a 2 month colour Project, Travelled and researched in the state of kerala
for improving and developing color selection tools
Sept09-Jun11
Ambadi Enterprises Ltd., Gurgaon, India
Worked as Executive- Design (Textiles marketing & design)
Responsibilities included understanding requirement of buyer, designing,
sampling of Textile made ups according to the taste and price points .Also
designing & Coordinating for exhibitions like Heimtextil, IMM Cologne,
Tendence etc.
Jun08-Aug09
Mahajan Overseas Pvt. Ltd., Panipat, Haryana
Worked as Textile Designer for export business, and domestic brand 'MASPAR'
Responsibilities included designing coordinated bed, cushions, kitchen, and
fabric Collections for the brand.Working on buyer specific brief for the
export division.
Nov07-Apr08
Mahajan Overseas Pvt. Ltd., Panipat, Haryana
6months graduation project
Jun 2006
Handicraft exposure to woodcraft industry and developing
contemporary product at Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Aug 2006
Berger Paints, India
Development of Color Folio for spring/summer 07 & Autumn Winter 2007-08
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE
(Represented ‘Ambadi Enterprises Ltd.’ As a Designer)
Oct 2010
Visited Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Amsterdam, France to meet clients to present new collections.
Jan 2011
Heimtextil, Germany (Exhibitor)
Apr 2011
Visited UK & Germany to meet clients to present collections and for trend research.
ACHIEVEMENTS
May2012
Watch design Feautred in tuvie.com
http://www.tuvie.com/digilog-watch-a-unisex-watch-that-was-inspired-by-yin-and-yang-philosophy/
May 2008
2nd place at ‘Best Graduation Project for 2008 in Textile design’ at ‘Tantu’, NIFT
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080517/jsp/entertainment/story_9280655.jsp
Jan 2007
Won Textile Design Competition at NIFT spectrum
1998-04
Merit Certificate each year for ‘Rangoli’ competition at school
2004
Illustrator for School Magazine
2002
Acknowledged for mix media workshop (clay) at “L’Atelier sur L’Herbr”
2000
Acknowledged for Kite making workshop at “L’Atelier sur L’Herbr”
