Duration
2-Year Degree
Eligibility Criteria
Min 120+ Credit
Any bachlelor Degree of Miniumum
4 years
4 years
Next Intake
July 2026
Session begins from 15th July 2026
The Master of Design (M.Des) in Design Futures is a two-year multidisciplinary program that combines visual, product, and interaction design with social, cultural, and environmental perspectives to prepare students for the challenges of tomorrow. The curriculum integrates core courses, studio projects, and a year-long thesis, allowing students to explore areas such as sustainable design, speculative design, data visualization, and design for social impact. Through a balance of research, experimentation, and collaboration with industry experts, the program encourages critical and creative thinking to develop innovative, future-oriented solutions that address complex global issues.
CAD
skills
skills
Photoshop and imaging skills
XR
VR
Critical
Thinking
Thinking
Systems
Thinking
Thinking
Design
thinking
thinking
UX
design
design
Market
research
research
Circular
Economy
Economy
Pitch
making
making
Entrepreneurship
Business Model Understanding
UX Researcher
UX Writer
Design Manager
Design Director
Prompt Engineer
Design Research & Insights Lead
Product Designer
Service Designer
Visual Designer
Product Manager
System Designer
Design Researcher
Retail Designer
Social Impact Design
Entrepreneurship
Gourav
Keswani
Keswani
Sania
Shaikh
Shaikh
Mohit
Bhardwaj
Bhardwaj
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Vaibhav
Mohite
Mohite
Fenil
Shah
Shah
Rita
Ashra
Ashra
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Namrata
Sinha
Sinha
Solange
Suri
Suri
Ritika
Karnani
Karnani
Abhrojit
Boral
Boral
Divya Vijaychandran
Riddhesh
Ardarkar
Ardarkar
Our Globally Benchmarked Curriculum
Semester 1
Students learn to think critically through Critical Design, craft meaningful experiences in Experiential Design, and gain practical skills in both Digital and Analog mediums. Courses like Maker’s Studio and Design with AI encourage experimentation and future-focused thinking, while Design History provides essential context on how design has evolved and influenced society.
Critical Design
Critical Design uses design to question norms, provoke thought, and spark debate about society and technology.
Xperiential Design
Experiential Design focuses on creating meaningful, immersive experiences that engage users emotionally and sensorially through design.
Maker’s Studio
Maker’s Studio encourages hands-on creation, blending creativity and craftsmanship to bring ideas to life through prototyping and experimentation.
Designing with AI
Design with AI explores how artificial intelligence can enhance creativity, streamline processes, and enable smarter, data-driven design solutions.
Skill – Digital
Digital Skill builds proficiency in digital tools and technologies essential for modern design and communication.
Skill – Analog
Digital Skill builds proficiency in digital tools and technologies essential for modern design and communication.
MOOC - Design History
A quick, engaging journey through the evolution of design—exploring key movements, iconic creators, and the ideas that shaped today’s design landscape.
ATLAS Elective
Semester 2
Semester 2 ATLAS Electives expand on sustainability, innovation, and real-world impact. Students design holistic systems, explore emerging technologies, gain industry experience, and develop professional portfolios to showcase their growth and creativity.
System Design
Systems Design focuses on understanding and designing complex, interconnected systems to create efficient and sustainable solutions.
Life - Cycle Design
Explore the design of experiences over time, focusing on the full lifecycle of products and services from creation to disposal
Innovator’s Studio
Innovator’s Studio fosters creativity and experimentation, encouraging innovative thinking to develop impactful design solutions.
Green Entrepreneurship
Green Entrepreneurship focuses on building ventures that balance innovation, profitability, and environmental responsibility.
Design for XR
Design for XR explores creating immersive experiences across extended reality platforms, blending virtual, augmented, and mixed realities through design.
DFu Internship (Post Year 1)
Students identify real-world problems and create bold, innovative solutions that challenge norms, push boundaries, and redefine possibilities.
MOOC - Portfolio Design
Learn how to craft a clear, compelling, and professional design portfolio that showcases your skills, process, and personality with impact.
ATLAS Elective
Why our Year 1 outpaces every
other design school?
other design school?
