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Design work people actually pay for.

Not decoration, visual problem solving. Logos, brand systems, social creative and the UI basics that let you charge properly for your time.

3 months
12 weekends, 24 sessions
₹3,000
total · ₹2,000 at admission
Sat + Sun
keep your job or degree
10
seats only, in person
Darsgah Taleem-ul-Quran & Snow Stag In person at Darsgah Taleem-ul-Quran, Mohalla Mum Khan (Kathi Darwaza)

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Step 1 of 4

This cohort is open only to eligible candidates from Mohalla Mum Khan (Kathi Darwaza). Classes are held in person at Darsgah Taleem-ul-Quran.

Takes under a minute. No payment now.

  • ₹3,000 in total for 3 months, ₹2,000 at admission.
  • Saturdays & Sundays only - keep your job or your degree.
  • Only 10 seats per course, 50 admitted in total.
Why this one

Where this actually takes you

Design is the fastest track to freelance income from a tier-3 city, because the work travels. A client in Bangalore never has to know where you live.

Graphic Designer

In-house or agency, doing brand and marketing creative.

Freelance Designer

Logos, social kits and brand identities, sold remotely.

Junior UI Designer

The on-ramp into product design, which pays significantly more.

The syllabus

Three months, foundation to advanced

12 weekends. 24 sessions. Each month ends with something you built and can show, not a certificate of attendance.

1 Month 1 · Foundation

Seeing like a designer

The rules underneath every good-looking thing you have ever seen.

  • Layout, hierarchy, spacing and alignment, why some designs feel "clean"
  • Typography: choosing, pairing and setting type that reads
  • Colour theory and building a usable palette
  • Figma from zero: frames, components, auto-layout
You finish withTen redesigns of badly designed local posters, with a written rationale for each.
2 Month 2 · Core

Brand and campaign work

Moving from single graphics to systems that hold together.

  • Logo design: marks, wordmarks and what makes one work at 16px
  • Brand identity systems: colour, type, tone, usage rules
  • Social media creative that performs, not just looks nice
  • Print basics: bleed, CMYK, and files a printer will accept
You finish withA complete brand identity for a real local business, delivered as a usable kit.
3 Month 3 · Advanced

UI basics and getting paid

Interfaces, handoff, and running yourself as a business.

  • UI fundamentals: grids, components, states, responsive layout
  • Designing a landing page that converts, with the marketing mentor
  • Handoff to developers, what they need from you and why
  • Portfolio, pricing, client briefs and getting paid on time
You finish withCapstone: a published portfolio of three case studies, reviewed like a real hiring panel would.
Who teaches you

Your mentor

Someone who does this work professionally, teaching the way it is actually done, not reading from a slide deck.

Digital Marketing & Design Lead
Muzafar Qadir
12+ years - brand, design & performance marketing

Runs campaigns and builds brand systems for real clients. Teaches both sides of the same job: making the thing look right, and making it sell.

BrandAdobe IllustratorSEOGTM StrategyPPC
Also teaches: Digital Marketing. Take both and you learn one connected system, not two disconnected subjects.
What you walk out with

Tools you'll actually have used

Not a reading list. Every one of these is used in a graded exercise during the course.

FigmaCanvaAdobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopColour & type systems

A portfolio, not a certificate

Three graded pieces of real work, one per month, plus the capstone. This is what gets you the interview.

A co-branded certificate

Issued jointly by Darsgah Taleem-ul-Quran and Snow Stag on completing the assessment and attending enough of the course to have earned it.

Interview preparation

Mock interviews, CV and LinkedIn review, and how to talk about work you have actually done.

The fee

Deliberately small, on purpose

Mentors volunteer their weekends. The fee covers what it costs to run the course, nothing more. It is deliberately low so cost is not what stops you.

1

Apply

The form takes under a minute. No payment at this stage.

2

Screening & selection

A short conversation about your goals and aptitude. With only 10 seats per course, you may be offered a different course from the one you picked, or a Foundation course first.

3

Confirm your seat

Pay ₹2,000 at admission and you are in. Classes run Saturdays & Sundays at Darsgah Taleem-ul-Quran.

Total cost
₹3,000 total

₹2,000 payable at admission, the remaining ₹1,000 during the programme. No registration fee and no material charges. Fees are not refundable.

24 sessions in person with a working professional
All notes, exercises and course material
Graded feedback on everything you build
Certificate and interview preparation
Pairs well with

What to take next, or alongside

Each course stands on its own. But some combinations make you noticeably harder to replace, and these are the ones worth planning for.

Before you apply

The honest answers

No. This course starts at foundation level and assumes nothing. What you do need is twelve weekends of genuine attention: that is the real entry requirement, and the one most people underestimate.

CRAFT is currently intended exclusively for eligible candidates from Mohalla Mum Khan (Kathi Darwaza). Classes are held in person at Darsgah Taleem-ul-Quran, and only 50 candidates are admitted in total after screening.

That is exactly who this is built for. Classes are Saturdays & Sundays only, plus practice time in between. Nothing happens on a weekday.

Sessions are not recorded: teaching happens in the room, so a missed class is genuinely missed. Tell your mentor in advance and they will help you catch up. Note that 4 consecutive absences without prior approval or a valid reason means your admission is cancelled, with no refund.

Yes, ₹3,000 for the full 3 months. ₹2,000 is payable at admission and the remaining ₹1,000 during the programme. No registration fee and no material charges. Fees are not refundable, including if admission is cancelled for absence.

We do not guarantee jobs, and be careful of anyone who does. What you get is a portfolio of real work, a certificate, mock interviews and CV support. The hiring decision belongs to employers.

Dates are being confirmed now. Applying puts you on the list first, applicants hear the start date before it is announced publicly.

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