MDes INTERIOR Design & Sustainability
In Partnership with Techno India University
Course Description
- Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 2 years
- Eligibility: Graduation from any stream
The renowned MDes Interior Design course in Kolkata seamlessly integrates cutting-edge interior design techniques with contemporary practices and a comprehensive understanding of the field’s history and professional standards, ensuring students are well-equipped for success in the global industry.
This innovative program comprises diverse design and theory modules, each offering unique perspectives on design practice or theory. With a strong emphasis on honing practical design skills, fostering product innovation, and exploring conceptual interior design, the curriculum also delves into industry practices, research and development, sustainability, and ethical considerations.
Students are immersed in key developments and challenges within the global interior industry. The core focus of the course lies in understanding interior business dynamics, addressing global challenges, and devising sustainable solutions in design, sourcing, production, consumption, and overall interior sustainability. By amalgamating research, education, practice, and business aspects, the program inspires students to pioneer sustainable solutions within the interior industry through critical analysis and zero-waste design methodologies.
Taught by seasoned designers and industry professionals, students gain invaluable firsthand knowledge and experience in navigating the contemporary interior design landscape. The course offers a range of industry-centric opportunities, including internships, live projects, mentorship programs, design competitions, and immersive industry experiences, all geared towards providing students with practical skills and insights into the 21st-century interior design industry with a special focus on sustainability business management.
It encourages students to develop:
- an ability to record from direct observation and personal experience;
- an ability to identify and solve problems in visual and/or other forms;
- creativity, visual awareness, critical and cultural understanding;
- an imaginative, creative and personal response;
- confidence, enthusiasm and a sense of achievement in the practice of Art and Design;
- growing independence in the refinement and development of ideas and personal outcomes;
- engagement and experimentation with a range of media, materials and techniques, including new media where appropriate;
- experience of working in relevant frameworks and exploration of manipulative skills necessary to form, compose and communicate in two and/or three dimensions;
- knowledge of a working vocabulary relevant to the subject and an interest in, and a critical awareness of, other practitioners, environments and cultures;
- investigative, analytical, experimental, interpretative, practical, technical and expressive skills.
| Semester 1 | |
|---|---|
| Design Thinking & Methods | |
| Human-Centered Design: Optimizing Spaces | |
| Visual Communication in Design: Illustration and Rendering | |
| Digital Design Development | |
| Strategic Design Thinking in Digital Interiors-I | |
| Experiential Learning: A Guided Exploratory Project | |
| Semester 2 | |
|---|---|
| Concept to Construction | |
| Interior Systems and Infrastructure | |
| Strategic Design Thinking in Digital Interiors-II | |
| Furniture, Furnishings and Decor: Crafting Comfort and Style | |
| Semester 3 | |
|---|---|
| Environmental Consciousness in Construction Practices | |
| Illuminating Spaces: The Art of Interior Lighting | |
| Budgeting and Financial Planning in Construction | |
| Digital Design Identity and Personal Narrative | |
| Exploring The Science of Research | |
| Semester 4 | |
|---|---|
| Professional Proficiency in Modern Workplace | |
| Interior Business & Entrepreneurship | |
| Industry Immersion: Practical Placement Program | |
| Major Thesis Project | |
| Masterclass | |
|---|---|
| Space & Beyond: Design Beyond Earth | |
| Biophilic Design in Interiors | |
| Parametric Architectural Design | |
| AI in Interior Space Design | |
| Empathetic Design- Design for Special Needs | |
| Modular Design for Interiors | |
| Luxury Brand Management | |
The assessment strategy for our design courses uses a perfect balance between summative and formative assessments in order to improve skills not only on core disciplines but also in project planning and time management. Projects are concurrently conducted between all modules in order to improve students’ transferrable skills, allowing them to link skills and competencies from various domains.
An Integral part of the course is the links to profession practitioners and industries, and in particular to this unique course is the connections you will make with ethical and sustainable sectors of the design and textile industry. You will learn how traditional sustainable practices such as ‘ikkat’ textiles, hand loomed weaving, shibori, along with contemporary ethical and sustainable practices such as; ‘peace silk’ and herbal dying can be incorporated into modern contemporary design practices.
Also how organisations such as ‘blue sign’ technologies and ‘Beyond Surface Technologies’ (BST)are working with massive fashion, sports, footwear and apparel companies to create more sustainable products for the mass consumer market.
Students will learn how these important traditional skills and techniques fused with new technologies can provide a design pathway to a sustainable and ethical future.
- Fashion Consultant
- Fashion Entrepreneur
- Assistant Designer
- Fashion Designer
- Creative Head
- Accessory Designer
- Merchandiser
- Visual Merchandiser
- Retail Expert & Consultant
- Store owner, Fashion Photographer
- Blogger
- Curator
- Fashion Lecturer
- Researcher
- Textile Designer Graphic Designer
- Image consultant
- Stylist
- Costume Designer
- and many more.
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