ISDI School of Design
Management course taught by Designers
A management course taught by designers that blends creative thinking with strategic leadership.
Unique industry requested course
A unique, industry-requested course designed to meet real-world professional demands.
Teaching Design Concepts via Management
A course that teaches design concepts through the lens of management and leadership.
Other Design Schools
Minimal Cross-Disciplinary Learning
Other design schools follow single-track, restricting students to one specialisation throughout the program.
Theory–Practice Gap
Often separates theory and practice, introducing research much later.
Limited Emerging Tech Exposure
Primarily emphasizes form and aesthetics, with limited focus on sustainability or systems thinking.
Semester 3 & 4
Students build a strong foundation in design thinking, management principles, and research. The semester focuses on human-centered design, strategic thinking, and business fundamentals, while developing creative and analytical skills through drawing, imaging, and financial statement analysis.
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Industry pathway
Gain real-world experience through a year-long professional immersion that may lead to a Pre-Placement
Offer. Alternatively, undertake two industry or capstone projects, or freelance across diverse clients and sectors to build practical exposure.
Offer. Alternatively, undertake two industry or capstone projects, or freelance across diverse clients and sectors to build practical exposure.
Entrepreneurship pathway
Develop your own venture through in-house or external incubation programs. You may choose to launch a startup offering a unique product or service, or establish an independent design or strategy consultancy.
Making pathway
Focus on creating tangible outcomes by patenting original designs or technological innovations, or by developing and launching your own product line, be it furniture, lighting, garments, ceramics, or other design-oriented products.
Research pathway
Contribute to knowledge creation by publishing books, research articles, or papers in recognized journals,
magazines, and academic platforms.
magazines, and academic platforms.
Experimental pathway
Explore unconventional approaches through disruptive, exploratory projects that challenge industry norms from material innovation and filmmaking to craft documentation or social innovation initiatives.
Why our Year 2 outpaces every
other design
school?
other design
school?
ISDI School of Design
Management course taught by Designers
A management course taught by designers that blends creative thinking with strategic leadership.
Industry-Integrated Learning
Real-world projects, electives, and internships bridge theory and practice from the very first year.
Future-Ready Curriculum
Focuses on sustainability, innovation, and emerging technologies to prepare students for the future of design.
Other Design Schools
Minimal Cross-Disciplinary Learning
Often focuses on static design principles, with minimal emphasis on storytelling or cultural narrative development.
Theory–Practice Gap
Separate theory and practice, offering limited exposure to real-world projects early on.
Outdated Curriculum
Often lack focus on sustainability, innovation, or emerging technologies.
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Design Aptitude Test (DAT)
03
Portfolio/Work/
Resume Review
Resume Review
04
Personal
Interview (PI)
Interview (PI)
Eligibility
Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 120 credits
- Minimum 3 years of post–K12 study
A-Levels (UK)
- Minimum grades A, B, or C in any 2 subjects
- Total of 3 subjects required
International Baccalaureate (IB)
A minimum of 24 points, including:
- 3 Higher Level (HL) subjects
- 3 Standard Level (SL) subjects
Application Fee: ₹1,500
After selection, the enrolment fee of ₹50,000 to secure your seat is refundable!
Why Master of Design (M.Des)
Design Futures at ISDI x Parsons
Design Futures at ISDI x Parsons
Design for Real Life,
Not Just Portfolios
Not Just Portfolios
Our classrooms are live labs. You’ll ideate, iterate, fail, restart, and refine in spaces designed for doing, not just thinking.
Design With A
Global Perspective
Global Perspective
Curriculum shaped by Parsons,
New York — reimagined for today’s
Indian context.
New York — reimagined for today’s
Indian context.
Your Mentors Are
Also Makers
Also Makers
Learn from practicing designers, strategists, and studio founders —
the people who design the world
you interact with.
the people who design the world
you interact with.
Everything is a
Studio Experience
Studio Experience
Our classrooms are live labs. You’ll ideate, iterate, fail, restart, and refine in spaces designed for doing, not just thinking.
