The Design Experience Seminar held on June 8-9, 2009, at IDC IIT Bombay was a two-day event aimed at exploring various facets of design practice and pedagogy. The event 'Design Experience 2009' is a national seminar with presentations of design work, mainly as case studies from the industry, by design motivators on critical issues in design. The seminar is a consolidated effort to showcase the work done by designers and other professionals related to the field and hope to provide an opportunity to get an insight into their different experiences while designing. The objective of the seminar is to draw attention to the problems that connected with professional design practice, process, and conceptualisation; designer-client interactions; design implementation; and its realisation into workable solutions.

Exposure to Product Design and Innovation was conducted on September 24th, 25th & 26th, 2009 at IDC, IIT Bombay. Good design practice, effectively applied, results in innovative, meaningful, ergonomic, and appropriate products. In addition, it can result in a highly marketable product with lasting brand value. When the logic of good design is practised and implemented, products capture and sustain consumer demand in a competitive market place. The workshop was for all professionals involved in the design and production of products in the industry, as well as design consultancy services and marketing of products. This includes industrial design, including need finding, design methodology, innovation and problem solving, product graphics, interaction design, product ergonomics, product aesthetics, etc. The following were the topics covered during the workshop: Product Ergonomics by Prof. G. G. Ray; Product Form and Creativity by Prof. A. G. Rao; What is design and innovation? by Prof. K Munshi; "Aesthetics of Product Detailing and Innovation by Prof. V. P. Bapat; Product Graphics and Communication Graphics by Prof. Ravi Poovaiah; Product Interaction Design by Prof. Ravi Poovaiah; Product development as part of Corporate Strategy by Prof. Athavankar; Product Innovation by Prof. B K Chakravarthy; Product and Typography by Prof. G. V. Sreekumar.

The course Expo Info Design was an exposure course on different aspects of presenting and organising information to make communication of information visible, efficient, and effective. The course covered Information Theory, Ordering of Information, Methods for Structuring and Visualisation of Information, Display of Qualitative Information, Process of Sorting and Categorising Information, as well as an Introduction to Information Architecture. The lectures drew upon examples from a wide variety of applications of information design that include: Web indexing and organising menus; Knowledge Visualisation; Sigange and Wayfinding, Maps and Diagrams, Graphic Interfaces and Displays; Interactive Information Applications; etc.

The workshop on Communication Design for IT and Media Professionals was conducted on July 19th and 21st, 2018 at IDC, IIT Bombay. The course Expo CD was a refresher course on the finer aspects of Communication Design specifically meant for IT and Media Professionals. The course was about the overall aspects of Communication Design for the Digital Media, a deeper understanding of Communication Graphics, Methods for Structuring and Visualisation of Information, as well as exposure to creative processes for solving communication problems. The subjects covered during the workshop are: Typography for Digital Media, Expressive Typography, Typography for the Web, Information Graphics, Information Visualisation, Communication Graphics, Icon Design, Design Process, Design Methodology, Interactive Design, Identity Design, etc.

The Design Methods for Creativity and Innovation in Product Development was conducted on February 12th–16th, 2018 at IDC, IIT Bombay. It was a five-day workshop. The course Expo DMCI was a course with a focus on hands-on workshops on the fundamentals of Design Methods for Creativity and Innovation in Product Development. The course was about the essential aspects of creativity and ideation, creativity tools and methods, iterative creative concept generation techniques, and innovation in product development. The course included exposure sessions and hands-on workshops on creative methods like brain storming, removing mental blocks, synectics, lateral thinking, etc. Course Contents/Lectures are: -Elements of Creativity and major theories Tools and Practices of Creativity: Product Innovation with Case Studies - Design and Innovation Creativity and Ideation -Innovation and Products -Design Inspired by Nature-Innovation Design for Innovative Interactive Interactions-Product Development as part of Strategy

The GIAN Course on Specialty Glazes and Colour Development Course was conducted by Greg Daly and Sandeep Manchekar from January 30, 2018 to Monday, February 5, 2018 at IDC, IIT Bombay. The GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Networks) Course is supported by the MHRD, Government of India. In this session, students got to learn about the structure of glaze and the development of colour in a variety of glaze types and finishes. The development of the glaze and colour will be through various testing methodologies, for example line blend, tri-axial blend, square blend, and colour blends. The testing & development programme will lead to the student developing their own palette of glazes. Occupational health and safety instruction was an integral part of this course. This course was organised into two modules. Module A: Glaze Theory and Colour Development: January 30-February 3, 2018 Module B: Lustre Glazes: 4 February–5 February, 2018. The first module of two days on Lustre Glazes was conducted by Greg Daly, and the second module of two days on Lustre Glazes was conducted by Sandeep Manchekar.

