The Furniture and Interior Design programme provides an integrated
approach to furniture as a part of living and work spaces & habitat and
challenges and defines the boundaries of such objects in systems context.
It enables the students to explore the relationship of furniture elements to
interior spaces. The programme focuses on the development of student’s
creative faculties by encouraging experimentation with new materials and
processes with due concern for material conservation. The programme
ensures that students are able to perform at all levels of production, from
industries engaged in batch production of furniture in various materials,
mass production industries, to the small scale and craft sectors. Lectures,
workshop practice and field studies, along with other design disciplines
introduce students to various materials and their properties, as well as
their engineering and production principles. From an early stage in the
programme, a variety of design projects encourage the development of
individual potential through an experimental approach.

Practical experience of working with materials like wood, metal and
plastics is encouraged. Emphasis is placed on the detailing of furniture
elements, keeping in mind man-object relationships and on the process of
formal integration at the furniture construction level. Exposure to both craft
and mass production techniques is given through field study and industry
visits. Building prototypes wherever possible validates design solutions.
The context and inter-relationship of the furniture and furniture systems in
living, commercial and public spaces and lifestyles are constantly explored.