The Future is Cross-
Disciplinary
Disciplinary
Work alongside fashion designers, product innovators, entrepreneurs, coders, and media artists — because good ideas don’t exist in silos.
Where concepts meet execution,
in and beyond the classroom.
At ISDI, every project becomes part of a career-ready portfolio. From hands-on labs and design sprints to brand collaborations, internships, hackathons, and industry showcases, you graduate with real-world experience and work that speaks for itself.
Entrepreneurial Marketing Bootcamp by Dr. Zubin Sethna
The Entrepreneurial Marketing Bootcamp, led by Professor Sethna, was an intensive five-day program exploring brand building through storytelling, entrepreneurial journeys, and the relevance of traditional marketing models in today’s dynamic landscape.
Workshop on Neurodiversity: Different Minds; Same World Hosted by Yash Charitable Trust and Atlas Skilltech University
The workshop promoted empathy, inclusion, and awareness around neurodiversity through interactive activities and real-life examples.
Welcoming of Dutch University Delegates - Erwin Sledgers and Bieneke Bennekers
ATLAS welcomed delegates Mr. Erwin Sledgers (HKU Utrecht) and Ms. Bieneke Bennekers (Amsterdam University), who spent a month engaging with students across design and management programs, inspiring meaningful exchanges and collaboration.
Masterclass on User Research in Industry Practices in Amazon for ISDI by Biju D. - Creative Catalyst Series
ISDI hosted Biju Damodharan, Director of UX at Amazon, for a masterclass on ‘Designing Consumer-Backwards,’ where he shared Amazon’s user-first approach and offered valuable portfolio feedback to students.
Global Design Collective with Carla Fernandez, Thomas Rau and Richard Van Der Laken
On March 5, 2025, ISDI and What Design Can Do (WDCD) hosted the Global Design Collective at the ATLAS ISDI campus, featuring global design leaders discussing sustainable innovation and highlighting the upcoming WDCD Delhi conference.
ISDI Career Connect 2025
Atlas ISDI Career Connect 2025, held from March 5–12, offered students interviews, networking, and career-building opportunities with top industry partners through placements, internships, and projects.
AI in Marketing 3 Day Bootcamp
Students completed a 3-day AI in Marketing bootcamp at ATLAS SkillTech University led by Prof. Rajesh Bhargave from Imperial College Business School, exploring AI’s role in marketing and developing StyleMate AI, a personalized fashion assistant.
Studio Day at ISDI
For the first time, ATLAS showcased postgraduate student work from the MBA in Design Management and Strategic Thinking and the Masters in Design of the Future, fostering interaction among students, faculty, parents, and industry partners like Shaaze Design.
Lunar Panels
Lunar Panels — A Critical Design project envisioning solar panels for sustainable living on the moon, challenging ideas of energy, survival, and design beyond Earth.
App for Pet socialisation and playdate finder
PetConnect — An Experiential Design project that creates an app for pet socialization and playdate discovery, helping pet owners connect, schedule meetups, and build a friendly community for their pets.
Usage of bio-mechanisms to create a unique product
Bio-Mechanica — A project exploring the use of biological mechanisms and natural systems to inspire and develop innovative, functional product designs that merge nature’s intelligence with human creativity.
Product visuals by using
AI to design
AI to design
A project exploring the use of AI tools to generate product visuals, enabling rapid ideation, visualization, and refinement of design concepts through technology-driven creativity.
Poetry - Zine concept
A creative zine project that combines poetry with visual storytelling, exploring emotions, themes, and narratives through expressive typography, imagery, and layout design.
Student Projects in Motion
Where creativity meets momentum
Prajakta Mhaddalkar
Ekta Dhakan
Aditya Iyer
Aditya Iyer
Anjali and Kanchan
Anjali Getiya
Ekta Dhakan
Ekta Dhakan
Student Voices: Real Voices from the Program
Hear from our students
I love our college, I am so proud of my college and excited for what’s next. I feel prepared thanks to everything my college has done for me.
