BSc + MSc in Interior Design (3 yrs + 2 yrs)

Dual Degree by G.D. Goenka School of Fashion & Design Gurgaon View Contact

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The academic curriculum of Interior Design at GD Goenka University allows students to easily blend into a global network while acquiring a greater appreciation of local industry trends. The multidisciplinary and broad based structure aims at an all round development. Deriving from the changing paradigms of industry and commerce, its content as well as the methodology has been designed to suit the need of the emerging sectors in design education. The teaching staff shall be a mix of professional and entrepreneurial sectors making a fundamental contribution to the Indian & Global Design culture. A number of entrepreneurs, experts, designers, project professionals, craftsmen and personalities in the fields of services & culture as well as of professional associations shall contribute to the team of teachers and play an essential role in the education program.

The UG program in Interior Design ensures that the graduates of this course possess a solid foundation in design methodology as well as the technical and operational areas, providing intensive knowledge of the tools and techniques to represent interior design and its various components (such as manual drawing, technical drawing, photography, three dimensional object and space management). The emphasis is laid on ability to compose given spaces aesthetically, functionally and culturally adequate. Particular importance is given to the knowledge of functional distribution of activities, of design and control of micro-environmental factors (light, colour, sound), to the choice and criteria for material selection and techniques for the interventions on interiors and installation, to the economic aspects of these activities, and also to historical, cultural, sociological, sensorial and communication aspects in order to facilitate the human-spatial interaction. The PG program builds further on the knowledge required for the management and direction of the many skills that come into play in the development and realization of an interior design project. The programme allows them to combine the conventional components of design with the innovative aspects such as – expertise in research and application; technical and production skills; economic and strategic skills; communication and representational skills. Ultimately, the course aims to develop the students' capacity to “embark on a process of self actualization by helping them to develop their own independent path and design language.

Career Opportunities

The institute places very high importance on career plans of graduating students and has a fully functional training and placement division. This division is in constant networking with the industry, to open new avenues for the students in the professional & business structures of the industry and their supply chains.

Interior Designer picks up where the architects leave off. They are the ones who design all that empty space that architects create. They help plan space allocation, traffic flow, building services, furniture, fixtures, furnishings, finishes, comfort, safety and aesthetics of interior spaces. Careers in interiors have really exploded as their services are needed everywhere whether it's the new corporate headquarters of a company or a new residential home, or areas such as restaurants, hospitals, hotels, airports, malls, retail spaces, exhibitions, fairs or reality show sets. The institute works towards providing excellent career opportunities for students through campus placement.

Learning Outcomes :

Subject Specific Knowledge, Understanding and skills

On Completion of the degree, students will be able to demonstrate the following:

• An ability to analyze – examining the context of a design project and applying analytical, research and communication skills to interpret its evolutionary characteristics;

• An ability to create – on the basis of an ample knowledge of the history of interiors, of visual arts and the trends of design research and experimentation – turning the elements of analysis into innovative design solutions that are coherent with the inescapable issues of today (sustainability and design for all), using such resources as are available.

• An ability to develop – on the basis of a solid knowledge of the cultural, relational, symbolic, psychological and perceptive factors that condition the way spaces are used – complex design responses that interpret the various ways in which contemporary users benefit from different environments, and re-think existing typologies of space;

• The basic elements of design and manufacture of interior products; Their materials and production techniques

• An ability to visualize and to communicate the design idea at the various stages of the design process: from research and defining the problem to be tackled, to developing the concept and finally drawing up the executive technical design that will accompany its realization. It is therefore fundamental to acquire the language and artistic and visual knowhow that enables the designer to elaborate adequate ways and means of expression to communicate the design idea.;

• An ability to undertake effective research to complete above-mentioned objectives

Modules of Study

YEAR I

Drawing Studio
Geometry: Curves & Surfaces
Materials tor Design
Methods & instruments for Design
Visual Design Studio
Design Theories & practices
History of Art, Design & Architecture
Traditional Indian Costumes

YEAR II

Meta Design Studio
Digital Representation
Technologies & Structures
Study of Traditional Crafts
Fashion Design Studio
Production Technology of Fashion Product
Product Business Plan
General Sociology
History of Fashion

YEAR III

Design Instruments & Methods
Design Seminar
Elective
Elective
Elective
Minor Project
Final Design Project
Final Design Presentation

YEAR IV

Interior Design Studio
Art & Interior
Advances in Technologies & Materials
Design Seminar
Light Design
Interiors of Historic Buildings
Exhibition Design Studio
Elective
Elective

YEAR V

Industry Internship
Contemporary Interiors
Elective
Design Project
Design Project Presentation

Admission Criteria

The admission will be based on performance in Design Aptitudes Test (DAT) followed by a personal interview.

Seats Available : 60

• GD Goenka School of Fashion & Design reserves the right to not fill all the seats and admit only as many candidates as those who meet the quality standards.

G.D. Goenka School of Fashion & Design

GD Goenka School of Fashion & Design (SOFD) will be piece de resistance of the GD Goenka University*. Being established in academic collaboration with the famous Politecnico Di Milano School of Italy, the school will bring the edgy Italian design education to Indian students.

The School of Fashion & Design is promoted by the GD Goenka Group. The objective of the School is to offer high quality education in selected areas of Fashion and Design businesses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels with a view to build a generation of creative professional designers, capable of serving as change agents of the growth and development of the diverse and decentralized sectors of their respective industry segments.