Interior design has emerged as a distinct field that focuses on enhancing living spaces through the integration of anthropological and ergonomic concepts with aesthetic ones. By fusing creativity with visual sensibility and technical features, interior design contributes to the increasing functionality and quality of interior spaces. Interior Design is related to a number of fields such as graphic design, industrial design, and landscape architecture.

House decoration, residential design, and commercial design are the three main interests in interior design. Studies provide knowledge and pertinent information on design concepts, interior planning, architectural design, and graphic approaches for interior design.

Students who study Interior Design get both exceptional interpersonal and creative capabilities, wherein creating professionals who are typically well-organized and meticulous. Students also need to have mathematical capabilities and design software application knowledge in terms of technological abilities. They will be in charge of deciding which practical goods and materials will be utilised to design and furnish living spaces, therefore they must be aware of how texture, colour, lighting, and other elements blend and interact.

Study levels:

Courses in the field of Interior Design is offered by colleges and universities in India and abroad at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level via degrees, certificates and diplomas. These include:

• Bachelor in Habitat Design
• Bachelor of Applied Design in Interior Design
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
• Bachelor of Arts in Interior and Furniture Design
• Bachelor of Arts in Interior Architecture
• Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design
• Bachelor of Design in Interior Design
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture & Design
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design
• Bachelor of Interior Design
• Bachelor of Science in Interior Design
• Bachelor's Degree in Interior and Product Design
• Master in Interior Decoration
• Master of Arts in Interior and Spatial design
• Master of Arts in Interior Architecture and Design
• Master of Arts in Interior Architecture and Design
• Master of Arts in Interior Architecture and Design
• Master of Arts in Interior Design
• Master of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture
• Master of Interior & Furniture Design
• Postgraduate Diploma in Interior Design
• Doctor of Philosophy in Interior Design

Specialisation:

The field of Interior Design requires a certain level of expertise across a broad spectrum as students will be given more opportunities to focus on their interests, choosing a specialisation to focus on. These include:

• Accessory Designing
• Art and Craft Renovation and Decoration
• Bathroom Designing
• Colour Specialist
• Commercial Interior Designing
• Corporate Interior Designing
• Creativity
• Cultural Designing
• Exhibition Designing
• Feng-shui Interior Designing
• Furniture Designing
• Global Designing
• Green interior Designing
• Healthcare Facilities Designing
• Historic Conservation & Restoration Designing
• Interior Landscape
• Kitchen Designing
• Lighting Designing
• Living Spaces Designing
• Residential Designing
• Restaurant Designing
• Sustainable Designing
• Universal Designing

Employability

Graduates with degree in Interior Design will be equipped with the specific creative and technical skills they will need to succeed in the field. Any company that creates living, shopping and working spaces for people is a potential interior design employer. These include:

• architectural firms and construction companies
• interior design companies
• exhibition centres and events management companies
• consultancies offering a wide portfolio of design services
• retailers
• theatre, TV or film companies.

Job titles include:

• Interior and spatial designer
• Exhibition designer
• Production designer, theatre/TV/film
• Visual merchandiser
• Architect
• Architectural technologist
• Estates manager
• Furniture designer
• Graphic designer
• Product designer
• Stylist
• Textile designer