Jay Iyer
Class of 2025
I’ve learned a lot at ISDI. I have had a great support system and thanks to that I have joined a company as a Lead Designer
Prajakta Mhaddalkar
Class of 2025
I’ve learned a lot at ISDI. I have had a great support system and thanks to that I have joined a company as a Lead Designer
Shaily Mehta
Class of 2025
We have learned so much about the industry. I am so happy to be practicing it now.
Bhargav Limje
Class of 2025
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ISDI is one of the most prestigious institutions, renowned for its global-standard design education in India, offering programs in collaboration with Parsons School of Design, New York. The institute provides a multidisciplinary curriculum focused on hands-on learning and innovation. By integrating live learning experiences and global immersion programmes, ISDI transforms students into creative thinkers and leaders. ATLAS ISDI stands out from other design schools with:
- Pivoting around the principles of innovation, it prepares students to transform the world of design through an entrepreneurial and tech-savvy approach.
- With an exceptional curriculum, meticulously designed in collaboration with Parsons School of Design, it ensures students have a wholly transforming experience while studying.
- BBA Hons. in AI & Emerging Technologies
- Strategically located in Mumbai’s BKC, it exposes students to the vibrant and cultural spirit of the city.
ATLAS ISDI offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and other courses for its students.
ATLAS ISDI provides B. Des to its students in various subjects. The undergraduate B. Des programme is a four-year course that enables students to enhance their focus on strategic thinking, design, and innovation.
The undergraduate B. Des program offers 7 programs in various design subjects, such as:
- Communication Design
- Fashion Design
- Fashion Communication & Styling
- Interior Design
- Product Design
- Strategic Design Management
- Animation & VFX
The postgraduate programme focuses on entrepreneurial and design thinking skills.
ATLAS ISDI is a well-known institution for many reasons. Its exclusive collaboration with Parsons School of Design stems from its position as a renowned institution. The key factors setting ISDI apart are:
The undergraduate B. Des program offers 7 programs in various design subjects, such as:
- Location: It is in the heart of Mumbai and surrounded by the best design organisations.
- Industry-focused approach: With industry stalwarts and meteors guiding students, individuals not only learn from practical knowledge but also learn from experience.
- Networking: Students can work and interact with professionals in other fields, strengthening their networking skills.
- Global curriculum: The curriculum has been meticulously designed to prepare students for national and international work opportunities.
- Experiential learning: ISDI believes in going beyond traditional learning, and utilises advanced technology to nurture creativity among students.
Yes, ISDI offers guest lectures and masterclasses as a part of the curriculum. International voices and mentors lead classes with its exclusive partnership with Parsons School of Design (Parsons faculty often visits ISDI and students learn from them here in India). Integrating a masterclass allows students to expand their cultural understanding, too. We introduce students to a variety of workshops and masterclasses that help expand their interests and solidify their vision.
ISDI hosted Parsons Week 2025, in partnership with ISDI, from March 23-28, 2025, featuring a week of design-focused events and sessions led by faculty from the renowned Parsons School of Design. During their visit to ISDI, they offered masterclasses and portfolio review sessions as well.
Yes. ISDI offers global opportunities, too. Students get opportunity to study overseas, during immersive excursion one such example is Paris where students vistied colleges such as
- Students can study in Paris and participate in industry visits and workshops.
- Partnership with Parsons School of Design ensures that thinking strategies, global tools, and methodologies are a part of the curriculum.
ISDI stands out from other design schools through its partnership with Parsons School of Design. Its urban-rich culture setting ensures students learn thoroughly. ISDI stands out from other design schools due to its unique features:
- A rich curriculum benefits from its collaboration with Parsons School of Design.
- Real-world internships and masterclasses
- Diverse networking
- Strategic thinking nurtured by industry experts
Yes, the curriculum is developed in collaboration with Parsons School of Design. The B Des curriculum is meticulously designed to allow students to benefit from it. The global curriculum expands their horizon of understanding and ensures they are able to face challenges and secure lucrative opportunities.
The ISDI - School of Design & Innovation has received curriculum development support from Parsons School of Design since its establishment in 2013.
This unique partnership for curricular excellence ensures ISDI students have access to a global contemporaneity curriculum and proven teaching and learning methods enabling our students to be the design leaders of the future.
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