Enroll for the 2022 Summer Interior Design Course: Materiality and the Built Environment

Course Title: ADES 4615-001 Topics in Interior Design: Materiality and the Built Environment

Term: Maymester 2022
3 Weeks, 1 session: May 16 - June 3, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

Join us as we embark on the 2022 Summer Sustainable Design Challenge: Design for Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities!

In this collaborative course, students will train in ethnographic research, participate in community-based site visits, and work in teams to develop collaborative concepts for healthy lifestyles and sustainable community development.

The presented topics course ADES 4615-001 for Interior Design majors has three desired outcomes.

1. Engaging with a community-based client to create a designed object for the client’s environment
2. Engaging with sustainable design practices, the students will have the opportunity to be exposed to off-site visits and
3. Manufacturing locations to round out their exposure to interior finish materials

Outcomes will include design-build opportunities and connections to specification writing. There will additionally be provided to integrate educational pursuits with the Fashion Design topics course to engage topical and materiality understanding better. 

For more information, please send an email to Assistant Professor Natalie Ellis, Ph.D., at Natalie.Ellis@unt.edu.