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Interior Design

The Department of Applied Design offers three NASAD accredited undergraduate majors with 500 students: Apparel Design and Merchandising, Industrial Design with concentrations in Furniture and Product Design, and Interior Design. The Industrial and Interior Design programs are recognized as top 25 programs in the U.S. among their respective disciplines.

Applied Design’s 16 tenure-track and full-time faculty focus on enhancing human experience through design. Students acquire the skills necessary to envision solutions from concept to prototypes through experiential learning. Applied Design includes design studios, 12,000 square feet of prototyping labs, computer labs, and designated classrooms. Alumni occupy diverse professional positions.

The interior design program is a four-year, professional degree program that leads to a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design degree. The program combines lecture and studio courses and is a balance of theoretical and pragmatic approaches with an emphasis on hands-on experiences in both labs and studios. Environmental responsibility in design is a focus of the program and is woven holistically throughout the curriculum. The program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

The program has consistently earned top honors in national and international competitions such as the Eaton’s SOURCE Award and the PAVE retail competition. Students are required to complete an internship between the third and fourth years, which often leads to full-time employment. Alumni work in all aspects of the interior design industry—primarily in the Southeast and East Coast as well as many other states and several countries. Interior Design at Appalachian State was recently ranked as a DesignIntelligence 2018 “Top 25 Most Admired” program. The report recognized the program among the top ten in the nation in three of the “12 Focus Areas”: Project Planning and Management, Practice Management, and Sustainable Built Environments/ Adaptive Design/Resilient Design.

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Apparel Design & Merchandising 

The Department of Applied Design offers three NASAD accredited undergraduate majors with 500 students: Apparel Design and Merchandising, Industrial Design with concentrations in Furniture and Product Design, and Interior Design. The Industrial and Interior Design programs are recognized as top 25 programs in the U.S. among their respective disciplines.

Applied Design’s 16 tenure-track and full-time faculty focus on enhancing human experience through design. Students acquire the skills necessary to envision solutions from concept to prototypes through experiential learning. Applied Design includes design studios, 12,000 square feet of prototyping labs, computer labs, and designated classrooms. Alumni occupy diverse professional positions.

The Apparel Design and Merchandising program focuses on design, merchandising and marketing of apparel and textile products providing students with a comprehensive understanding of the global apparel and textile complex. Students acquire the skills necessary for the process of apparel product development from concept to consumer including design, production, distribution, marketing and merchandising. Students meet challenging classroom and studio experiences, engage with industry professionals and collaborative opportunities, and participate in field trips and study trips to New York and Europe. Students are required to complete an internship, and ADM program graduates have obtained industry positions in all aspects of the apparel and textile complex.

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Full-Time (one year) and Part-Time

Individuals with a background in Apparel Design, Merchandising, Industrial Design, Interior Design or a related field interested in joining our department should email a letter of interest and resume to Brian Davies, Department Chairperson.  Lecturer and Adjunct positions available.