Student presentation, guest speakers and field trips will be emphasized. Students will study the New York interior design market. Displays, styles of furniture, and current period representations will be studied at the manufacturer showrooms. Tour of designers' studios and discussion with area designers, lamp and accessories, museums, school, textiles company, carpeting firms and other places of interest will be included. Normally, the class will spend one week in New York at the beginning of spring semester.
Students pay tuition plus all expenses.
Primarily for majors in the Interior Design curriculum. Students will study the Chicago Merchandise Mart and area resources available to interior designers. Opportunity to visit manufacturing plants, showrooms, area designers, retail operations, museums and other places of interest will be arranged. Normally the class will spend three days in the market. Students pay tuition plus all their expenses.