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 - Evaluation of User-Centric Needs: Apply user-centric design principles and methodologies to identify user needs, preferences, and behaviours to develop empathetic, innovative and creatively designed physical or digital solutions.

PSO2 - Technical Skill & Industry Practice: Demonstrate mastery in technical skills and industry practices by proficiently utilizing design software and tools; new emerging technology and production techniques; and material selection to produce high-quality, innovative designs that are competitive in the global market.

PSO3 - Socio-cultural Impact: Integrate cultural, environmental and ethical concerns into design solutions, document and understand their impact in diverse social, economic, and cultural contexts to create solutions that enhance the well-being of individuals and communities.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

PO1. Innovation Aptitude: Apply design principles, analytical skills, methods and techniques, and speculation to develop original solutions for design problems and scenarios.

PO2. Thinking Ability: Critically understand, identify and evaluate historical, cultural, contemporary, socio-political, and aesthetic contexts of design.

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

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

PO5. Professional Identity: Evolve a personalized design philosophy and approach to the development of design solutions.

PO6. Impact on Society: Understand the impact of products in the dynamic context of people and communities from the perspective of social, economic, and cultural impact.

PO7. Environment and Sustainability: Using principles of circular economy and sustainable consumption, understand the impact of designed products on environmental sustainability.

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

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

PO10. Evolving Material Process & Methods: Demonstrate the appropriate application of existing and emerging tools and technologies, materials, media, techniques, and other methods in the process of design.

PO11. Life-long Learning: Recognize personal and professional development goals, and upgrade skills for disciplinary and contextual relevance for future directions in design.