DESPRO NEWS (October 21, 2016) Two world-class product designers, last Thursday, October 20, 2016 presented in an event entitled Pocketrocket #1 in West Hall, Bandung Institute of Technology Campus. The event was held in Presentation & Interactive Talk format with the topic of Table & Light by Huub Ubbens (Lighting Designer) and Elisabeth Vidal (food related product Designer). In the first session, Elisabeth Vidal, a French product designer who is concerned with table ware design, presented her designs such as cutlery, cups, knives, etc. with various materials. Huub Ubbens, a Dutch Lighting Designer, presented his lamp and armature designs in the second session.
The event was organized in collaboration between ADPII (Alliance of Indonesian Industrial Product Designers), Faculty of Fine Arts and Design - ITB, and PT Sistem Piranti Destinasi and supported by Telkomsel as part of the "IndonesiaNEXT" event series. In addition to the Presentation & Interactive Talk session, in the event held from 13:00 - 17:30, there was also a socialization of certification programs for Adobe Photoshop and Autodesk (AutoCAD) software which is planned to be held in 6 cities in Indonesia with facilitators from 6 state universities in those cities (see table). This certification program aims to improve the competitiveness of university graduates in Indonesia, so that they can compete both at the national and international levels. The certificate can also be used as one part of the SKPI (Certificate of Diploma Companion) of a college graduate.
Product Design Study Program lecturer, Rahmawan D. Prasetya, S.Sn., M.Si., who was also present at the event invited all Product Design Study Program students, in particular and in general ISI Yogyakarta students who use Adobe Photoshop and AutoCAD programs in their work to register and take part in the national and international certification. In Yogyakarta itself, the certification program is planned to be held at the Gajah Mada University campus in December 2016.
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