mission statement

The Design Village believes in impact through design, a life through design.

For TDV, design does not only solve problems of today, but also proposes new ways for the future. 

international role

TDV has an inspiring International Board of professors and professionals that have been instrumental in developoing its curriculum. The International Board of advisors ensures that the philosophy flows seamlessly in all TDV’s acitivities. It focuses on monitoring the quality of content through factuly development masterclasses, student lectures, workshops and gives TDV an international network of visiting faculty to come and inspire villagers.

L’ÉCOLE DE DESIGN NANTES ATLANTIQUE FRANCE
The Design Village serves as the North India Campus for LEDDNA. LEEDNA invites all TDV students to spend one semester on their campus in France/Sao Paolo/Shanghai. This unique exchange between the two colleges epitomizes the cross-cultural dialogue that is vital to design in the 21st century.

IDE, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DELFT
THE NETHERLANDS

Professors from TU Delft have been instrumental in developing the curriculum for The Design Village through the encouragement of the Dutch Governmnet. . Masterclasses for students and teachers at TDV are curated and conducted by the professors at the faculty of IDE every semester.

DOMAINE DE BOISBUCHET, FRANCE
Domaine de Boisbuchet hosts professionals and students every year to experience how internationally successful professionals structure their work, and how they approach design problems. Boisbuchet serves as TDV's international campus for Summer/Winter school.

national role

ANANT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDIA
Located in Ahmedabad, AnantU is established as a UGC recognised private university in 2016, by an Act of Legislature of the state of Gujarat. The Design Village is a knowledge partner to AnantU, for all academic activities providing curriculum details and teaching assistance to their design and architecture programme.

SHRI VENKATESHWARA UNIVERSITY INDIA
Shri Venkateshwara University in Gajraula is a UGC- recognized university with a strength of more than 10,000 students. It was founded in 2010 to offer higher education in engineering, management and medical courses. All accreditation at TDV is conferred upon by SVU.

main focus

The Design Village is an interdisciplinary, industry- centric design institute, based out of noida, India.
‘The’ emphasizes the aspiration to be a premier center. ‘Design’ signifies the focus of this centre and the ‘Village’ brings in the flavour of a mix – that of institutes, associations, studios, industries, students and faculty all co-existing, co-operating and collaborating within a whole.