The Communication Design Program (CDP) was conducted on May 20th–29th, 2013 at IDC, IIT Bombay. CDP 2013 was a hands-on programme with a special focus on photography and understanding the principles of visual communication. This programme is envisaged such that students from different cultures form teams and collectively explore and address design issues. Students from Kansas State University also participated in this program. During the workshop, Indian students engaged in individual as well as group activities in and outside the classroom and formed teams with American students. This course is designed to foster a sense of inquiry in the minds of students, while engaging in art and design practices. The idea is to question design decisions and check for effective communication strategies. Indian students worked in collaboration with faculty and students from America and together gained valuable cultural experience. This ‘learning by doing’ programme was augmented with theory in the form of lectures and discussions.

Innovative New Product Development, using 'TRIZ' creative methodology' was conducted on 17th and 18th May 2012 at IDC, IIT Bombay. TRIZ is a creative methodology that can help companies develop new products with a competitive advantage. Its origins are Russian, and it translates to ‘Theory of Inventive Problem Solving." TRIZ identifies and isolates sore points in a technical system (TS), which is either a product or process, frames a contradiction (administrative, technical, or physical), strengthens this contradiction, and resolves it. TRIZ has been successfully applied to develop breakthrough innovations, particularly those that are technical in nature. IDC at IIT Bombay conducted a 2-day workshop on New Product Development with an emphasis on the use of TRIZ as a methodology for creating innovative products. The sessions included the basic principles of TRIZ and its application, interspersed with case studies. The half-day TRIZ Clinic gave the participants an opportunity to apply the TRIZ method to solve their industry-specific problems. The participants are encouraged to bring their problems, which they can discuss in the clinic session. The following topics are discussed during the workshop: -Introduction to design. -New product development. -Introduction to TRIZ, contradictions and their resolutions. -Five levels of invention: system, subsystem, and super-system. -Laws of Technical Systems’ Evolution LTSE – the first four laws. other four laws. -Last law, the law of increasing idealization, dissected to evaluate convolution and its far-reaching effects. Innovative Design: Theory and Application with Case Studies -TRIZ Clinic: Technical Solutions to problems are given or brought by participants as part of their individual ongoing projects.

The Damroo Project was for creating learning materials for children at IDC, IIT Bombay was supported by the Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust (2009–2011). The Trust had suggested the setting up of the Damroo Innovation Fund from the proceeds of the sale of learning materials created. The Centre for Experiential Learning was initiated with support from the Damroo Innovation Fund, for the creation of terracotta roof-tiles by potters in Odisha. The focus areas of the project are: -conceiving new directions and creation of new material; -engaging with traditional visual art practises and practitioners; -focusing on Indian languages -Encouraging research and education and student publications; -Collaborating with organisations connected to children, writers, artists, illustrators, and animators.

The Monsoon Course on HCI 2010 was conducted from September 30th to October 9th, 2010 at IDC, IIT Bombay. The course is an exposure to user studies, interaction design, usability evaluation, and user experience metrics for working professionals. The goals of the programme were: to get exposure to issues, theories, principles, and concerns relating to human interaction with interactive products; -To practise the process and the techniques for user studies, interaction design, and usability evaluation. After attending the course, participants should be able to undertake the design of interactive products. Those who are already involved in interaction design should be able to improve the user experience quality of the products they design, and will understand the theory behind what they do. Those responsible for the software development process will be able to make the process in their organisations more user-centered.

From 17th to 24th December 2009, a 7-day workshop on tools, small machines, finishes, and new product design was held at the Bamboo Studio, IDC IIT Bombay, in collaboration with Mahila Udyog Prashikshan Samiti, Baran, Rajasthan, and the Forest Product Cluster, Government of Rajasthan.  The workshop focused on skill development in bamboo craftsmanship, providing hands-on training in using small tools and machinery, exploring innovative finishes, and creating new bamboo product designs. Participants, including artisans and designers, worked on developing functional and aesthetic prototypes such as furniture, utility items, and decorative pieces, blending traditional techniques with contemporary design approaches. This initiative empowered rural artisans, particularly women, by enhancing their skills and promoting bamboo as a sustainable resource for livelihood development.

Bamboo, the fastest-growing biomass, is ecofriendly and a future material for designers. Bamboo craft, with its unique traditions, opens up new possibilities in "design expression" with woven forms. Bamboo Studio intends to nurture bamboo craft to create new products made of craft with industrial discipline and appropriate technologies. The workshop was a result of the collaborative efforts between Bamboo Studio, IDC, IIT Bombay, and Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) Gadchiroli as a synergic step to reach out to the skilled craftspeople of that region with input from a product design and development perspective. This workshop introduced the crafters to new designs, new tools, small machines, moulds, jigs, and fixtures, treatments for borers and fungus, and colouring with natural dyes, etc.