The Creative School announces new Master of Interior Design program
The Creative School launches the new, one-year Post-Professional Master of Interior Design (MID) graduate program, with its first intake in Fall 2023. The MID program will allow students to take the lead in the interior design industry. The program is taught by renowned leaders, researchers and academics in the field.
The MID program offers designers an opportunity to explore emerging concepts in design, including design thinking models, technology, fabrication, strategic programming and sustainable initiatives while developing a profound understanding of the ways interior design influences society at large.
Offered to those with a Bachelor of Interior Design (BID), a Bachelor of Design (BDes), a Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) or recognized industry experience, the Master of Interior Design program is for those who are interested in becoming leaders and changemakers in a design-focused profession, supporting a career path in academia, or pursuing a specialized design inquiry to expand the boundaries of the discipline’s knowledge and practice.
“We are thrilled to launch the one-year Master of Interior Design program, which provides exciting opportunities to pursue graduate education in interior design,” says Jean Bruce, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at The Creative School. “This research and practice-led program helps to fill the high demand for advanced study in these rapidly evolving fields. By offering a range of unique learning experiences, the program challenges students to envision a more sustainable and equitable future for interiors and multiplies their career prospects.”
"The Fabric Pavilion” by Interior Design student Judy Lan Zhou
Accessing opportunities
Housed within one of the world’s premier Interior design schools, the MID program prepares designers for leadership in their profession, accommodating a rapidly growing demand for designers to deliver advanced thinking and provide sustainable solutions to complex problems.
Students will have access to a world-leading digital fabrication facility as well as traditional woodworking shops, ceramics facilities, and a materials library specifically curated for interior design. In addition to learning from professional and scholarly experts and access to industry partners and international networks, students can engage with faculty-wide innovation, research, creative and entrepreneurship spaces.
“What is unique about this program is that it provides students with the opportunity to pursue individual creative and research-based projects guided by faculty with knowledge across a breadth of design disciplines,” says Master of Interior Design Program Director Lois Weinthal. “Design studios, labs and creative hubs at the university contribute to an immersive experience supporting meaningful and impactful thesis projects to shape the future of the interior.”
The curriculum balances creative practice and design inquiry and provides students with an opportunity to gain expertise and specialization in interiors-focused topics that address emergent trends and societal needs. Students enjoy working in studio environments that merge innovative design and research with community engagement, exemplifying city-building as a discipline representative of the built environment. Sample courses in the MID program include History of Interior Design, Design Seminar, and Creative Project Proposal.
"Play To Power (A Generation)" by Interior Design students Meimei Yang, Daniella Muraca, Nautica Holdip and Buthaina Ahmed
As part of the community at The Creative School, students will be able to engage in research opportunities as research assistants, collaborate on research and practical projects across disciplines through The Catalyst, explore new technologies through the Design + Technology LAB, turn their design ideas into a start-up at the Design Fabrication Zone (DFZ), and explore transdisciplinary learning opportunities through The Creative School-wide elective courses.
To learn more about the Master of Interior Design program at The Creative School, visit the program website. The application portal is now open!
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