Design studies at the design colleges in kolkata are concerned with the relationship between design and gender, design and race, design and culture. It studies issues such as ethics, sustainment (social and environmental) and works with concepts such as agency and the artificial.
Design studies can refer to any design-oriented studies but more formally is an academic discipline or field of study that pursues, through both theoretical and practical modes of inquiry, a critical understanding of design practice and its effects in society
