Interior
Design
Awareness of Interior Design as a discipline is fairly new phenomena
in the modern world, there are only a few international institutions
specializing in interior design. In retrospect with the onset of Art
Nouveau at the turn of the century, the number of institutions imparting
functional design related to interior increased radically. Over the
years the decorative aspect of interior, gradually transformed interior
into the science of interior design. The product of this new approach
has revealed unlimited possibilities in utilization of a vast variety
of materials available to society.
The department of interior design seeks to fulfill the dual responsibility
of training specialized design professionals and providing an academic
platform for research and exploration in the filed of interior design.
The unplanned, deeply ruptured physical environment of contemporary
living needs the informed, humane and creative design input of well-trained
design professionals. Design profession in Pakistan is inadequately
equipped and developed in comparison to the vast challenges posed
by the physical and social environment. Interior design as a specialized
field has only begun to make an appearance in the professional field.
The program offered by the National College of Arts is a pioneering
venture in training professional interior designers. The program of
study is committed to design rooted in the socio-economic and cultural
realities of the local environment and the global needs of the twenty
first century. It is inspired both by the founding mandate of the
Mayo school as an institution for the promotion of indigenous crafts,
the later Bauhaus influenced curriculum of the National College of
Arts.
It subscribes to the humane and methodological design approach of
the early modernists and its critical maturing in the work and writing
of designers and theorists who challenged the Eurocentric and culturally
insensitive nature of early modern design.
The program plans to incorporate the traditional design crafts related
to environment design in its curriculum and narrow the divide between
traditional practitioners and professional designers.
Courses in social sciences are planned to equip designers with a wider
vision and understanding of the social context of design.
The faculty consists of practicing professionals in the field of interior
design and allied professions as well as academicians for liberal
arts.
The riches asset of our department are the facilities and learning
environment composed of the varied art and design departments of Pakistan’s
premier institute the National College of Arts. The students can use
the facilities these departments and also participate in the vibrant
activities of the National College of Arts.
The program of study consists of courses in design, materials, color
theory, lighting and electrical, mechanical systems, drawing and presentation,
art history, sociology etc. The final project for graduation consists
of a thesis project completed in the second year of the course.
The thesis project provides opportunity to an individual designer
to pursue with a great freedom a selected topic of his or her own
choice. The objective is to train a future professional to seek innovative
and socially responsible design solutions. The student works with
his or her internal advisors and is finally juried by professionals
in the field of interior and architectural design.
Mr. Syed Faisal Sajjad
(Art History and Theory / Interior Design Studio)
B. Arch. (NCA)
M. Arch. (UET)
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Cordinator
Mr. Nadeem Hassan Khan
MA. Multimedia Arts (NCA),
N.D. Arch. (NCA), PGD-DSC(Pb.)
Mr. Arfan Ghani
(Interior Design Studio)
N.D. Arch. (NCA),
Mr. Adnan Shoaib
(Interior Design Studio / Drawing Presentation / Furniture)
Diploma in Interior Design (NCA)
Mr. Rashid Makhdoom
(Professional Practice)
M. Arch. (Kansas State University)
Mr. Saud Saddique
(Lighting)
Electric Engineering
Mr. Masood Hameed
(Drawing)
Mr. Raza Zaidi
(Visiting)
M.A Hons, Visual Arts (NCA)
