Mediocre Design Ecosystem

The Indian Design and Fashion ecosystem needs to move out of the mediocre approach, the biggest and critical challenge today to develop world class ideas into reality is that we don't have either world class conversion mindset OR capabilities. The true struggle to ideation to reality begins there.

For instance, if we want to develop a basic fashion product, it requires variety of fabrics and materials, accessories, trimmings, quality manufacturing, finishing and other processes. The biggest limitation comes when you start dealing with people who are going to be converter or realizer amongst these processes. I as a designer intends to develop the product, the fabric is silver finish fabric. Now who in India manufactures it, I need a fastening that is not the age old button or zippers, I need the zip to be a plastic file concealer, who will supply me that. i need a boning that would held my collars near to ears to fit in communication devices, who will be able to produce them. All of these limitation brings ordinary products and even i have brilliant ideas they get stored in my notebooks and sketchbooks.

Whereas China today has cultivated ecosystems along with the thinking and design capabilities. Sourcing, development of such areas, transportation, systems and processes are all culminated to the design schools in China. Their ability to have realization capability is India's innovation limitation. We need to understand these needs and begin our work to felicitate the chains of our present ecosystem and training and development along with innovative thinking will play a big role rather than justifying to work always under limitations.

Lets look at creating a design ecosystem that will enhance our imagination for futuristic outlook, and lets not confine imagination by the confined context, reality of ecosystem needs makeover for sure.