B.Design (Hons.) Interior & Furniture Design is offered as part of Department of Interior Design
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B.Design (Hons.) Interior & Furniture Design is offered as part of Department of Interior Design
Department of Interior Design
The Interior & Furniture Design programme equips the students with expertise in entwined fields of Interior Design and Furniture Design that sculpts their ability to collaborate competently in a diverse integrative ecosystem. The programme offers a gradual ascending system of introducing concepts in Interior & Furniture Design and technology in a progressive manner. Students are engaged at each level, understanding and honing knowledge and skills in problem discovery and resolution, critical and imaginative thinking, verbal and visual communication, and appropriate technologies. We prioritize developing 21st-century skills inclusive of advanced sensibilities for strategic design interventions.
Why study Interior & Furniture Design at UID?
- Capitalising on the rich design and architectural heritage of Ahmedabad, the Interior & Furniture Design programme at UID gains directly from the city’s manifold and prolific estate.
- The distinctive and progressive profile of our curricula encourages students to expand their horizons and discontinue the preconceived beliefs of spatial design by advocating liberal and divergent thinking processes.
- The curricula focus particularly on building students’ knowledge, abilities, and comprehension of interior & furniture design in conformity with global benchmarks.
- In an era where the future is evolving rapidly, we inculcate in the students to adapt and contribute to the needs of the capital’s creative economy. The enterprise of the faculty is to expedite trans-disciplinary attitudes and develop experiences that move beyond the context of space and lead to the design of human behaviour.
- A strong emphasis on bringing forth a spectrum of cosmopolitan opportunities in a mentored environment that enriches with atypical discourse & networked exchanges to facilitate user-centric design innovations.
- The Institute has state-of-the-art workshops of wood and metal that employ the latest equipment with complete guidelines and protocols to assist the students with real-life prototyping.
- Each student has the scope to get mentored by competent and diverse academicians as well as industry veterans as they embark on their careers in the field of interior & furniture design.
- The Institute regulates and counsels the internships & placements of students, emphasizing gaining valuable experience with prominent designers and leading organisations in the domain of interior & furniture design.
- The students remain conversant with design forecasts and global trends owing to international alliances with multiple international universities for summer programs, summer apprenticeships, and ventures.
Course Structure
KU CORE COURSES
- Professional Communication
- Leadership Lab
- Art, Design and Culture - 1
- Visualisation & Representation
- Material Exploration
- Digital Tools-1
- Design Process
- Basic Design
KU CORE COURSES
- Thinking skills
- Design Criticism and Aesthetics
- Form Space and Structure
- Digital Tools-2
- Discover Design in India
- Communication Practices - 1
- Story of Furniture
- Integrated Foundation Project - Interior design
KU CORE COURSE
- Professional Ethics
- Creative Coding
- Programme Elective - 1 (any one)
- People and Environment
- Spatial Interaction
- Programme Elective - 2(any one)
- Interior Styling
- Interior Landscaping
- KU Open Elective - 1
- Communication Practices 2
- Interior Services 1
- Maker Lab 1
- Simple Furniture Design
- Studio: Public Spaces
PROGRAMME COMMON COURSES
- Entrepreneurship
- Tinkering Studio
- Programme Elective - 3(any one)
- Heritage Conservation
- Urban Environments
- Programme Elective - 4(any one)
- Parametric Design
- Crafted by Nature
- KU Open Elective - 2
- Psychology & Human Behavior
- Communication Practices 3
- Urban Furniture Design
- Craft & Furniture Workshop
- Interior Services 2
- Studio: Urban Spaces
KU CORE COURSE
- International language - LEVEL1 (any one)
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- French
- Programme Elective - 5 (any one)
- Experience Design
- Digital Environments
- Programme Elective - 6 (any one)
- Systems in Motion
- Dynamic Mechanisms
- Programme Open Elective - 1 (any one)
- IFD1: People and environment
- IFD2: Spatial Interaction
- Apprenticeship
- Communication Practices 3
- Maker Lab 2
- Complex Furniture Design
- Hybrid Studio: Retail Environments
KU CORE COURSE
- International Language - LEVEL2
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- French
- Programme Elective -7 (any one)
- Bio-inspired Systems
- Virtual Environments
- Programme Elective - 8 (any one)
- Robotics & Sensors
- Additive Manufacturing
- Programme Open Elective -2 (any one from below)
- IFD3: Parametric Design
- IFD4: Crafted by Nature
- Research Methodology
- Portfolio Design
- Furniture Systems
- Fab Lab 1
- Interdisciplinary Design Project
PROGRAMME CORE COURSES
- Internship
- Responsive Realities
- Responsive Environments
- Fab Lab 2
- Design Management
PROGRAMME CORE COURSE
- Graduation Project
- Design Research
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Areas of Specialization
– Spatial and Exhibition Design
– Set/Scenic Design
– Interior Styling & Creative Direction
– Speculative Design
– Furniture Curation & Manufacturing
– Parametric & Generative Design
– Furniture, Craft & Accessory Design
Career Prospects
The Interior & Furniture Design programme at UID hones the technical abilities of the students alongside building their reasoning skills and creative expertise. The quantum of opportunities available to fresh interior and furniture design graduates is extensive. Our students explore projects of varied scales such as residential, commercial, hospitality, interior furniture and products, exhibition & retail environments. Today, students have the leeway to pursue and practice in the domain of their choice; as Interior Designers, Furniture Designers, Interior Stylists, Furniture Curators, Exhibition Designers, Exhibition Curators, Design Entrepreneurs, Design Writers, Design Curators, Set Designers, Digital Visualizers, User-Centric Design, Design Research, and many more. The UID Interior & Furniture Design programme gives students the latitude and opportunity to collaborate within their disciplines as well as with other design disciplines to facilitate a distinctive interdisciplinary attitude to their future career prospects.
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