Interior Architecture & Design
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Create environments that tell a story.
The world is changing, and the way we design our environments—the spaces where we live, shop, work, and relax—matters more than ever. With CCAD’s Interior Architecture & Design program, you’ll find the facilities, tools, and faculty to help you make your design vision real. Here, you’ll learn how to design spaces that are beautiful and functional.
Our program focuses on a user-centered approach, meaning we start with the needs of the people who will be using a space. From there, students research, plan, design, and problem solve through real world exercises. Our flexible curriculum means you can choose to specialize in the area that interests you the most, whether that’s retail, residential, or educational spaces, furniture design, or environmental design. And you’ll take courses focused on hand sketching, computer modeling and rendering, drafting, and communications, giving you a range of skills that will help you succeed whichever direction you choose.
Interior Architecture & Design student work
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Wooden Stool
Anna Morey
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The Town
Stefania Marciniak
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Student Housing
Maggie Yost
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Module
Joshua Grieco
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Harmony Healthcare
Jasmine Mason
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Brutalism
Colton Vance
Wooden Stool
Anna Morey
2024
Wood and Fabric
![Wooden stool with a blue and red checker print design on the cushion seat, created by an Interior Architecture & Design student at Columbus College of Art & Design.](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Interior-Design/Aug.1.2024-Uploads/INTE-Anna-Morey-stool.jpg?w=1220&q=90&auto=format&fit=min&dm=1723055348&s=233f81aa81dbf4237df9ad97c6488a6a)
The Town
Stefania Marciniak
2024
Digital drawings and renderings
![Full 3D rendering of "The Town" apartment community, created by an Interior Architecture & Design student at Columbus College of Art & Design.](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Interior-Design/Aug.1.2024-Uploads/INTE-Stefania-Marciniak-The-Town.jpg?w=1220&q=90&auto=format&fit=min&dm=1723055536&s=254622287c8b624ac9216c34489b8be3)
Student Housing
Maggie Yost
2026
Digital drawings and renderings
![Digital drawing and rendering of student housing interior and exterior, created by an Interior Architecture & Design student at Columbus College of Art & Design.](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Interior-Design/Aug.1.2024-Uploads/INTE-Maggie-Yost-Student-Housing-1.jpg?w=1220&q=90&auto=format&fit=min&dm=1723056391&s=f294aec71fa0a81f0de55adf2fa34e88)
Module
Joshua Grieco
2027
Paper
![3D paper module made of interconnected pyramids, created by an Interior Architecture & Design student at Columbus College of Art & Design.](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Interior-Design/Aug.1.2024-Uploads/INTE-Josh-Grieco-module.jpg?w=1220&q=90&auto=format&fit=min&dm=1723056527&s=cd94894e5900015998a8587676785d51)
Harmony Healthcare
Jasmine Mason
2024
Digital drawings and renderings
![3D rendering of the exterior of "Harmony Health," a design for health clinics redefining care in low-income communities, created by an Interior Architecture & Design student at Columbus College of Art & Design.](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Interior-Design/Aug.1.2024-Uploads/INTE-Jasmine-Mason-Harmony-Healthcare-1.jpg?w=1220&q=90&auto=format&fit=min&dm=1723056629&s=ad7276c33156b59fbf3c93bf8c50885f)
Brutalism
Colton Vance
2025
Computer generated drawings
![INTE Colton Vance brutalism1](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Interior-Design/INTE_Colton.Vance_brutalism1.jpg?w=1220&q=90&auto=format&fit=min&dm=1712601679&s=8ae42820f19fc68efd94355cb880ac73)
Spaces to Make
Our campus has the tools and the spaces to help you make your vision real.
![CCAD Stucio Classes](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Program-Page-Photo-Assets/Interior-Architecture-Design/CCAD_Stucio_Classes.jpg?w=1440&q=90&auto=format&fit=max&dm=1711652554&s=a154dc56bc8e60c1c50184617f9622b3)
Create professional-looking renderings in our print and computer labs and furniture prototypes and models in our wood shop.
![INTE Material Libary](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Program-Page-Photo-Assets/Interior-Architecture-Design/Spaces-to-Make/INTE_MaterialLibary.jpg?w=1440&q=90&auto=format&fit=max&dm=1706227866&s=3d1e07603eadcb8b82ee5a3de4db4d7c)
Material samples, catalogs, and flat file storage give you access to real-world supplies and references.
![INTE Appilachia Toy Design 23](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Program-Page-Photo-Assets/Interior-Architecture-Design/Spaces-to-Make/INTE-_Appilachia_Toy_Design_23.jpg?w=1440&q=90&auto=format&fit=max&dm=1706227860&s=66eb672d52df52f9d6c0cb9076a555e4)
The Tad Jeffrey Fablab includes laser cutters and 3D printers for prototype fabrication of models, furniture, and objects.
Faculty
Meet the people who will help you along your creative and professional journey.
![Kelly Devore1](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Faculty-Photo-Assets/Kelly_Devore1.jpg?w=500&h=500&q=90&auto=format&fit=min&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5387&fp-y=0.3968&dm=1712589276&s=acf2bad1b0346bfb702163e5cd9005f0)
Adjunct Faculty
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Joel Burke[email protected]
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Mary Dietsch[email protected]
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Elizabeth Leidy[email protected]
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Richard Rozewski[email protected]
Course Spotlight
DESIGN METHODS
Learn about the materials used to design and build functional, beautiful spaces. Through hands-on projects, lectures, and more, you’ll explore how materials, textiles, and furnishings are made, how they function, and how they can be used.
Interior Architecture & Design First Year Experience
Academic Year
Freshman Year - Fall
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2D Creative Practices |
Systems of Drawing |
Collaboration |
Art History |
Writing & the Arts |
Freshman Year - Spring
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Intro to Design |
What Can a Drawing Do |
3D Making with Care |
History of Design & Applied Arts |
Math Quantitative Literacy |
Interior Architecture & Design careers
After earning their BFA in Interior Architecture & Design, our graduates leave ready to take on such roles as:
- Design researcher
- Design salesperson
- Design strategist
- Educational designer
- Furniture designer
- Interior architect
Recent employers
- Big Red Rooster
- Chute Gerdeman
- Design Collective
- Fitch
- FRCH NELSON
- Gap
- Gensler
- L Brands
- Moody Nolan
- NBBJ
- Roto
- Safdie Architects
- WD Partners
Interior Architecture & Design News
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