Interior
Design from the inside out
What Is Interior Design?
Interior design is all about how we experience and use spaces. It’s a powerful, essential part of our daily lives and affects how we live, work, play, and even heal. Comfortable homes, functional workplaces, beautiful public spaces—that’s interior design at work. The best interior designers make it look easy, crafting spaces that anticipate our needs and appeal to our emotions, but in reality a broad set of skills and technical knowledge is required. Today, interior designers work with contractors, architects, engineers, furniture dealers, craftsmen, and business and home owners. To become a successful interior designer, you need a well-rounded education and the skills to work within many disciplines (architecture; graphic design; decorative arts; and textile, furniture, and lighting design).
What Do Interior Designers Do? ཛྷཛྷ Create preliminary space plans and 2- and 3-dimensional design concept studies ཛྷཛྷ Choose colors, materials, and finishes ཛྷཛྷ Select and specify furniture, fixtures, equipment, and millwork ཛྷཛྷ Create construction documents, consisting of plans, elevations, details, and specifications ཛྷཛྷ Ensure that the space plans meet all public health, safety, and structural requirements, including code, accessibility, environmental, and sustainability guidelines ཛྷཛྷ Prepare project budgets and oversee the implementation of projects
Residential Design
Commercial Design
design of the spaces we live in
design of the spaces we work in
NYC apartment; Steilish Interiors & Architecture and Ageloff & Associates
Teach for America headquarters, NYC; HOK ©2015 Ari Burling Photography
Hospitality Design
Healthcare Design
design of hotels & restaurants
design of healthcare environments
Le Campus, Hyatt Regency Charles de Gaulle, Paris; Virserius Studio
CT scan room, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, CA; RBB Architects Inc.
Retail Design
Cultural & Education Design
design of retail stores
design of schools, museums, libraries, and other public spaces
Arteco ceramics showroom, Dubai; Studio Bruno Guélaff
Ozark Hall, University of Arkansas; Robert A.M. Stern Architects
ALL WORK BY NEW YORK SCHOOL OF INTERIOR DESIGN ALUMNI
Types of Interior Design
Within the field of interior design, there are a wealth of career options. You can start your own practice, work for a firm, or specialize in a particular skill (such as lighting) or a specific area (such as hospitality). The possibilities are endless, and they’re expanding every day.
Why Does a Great Education Matter?
Education is the best way to get the skills you need to succeed. And in a culture that increasingly embraces DIY design, a degree gives you the credentials required to compete and get employers’ and clients’ attention. With its strong professional focus, a New York School of Interior Design education gives you access to internships and designers with real-world experience—invaluable connections that will serve you throughout your career.
Accreditation New York School of Interior Design is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), and the College’s BFA and the MFA-1 programs are accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). Accreditation is a voluntary activity initiated by the institution that requires a rigorous self-evaluation and an independent, objective appraisal of the overall educational quality by peers. Accreditation is important for many reasons, but first and foremost it ensures that the institution’s academic programs meet acceptable levels of quality. It also helps employers determine whether a graduate is qualified, assists institutions in determining acceptability of transfer credits, and provides a basis for determining eligibility for federal student assistance.
NASAD
Why New York School of Interior Design?
Personal Attention NYSID is a small school and a tightly knit community. With an average class size of 13 and a 10 to 1 student-to-faculty ratio, you won’t get lost in the shuffle. You’ll have real relationships with your instructors—and you won’t spend your days in lecture halls. Rankings NYSID is consistently ranked one of the top interior design programs in the United States. Focus You can focus 100% on interior design, because it’s all we do. We offer more than 200 courses across many programs, all seen through the lens of interior design. No other school or program offers such variety with such focus. Faculty NYSID has more than 100 faculty members, all of whom are seasoned professionals with a wide range of perspectives and experience. They include expert designers, architects, art historians, and authorities on the decorative arts. Job Placement You’ll be on track for a great job. In 2017, 98% of our undergraduate students were employed or pursuing further education within six months of graduation. The numbers say it all! NYC is Your Campus There’s no place like New York City. It’s at the heart of the design world, and NYSID is in the thick of it with two facilities—our Upper East Side main headquarters on 70th Street and our Graduate Center at 28th Street & Park Avenue South. Flexibility We offer unrivaled flexibility to students. You can start small with a few classes and then apply the credits you have earned to a degree program when you are ready. For most of our programs, you’ll have the option to attend part-time or full-time, with some programs also offered online.
Program Options Our undergraduate degrees are a great fit for high school graduates with creative minds and a passion for interiors. We offer: Basic Interior Design (BID) certificate ཛྷཛྷ 1 year; no portfolio required, also offered online Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Interior Design ཛྷཛྷ 2 years; study full-time or part-time, also offered online Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Interior Design ཛྷཛྷ 4 years; study full-time or part-time
On the Cover: NYSID student in the former CondĂŠ Nast cafeteria, 4 Times Square, NYC, designed by Frank Gehry. Photo by Mark La Rosa.
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