Bachelor of Design (Hons.) - (with Specialization in Interior & Furniture Design)

Program Description

B.Design (Hons.) Interior & Furniture Design

The Bachelors in Interior & Furniture Design programme teaches students to create imaginative spaces and meaningful interior products that meet the needs and enrich the experiences of modern life. Our students explore projects of varied scales such as residential, commercial, hospitality, interior furniture and products, exhibition & retail environments. They engage with live and theoretical design briefs exploring multidisciplinary ideas that allow them to explore both individual ambitions and collective practices.

B.Design (B.Des.) Interior & Furniture Design is offered as part of School of Interior Design

School of Interior Design

The School of Interior Design is focused on process-driven work that examines all aspects of interior and furniture design from concept to consumer. It involves an engagement with a full spectrum of design skills which include the making of scale models and prototypes for design briefs and the graphic depiction of interior environments and furniture elements in analogue and digital media. We enable graduates to develop critical, technical and managerial skills that align with the current conversation within the industry.

Why study Interior & Furniture Design at UID?

Our curriculum encourages a broad exploration of the design practice with an emphasis on user-centred approach.

We enable our students to develop critical, technical and managerial skills that align with the contemporary conversation within the industry.

The course is focused on process-driven work that examines all aspects of interior design from conception to completion.

We equip our students with a wide-range of design skills that allow them to articulate their design ideas and thinking.

Our exemplary infrastructure and workshops support model making and prototype building for different kinds of design briefs.

PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES

PSO1 (Innovation and Sustainability): Develop and implement sustainable interior and furniture designs using advanced technology and creative thinking to meet aesthetic, functional, and environmental standards, addressing current and future design challenges for societal and environmental benefit.

PSO2 (Technical Skill & Industry Practise): Demonstrate mastery in technical skills and industry practices by proficiently utilizing design software, fabrication techniques, and material selection to produce high-quality, innovative interior and furniture designs competitive in the global market.

PSO3 (Socio-cultural Impact): Integrate human and environmental concerns into interior and furniture design, understanding their impact in diverse social, economic, and cultural contexts to create solutions that enhance the well-being of individuals and communities.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

PO1. Apply design principles intelligence, speculation, and analytical skills, methods and techniques to develop original solutions for design problems and scenario.

PO2. Critically understand, identify and evaluate historical, cultural, contemporary, socio- political, and aesthetic contexts of multidisciplinary design settings.

PO3. Develop a research oriented inquisitive approach to apply appropriate research tools and techniques for investigation, data collection, analysis, synthesis, and interpretation.

PO4. Demonstrate transferable skills of adaptability, collaboration, time-bound execution, and leadership in multidisciplinary design settings.

PO5. Evolve a personalized design philosophy and approach to the development of design
ideas and solutions.

PO6. Understand the impact of human centric design in the dynamic context of people and communities from the perspective of social, economic, and cultural impact

PO7. Understand the impact of design on environmental sustainability and the application of principles of circular economy and sustainable consumption into design.

PO8. Demonstrate sensitivity and understanding of concerns related to the experience of human and other living beings and incorporating them into design practice

PO9. Develop effective verbal, written and digital communication skills in the context of design

PO10. Demonstrate the appropriate application of existing and emerging tools and technologies, materials, media, techniques, and other methods in the process of design

PO11. Recognize personal and professional development goals and upgrade skills for disciplinary and contextual currency and future directions in the field of design.