Top 5 reasons to take up Interior Designing at IIAD
With residential, commercial and industrial development catching momentum, there is a rising need for interior designers to be well-versed in the architectural dialect. Apart from being experts in soft furnishings of an interior space, interior designers can improve their employability by gathering knowledge about architectural and construction principles. The industry needs skilled professionals who can take up challenging tasks of designing interior spaces, and at the same time match pace with the growing urban and rural landscape of India. From this need has stemmed a new and improved segment of experts known as Interior Architects and Designers.
Catering to the industry’s specific requirement, the Indian Institute of Art and Design has curated a specialised course by the name of Interior Architecture and Design. There are only a handful of colleges in the country that offer this course and IIAD happens to be one amongst them. IIAD is a design institute located in New Delhi offering a B.A. (Hons) in Interior Architecture and Design in collaboration with Kingston University, London. Therefore, upon graduation the students will be awarded the degrees by Kingston University and will get the official alumni status of KU. In addition to this, IIAD offers undergraduate programmes in Fashion Design and Communication Design as well. Wondering why IIAD? Well, we can help you with that!
1. State-of-the-art Infrastructure: IIAD’s world-class campus spread across a sprawling area of 70,000 sqft. has been carefully designed to reflect the signature teaching philosophy of the Institute. Therefore, instead of seeing the traditional classroom setup, one would find wide open studio spaces allocated to each of the design programmes offered at the Institute. The studio environment provides aspiring designers with a simulated industry environment that helps them learn and understand the fundamentals of design through the process of ‘making’ as, every act of making is an exploration.
2. Curriculum: the core ideology of imparting education at IIAD lies in first identifying and then refining the skills of each and every student that enrolls for either of the three design programmes offered at IIAD. The curriculum has been carefully curated keeping in mind the inherent dynamism and rigour of the creative industry. Students are exposed to various design techniques and processes via means of design briefs and projects. They are first introduced to the overarching concepts and sub-fields within a subject and then given the freedom to break it down into simpler parts with constant mentoring from the faculty members. Unlike other design institutes in the country, projects dictate the course and direction of learning at IIAD, a design pedagogy akin to the crafts guild method that focuses on the philosophy of learning by doing.
3. Small Batch Sizes: Owing to the teaching learning philosophy at IIAD, batch sizes have been consciously kept small, with a student to faculty ratio of 15:1. The focus lies on nurturing the individual trajectories of the design aspirants that enrol with IIAD and help refine their skill-set over a period of 4 years that they are with the Institute.
4. Faculty: The faculty facilitating the Interior Architecture and Interior Design course at IIAD are experienced and accomplished professionals who actively practice the craft and hold Postgraduate degrees in teaching from renowned institutes and university in India and abroad.
5. Location: the Institute is located in New Delhi which gives students the prime advantage of drawing upon the available resources around the campus. Being located in an industrial area, the students can get easy access to industrial products and raw materials for their projects as well as have access to allied businesses and organizations. As such, sourcing material and field-visits to experience design process in action is very convenient. Moreover, Delhi — a huge melting-pot of cultures provides a wonderful context (background) for the design research and work that the students do at the institute.
India is evolving into a design conscious nation and consumers are becoming aware of their spaces with interiors and furnishings gaining prominence with each passing day. Therefore, despite the presence of approximately 59,213 registered architects (Council of Architecture Index) in the country, consumers need skilled professionals who can provide smart, innovative design solutions to enhance the aesthetic appeal and functionality of their interior spaces. Pursuing Interior Architecture and Interior Designing Courses helps one develop creative and practical skills on space utilisation in addition to combining modern technology and material to achieve the desired results. IIAD believes in bridging the gap between theory and practice of Interior Architecture and Design and producing informed designers with a strong understanding of the human interaction with myriad spatial boundaries.
