Interior Design

We spend 90% of our lives in interior spaces, and their designs impact how we feel, think, and play. Wherever people are, there is a need for innovative, human-centered, and evidence-based interior design that fosters sustainability and ethical practice.

In this program, you'll gain the theoretical knowledge to conceptualize space and create the desired experience. You'll master the practical skills to have your designs built and the communication skills to deliver compelling presentations of your work. You'll be prepared to conceive spaces that respect and benefit individual occupants and the public in any social, cultural, physical, and environmental context.

Interior Design AAS

In the AAS program, you'll learn the design methodologies and practical skills that will prepare you for an entry-level position or to apply for a BFA in Interior Design. AAS graduates who choose to change their major can apply to the BFA in Visual Presentation and Exhibition Design.

Degree Details for AAS

Interior Design BFA

Accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), the BFA curriculum emphasizes human-centered and evidence-based design that, through advanced research methods, addresses current social concerns, ergonomics, and sustainability. You will learn advanced built environment technologies and the most recent computerized visualization and presentation methods. A two-semester capstone, senior thesis programming, and a design project, judged by a jury of professionals, pairs you with a faculty member and an industry mentor and becomes a significant part of your professional portfolio.

If you have an AAS in Interior Design from FIT, you may apply. Learn more about eligibility for this program.

Degree Details

We envision and build spaces that are not only pleasing to the eye and functional for the user, but also environmentally and socially responsible.

Reyha Mate

For Design Class's Coronavirus Design Competition, Reyha Mete, Interior Design '20, was recognized as a Designer's Choice when she envisioned a pop-up juice bar that serves as a refuge for health care workers.

Interior Design for Jason Wu

Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller, both Interior Design '96, launched Carrier and Company in 2005. Named a top 100 design firm by Architectural Digest, their broad portfolio includes Vogue, celebrity residential work, and artist/designer Jason Wu.

Nasim Lahbichi thesis project

This Senior Thesis Design proposal by Nasim Lahbichi offers a solution for communities grappling with inequalities of environmental racism visible in food desert areas that lead to inadequate nutrition and compounded health problems. This project is only one example of what our interior design graduates can do.

virtual reality design by students

Our students make the most of the latest technology, including virtual reality. Immerse yourself in their projects for schools, lofts, and retail spaces.

Ahene Shin Chelsea Market restaurant design

What does it take to win a $30,000 interior design scholarship from the prestigious Angelo Donghia Foundation? See how Ahene Shin '19 reimagined a Chelsea Market restaurant as part of her winning portfolio.

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Bring spaces to life … When we apply the principles, processes, ethics, and responsibilities of our profession, its value to society becomes real.

Every building has some soul in it … When you go in, the building will tell you what it wants to be.

Tony Chi Interior Design '79 , Principal and Founder, TonyChi Studio

Tony Chi

Students have interned at Gensler, Rockwell Group, and Interior Architects. Graduates work as interior designers in large and small firms and as consultants to manufacturers, retail stores, and design showrooms.

Beyond Graduation

FIT Interior Design

With access to the world-renowned museums and showrooms of New York City, prepare for a professional-level interior design career that will help you compete with excellence in the creative economy. Learn from a faculty of industry insiders who foster creativity, career focus, and a global perspective, embracing and promoting inclusiveness, sustainability, and a sense of community. Meet more Interior Design faculty.

Carmita Sanchez-Fong

Carmita Sanchez-Fong

Sanchez-Fong has worked in the interior design and architecture industry for over 25 years. She believes in the restless process of design and education and its ability to stimulate, provoke, and engage the human spirit. Her focus is on advancing service learning in higher education to foster social responsibility. Sanchez-Fong spearheads the department's service-learning initiatives and is the founder of the Integrated Service Learning Project. She has worked in New York; New Jersey; Florida; Washington, D.C.; London, UK; Quito, Ecuador; and Bogota, Colombia. She has a BS in architecture and an MS in curriculum development and instructional technology. She has been teaching in NYC since 1990.

Graznya Pilatowicz

Grazyna Pilatowicz

Pilatowicz is a full-time tenured faculty member and an assistant chair. She specializes in integrated sustainable design and programming and space planning for institutional projects. In the Interior Design Studios and Programming for the Senior Design Thesis course, she fosters students' creativity. She teaches design that is a human-centered and research-based interdisciplinary process rooted in actual places and communities. She is NCIDQ certified, LEED AP, holds a MA in art history and a BFA in interior design. She is a professional member of IDEC, IIDA, and US GBC.