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How big is the furniture industry in India?
India has a very large furniture industry - comprising both organised, unorganised and the crafts sectors. It is estimated that the size of the domestic industry is as big as R35,000 crore with up to 80 per cent in the unorganised and craft sector. In spite of the large domestic industry, it is surprising that India is one of the largest furniture importing countries. Trained designers can provide the necessary competitive edge to the domestic sector in terms of quality, reliability and consumer satisfaction.
What is the number of furniture designers in India?
In terms of qualified designers, there are somewhere around 300 to 500 in the specialised area. However, a lot of designers from allied fields like industrial design, architecture, applied arts, interior design, engineering (in the industrial furniture segment) and craft design also offer professional design services in furniture design.
What are the basic skills and qualifications required to become a furniture designer?
Knowledge and experience in materials and their properties, an ability to visualise in three dimensions, and a keen sense of aesthetics and structural design apart from a keen interest to offer solutions that can improve the quality of the immediate human environment.
Is it important to have an architecture/ interior decoration qualification?
Having an architectural and interior design qualification is helpful but the field of furniture design is also open for others who have the above-mentioned skills and aptitude along with the other requisite qualifications.
What are the pros and cons of being a furniture designer?
The organised furniture industry in India is still in a nascent stage, if we compare it to the global scenario. This leaves a lot of work to be done and offers enormous scope for new designers.
What's your advice to students wanting to become furniture designers?
One must be ready to give one's career some time. Innovation and enterprise are the only way to get ahead in this field.
Author: Vandana Ramnani (HT Horizons)
Date: 29th October, 2010
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