IDC News 21 (October 1998) highlights international academic collaborations, student activities, workshops, and placement initiatives at IDC IIT Bombay. The issue covers Prof. K. Munshi’s lectures and academic engagements in Sweden, talks by IDC alumni and industry professionals on design practice, and updates on upcoming student project presentations. It also features a calligraphy workshop conducted for visual communication students and discusses the “Elements of Design” course that introduced junior product design students to fundamental graphic and creative design concepts through the theme “Vision 2000.”