Semester 1 students of the second batch having their first juries.

Semester 3 Communication design and Interaction design students learn Video Software with video shooting, editing and mixing techniques.

Semester 3 Product Design students undergoing Form Studies course.

Semester 3 Product Design students exhibiting their work in Nature Inspired Design course.

Faculty demonstrating Woodcut illustration style to third semester Communication design students during their Illustration Techniques course.

Third semester Communication design students learning Kerala Mural painting in their Illustration Techniques course.

Foundation students learning to sculpt with Plaster of Paris in their Material Studies course.

Foundation students honing their drawing and painting skills in Design Drawing course.

Foundation students learning to sculpt with clay in their Material Studies course.

Foundation students creating a pyramid with tetrahedrons with paper and sticks in their Introduction to Design course.

Semester 2 Juries in full swing

Students exhibiting their works after their Juries

Setting up for Product Photography in Basic Photography course.

Demonstrating lighting techniques in Basic Photography course.

Ravikiran Rangaswamy conducting Basic Photography class.

Students presenting their Design Process projects. 

Students learning Calligraphy during their Typography course.

SDAT 2023 had candidates from all parts of the state vying for 30 seats at SDS.

Students learning software tools during Design Software course on Wednesdays.

A student explaining her learning in the Colour Studies course.

Noted Sound designer Nikhil Varma sharing his experience with SDS students.

Students made miniature models of Classic chairs during their History of Design course.

Low-polygon model of an organism being made with toothpicks and clay as part of Design Geometry 2 course.

Glimpse from the first semester jury

A student being quizzed during her jury

One of the displays doing the juries

Students putting up their works for an end-semester exhibition

Students putting up their works for an end-semester exhibition

Discovering Islamic geometry through Arabesque patterns

Pasting coloured paper over Arabesque patterns

Egyptian tabled made in plaster of paris for History of Art course

Egyptian tablet after painting

SDS Students visit Kochi Biennale on 26^th January 2023

They are fascinated by the variety of art and installations on display

Students attend Ceramic Workshop on January 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2023 at Mann by Raell Studio

Some of the ceramic pieces they made at the workshop

Students exploring Clay during their Material Studies course

Making a shoe in clay was one of their exercises

Learning to make a paper collage during Design Drawing course

Tearing paper and pasting up to make collage imagery during Design Drawing course

Students displaying their talents during a cultural programme organised by themselves

Students letting their hair down during a cultural programme organised by themselves

Students make a flip book on the theme Alphabet to animal

Some of the flipbooks made by students as a part of Elements of design course

Abstracting a flower, they made paper sculptures

Another abstract paper sculpture of another flower

An abstract paper sculpture inspired by another flower

Discovering Fractal geometry through Sierpinski triangle

Recreating Greek art on pottery, they discover Greek mythology

The SDS inaugural function held on 28^th September 2022

Origami cranes in the atrium made for the inauguration event

Remaking the Mohenjo daro dancing girl n M-seal, students discover Indus valley art

Remaking Indus seals in clay as part of History of Arts course

Making memento figurines in floral foam material

Carving details on the figurines made in floral foam

Students using paper mache to make forms

Paper mache forms being dried

Paper mache forms painted over

Student exploring oil pastels in class

Drawing still life with oil pastels on black paper

Students tying cloth with strings before dying them in the Tie and Dye Workshop.

Fabric pieces being tied and dyed in the Tie and Dye Workshop

Tie and dye fabric pieces made by students

Students relearning geometry again in Design geometry course

Students exploring photo colours as a medium

Students experiment with photo colours

Painting flowers with photo colours

Students making artworks using paper collage technique

Exploring water colour painting

Carving a form out of a plaster of paris block

Carving a form out of a plaster of paris block

SDS students visited Satyajit Ray Centenary exhibition at Durbar Hall Kochi on 15^th October 2022

They were impressed by the virtuosity of the master in many domains

Ray’s graphic work for his own movies are notable for their craft

The leafy campus of Saintgits have been sketched by students as part of their Design Drawing course

Outdoor sketching exercises by students

Faculty demonstrating pencil sketching to a student

Students try out pencil shading

Students making paper stars in the Star making Workshop

Hand-made stars hung in the café premises

Students try making the Eames house-bird in their own way using a variety of materials

Thermocol cube being cut by hot-wire in Material studies course

Cutting and sanding thermocol to arrive at forms

Thermocol forms combining an animal and a leaf made by students as part of their Material studies course

Students take part in making trees for the Christmas installation

Paper Christmas Trees after being cut and folded

Paper trees hung in the atrium brought in the spirit of Christmas

George Paul addressing students on Interaction design during one of the Wednesday Talks

Arya Unnithan explaining the nuances of Carnatic Classical Music to students during another Wednesday Talk

Deepak Nair giving a lecture-demonstration about Western Music during a Wednesday Talk

Students doing wire bending during Material Studies course

Drawing portraits with dots was an assignment in Elements of Design

Learning principles of design by arranging dots

Birthdays are celebrated with cakes at SDS