Product Design

B.Des in Product Design

The B.Des in Product Design at WUD trains students to design products, systems, and services that enhance everyday life — in homes, workplaces, institutions, public spaces, and digital-physical ecosystems. This flagship program combines hands-on studio practice with critical design thinking, guiding students to balance creativity, usability, technology, and sustainability.

The curriculum spans design process and research, ergonomics, material innovation, sustainable design, design history, ethnography, and system design, while also integrating emerging areas such as digital prototyping, IoT-enabled products, AI-assisted design, and circular design practices. Students learn through workshops in wood, metal, plastics, and digital fabrication, gaining practical making skills alongside conceptual fluency. With a “learning by doing” approach, each semester builds toward real-world projects and industry collaborations.

Graduates emerge as versatile product designers equipped to work across diverse B2B and B2C markets. They find opportunities in consumer electronics, home appliances, automotive, personal products, healthcare, lifestyle goods, craft-based innovation, and toys/games, as well as in sectors like sustainable infrastructure, water, waste, and renewable technologies. Many go on to pursue entrepreneurial ventures, partnering with peers from design, engineering, or business to launch new product ideas.

Career Outcomes: Product Designer, Industrial Designer, Furniture Designer, Consumer Electronics Designer, UX for Physical Products, Toy/Game Designer, IoT Product Designer, Sustainability & Circular Design Specialist, Design Entrepreneur.

Product Design (4-year BDes) Curriculum

3 SEM 4 SEM 5 SEM 6 SEM 7 SEM 8 SEM
Core
Design Project (Ergonomic design + Design research and methodology) Design Project-(Special Needs) Design Project (Craft based design + User centric design) Design Project-(smart product) Design Project (Sustainable Design + System Design) Bachelor’s Thesis Project
Non - Core
Elements of form Form Semantics Nature and Form Techno aesthetic detailing Colloquium Paper  
History of Design   Motion and Mechanics Product Graphics and Packaging Global design values  
Essentials
Product Visualization 2D & 3D Computer Aided Design II Computer Aided Design III   Professional Practices  
Materials and Processes I: Metals and Wood Advance workshop technology        
Computer Aided Design- I Material and processes II        
Elective
Common Elective Common Elective Common Elective Common Elective Common Elective  
  Common Elective Common Elective Common Elective Common Elective  
Industry Design
      Design Management Internship Documentation and Presentation  
           

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