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Out-of-box ideas from students floor global footwear designers. Design ideas from the students of city-based DSK Supinfocom International’s School of Design may soon be incorporated into the new products of international brands such as Adidas, Puma, Camper and Newfeel. The students, who underwent a workshop under the guidance of international footwear designers, have come up with some out-of-the-box ideas. “These ideas and the quality of work by students are fresh and new for today’s market,” said Thomas Murphy, who works as a footwear designer with Puma. Murphy was one of the mentors for the workshop along with designers Florence Rohart who has worked with Adidas. Olivier Lambin of Newfeel and Kaja Bartel of Camper conducted the workshop at DSK Supinfocom International’s School of Design last week. Bartel said one of the ideas behind the workshop was to identify talented students who could be accommodated for internships or work in their organisations. “We observed that some of the students are excellent,” she said. Shirish Kulkarni, vice chairman of DSK Supinfocom (SIC) said the school had tied up with prominent footwear brands in order to offer placements and internships to the students. This was the first-of-its-kind workshop arranged last week in the school where around 30 students participated. The idea was to give students an opportunity to work with international professionals so that they could get hands-on training,” said Philippe Vahe, head of studies of industrial design, DSK SIC. He said that companies all over the world look for Indian designers and it was a good opportunity for students to focus on this stream. “The industrial design course is a five-year course and students get to work on product designs, transportation designs and digital designs besides classroom teaching. We have also been providing national and international internships for students,” said Umesh Tashildar, executive director and CEO of DSK SIC.