Interior Design Major
Moore’s Interior Design major is the perfect fit for future residential, commercial and industrial interior designers; textile designers; exhibition designers; environmental designers and beyond.
Our Interior Design program is designed for the kind of person who...
- Thinks about how to maximize your bedroom’s potential
- Follows sustainable design influencers on Instagram
- Loves the idea of helping clients bring their visions to life
If this sounds like your, then our Interior Design BFA might be the Moore major for you.
Interior Design Major Student Work
Design the world around you. See what current Interior Design college students and recent alumni have accomplished.
Lucy Franck ’24
Izabella Groysman ’23
Natasha Cannavaro ’22
Delaina George ’23
McKaylah Marshall ’23
Haley Pattinson ’23
Bri Senft ’24
Delaina George ’23
Check out more student work!
WHY CHOOSE AN INTERIOR DESIGN MAJOR AT MOORE?
- CREATE: In our interior design program you’ll be able to indulge your creativity and engage your curiosity about space and making beautiful environments. The curriculum includes residential design, hotel design, and sustainable design to name a few.
- ACCESS: You’ll meet and learn from industry professionals including reviews and mentoring with our CIDA advisory board, and other exciting opportunities including field trips and guest speakers.
- COMMUNITY: Your interior design paid internship between junior and senior years will connect you to the right people for networking your way into a job doing what you love right after graduation!
KICKSTART YOUR CAREER WITH A PAID INTERIOR DESIGN INTERNSHIP
100% of Moore Interior Design college students receive a paid internship between junior and senior years, and get real-world experience working with companies and organizations like:
Ashli Mizell
JacobsWyper Architects
Studio Friedman
ROHE Creative
LAND YOUR DREAM JOB
Interior Design alumni have landed jobs at companies and organizations like…
Gensler
Abby Schwartz Associates
Marguerite Rodgers Ltd.
Bernardon
Nelson
SFCS Architects
RD Jones & Associates
IN OUR OWN WORDS
Moore opened up my professional path. The studios are small and intimate, which allows students and teachers to establish connections. Having teachers who are able to focus on your work and how you can improve was very important to me.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR EXPANSIVE INTERIOR DESIGN PROGRAM FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
Materials Library
An interior designer’s playground, stocked with state-of-the-art equipment and thousands of fabric, color and material samples that will help you bring your projects to life.
Computer Labs
Everything Interior Design majors need for digital work: 27” iMacs, Epson P800 17”x22” inkjet printers, Xerox black and white and color printers, and scanners for documents up to 18”x24” in size.
FabLab
Your future favorite place on campus, featuring a laser cutter/engraver, 3D scanners/printers, CNC Router, ceramics decal printer and a digital embroidery machine.
Print Shop
In addition to a brand-new risograph, you’ll have access to two etching presses that can be used to make drypoints, etchings, monotypes and relief prints, and a darkroom with light exposure units, a spray sink and a vacuum table for screenprinting.
Professional Shooting Studio
Fully equipped with a Hasselblad H5D-50 50MP camera, colored backdrops, green screen, strobes, hot lights and other accessories.
MEET YOUR INTERIOR DESIGN MAJOR
Watch our Meet Your Major: Interior Design video to take a deeper dive into everything this program has to offer!
NETWORK WITH THE INTERIOR DESIGN PROS
You’ll also meet guest critics and speakers—designers in the field who started out just like you—at special department events. Here’s a glimpse of some of our recent visitors:
Abby Schwartz, FARA, NCARB
Schwartz started her own business, Abby Schwartz Associates, LLC in 1992, focusing on residential additions and renovations and growing over time to include larger and more varied projects. She has been featured in multiple publications and is president of the Pennsylvania Council of the Society of American Registered Architects.
Carol Elia, ASID, LEED-AP
Founder and principal of Philadelphia-based firm CR Design, Elia is a LEED-AP accredited designer, a frequent guest speaker at industry events like Neocon, Leading Age and the Environments for Aging Conference, and a founding member of the Interior Design Legislative Coalition of Pennsylvania.
Michelle Reese, NCIDQ
Reese is an associate, project interior designer at Francis Cauffman Architects and works on producing renderings, selecting finishes and furniture, construction documentation and construction administration. A graduate of Moore, she regularly participates in student design critiques and is a member of the Interior Design program advisory board.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Click the plus buttons below to get an overview of Moore’s Interior Design courses and core curriculum. As an Interior Design Major, you'll get to work on a variety of exciting projects during your coursework, like:
- Café/Bookstore design project
- Hotel of the Future: design a futuristic hotel
- Residential Loft: design for a couple who travels the world
- Pop-up Menswear Shop: partner with other Graphic Design students
- Capstone Thesis: select the type of project you want to design
Interior Design Core Curriculum
Year 1 is your Foundation year! You’ll get a head start with your bridge-to-major class (Visual Communication for Interior Design) and choose between drawing or design in your second semester.
- 2D Design
- 3D Design
- Foundation Drawing I
- Visual Thinking
- Visual Communication
- Color Theory
- Drawing for Visual Communication OR Creative Design
- Writing Workshop I & II
- Art History I & II
Immerse yourself in your major in Year 2. Classes like Linear Perspective for Interiors, Materials & Construction and Digital Representation will give you foundational skills for future work.
- Materials & Construction
- History of Interior Design
- Digital Representation
- Interior Design I & II
- Linear Perspective for Interiors
- Modern Art History Course
- Non-Western Art History
- Gender, Race, Class & Power
In Year 3, go further in classes like Interior Building Systems and Lighting, and start to think about your future through electives and Professional Development, which will prepare you for an exciting $1,000 paid summer internship.
- Interior Design III & IV
- Lighting
- Advanced Digital Representation
- Interior Building Systems
- Building Info Modeling
- Professional Development I
- Creative & Critical Studies Electives
- Studio Electives
In Year 4, take your final electives and additional classes in Construction and Historic Preservation, and apply the skills you’ve learned to a final thesis project. Then get ready for your journey to post-graduation success!
- Historic Preservation
- Construction Documents
- Programming & Research
- Interior Design Thesis
- Professional Development II (Internship)
- Creative & Critical Studies Electives
- Open Electives
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PostedMeet Julia Kerr, an Interior Design student who returned to college life after nearly a decade in the restaurant industry.
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PostedInternship All-Stars spotlights Moore’s college-wide paid internship program and the students who turned these internships into their first career opportunities. Meet Elisa Zanetti ’23, former transfer student and Interior Design Internship All-Star!
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PostedGet to know Heather Ujiie, a full-time professor in multiple departments here at Moore!
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PostedMoore alums are soaring in their fields, using their unique talents and skills as artists and designers to make a difference in the world around them. Meet Hope Velocette ’10, a Moore Interior Design hero! Learn more about her career since her time at Moore.
