NID drawing dialogue
Ahmedabad : Drawing existed even before humans began communicating through words, speakers said at the two-day Drawing Dialogues 2026 symposium held at the Gandhinagar campus of the National Institute of Design (NID) on Saturday. Prof Vijai Singh Katiyar, chairperson (education) at NID, recalled the institute’s Drawing-by-Design initiative launched in 2015, which featured more than 32 multidisciplinary international open-elective workshops conducted by experts from India and abroad. The event featured presentations of 27 research papers.
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Prof Kaushik Chakraborty , senior faculty member in communication design at NID and head of the symposium, said the creative process across disciplines such as engineering, architecture, fashion and automobile design often begins with a pencil and paper. The symposium aims to document, practise, research and examine the future of drawing as an activity,” he said. He said the initiative laid the foundation for a dedicated platform to discuss the role of drawing in design thinking and practice.
Experts from diverse disciplines discussed drawing as the most fundamental form of design, from marks made with chalk on stone to sketches created with a stylus on a digital screen. The discussions also explored the concepts of Drishti (seeing) and Anubhava (experience). “The times are changing, and we are increasingly using tools and techniques that are transforming the way we interact with drawing. Change is inevitable and welcome, but it is important to understand its contours and nuances in the modern age. A special session for schoolchildren was also organised as part of the symposium. Download the TOI App.