What is Interior Architecture, and how does it differ from Interior Design?
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Interior Architecture education is a program that "prepares individuals to apply architectural principles in the design of structural interiors for living, recreational, and business purposes and to function as professional interior architects." It includes instruction in architecture, structural systems design, heating and cooling systems, occupational and safety standards, interior design, specific end-use applications, and professional responsibilities and standards.
NCES defines Interior Design education as "a program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional planning, designing, equipping, and furnishing of residential and commercial interior spaces." Interior design education includes instruction in computer applications drafting and graphic techniques; principles of interior lighting, acoustics, systems integration, and color coordination; furniture and furnishings; textiles and their finishing; the history of interior design and period styles; basic structural design; building codes and inspection regulations; and applications to office, hotel, factory, restaurant and housing design."
The Princeton Review offers a more lighthearted look at each:
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As part of its continuing attempt to shed light upon the problem of counterfeits and knock-offs in the design industry, M2L, a licensed and authorized U.S. importer of modern design products from Europe, recently announced its second annual Genuine Design Competition scholarship award winners.
The first place scholarship of $3,500 was awarded to Katherine Dabkowski, an interior design student at Arizona State University. Her entry explored the intellectual property rights and moral and legal issues associated with knockoffs, counterfeit designs, illegal reproductions, and deceptive advertising. You can view Ms. Dabkowski's video entry here.
A second place prize of $2,500 was awarded to Sarah Muchow, an interior design major at the New York School of Interior Design. Third and fourth place prizes were awarded to Marita Montes of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and Stuart Fingerhut of Los Angeles'Art Center College of Design, respectively.
M2L's design competition was developed in conjunction with the New York Eleven consortium of design schools, with judging by a panel of industry representatives that included Interior Design Magazine's web editor Laurel Petriello. The design competition awarded scholarship prizes to those students who created the most impactful public service announcement type videos about the harmful effects that product knockoffs have upon the design industry.
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