Interior Design
Spatial practices for gathering cultures
Milan
ENG
Second Level Academic Diploma in Design - Specialization in Interior Design
Language
English
Start date
October 2026
Frequency
Full time
Fruition
On campus
Duration
2 Years
Credits
120 CFA / ECTS
Course Coordination
Davide Fabio Colaci
How can collective space design regenerate the relationship between people and the areas where they live?
Interior design has a role in reshaping human relationships with local environment and with the different forms of life around us. Being of critical importance both ecologically and culturally, such relationships are likely to open up new project design perspectives for reinterpretation and regeneration.
The Master of Arts in Interior Design. Spatial Practices for Gathering Cultures views space design as a collaborative practice to rewrite and regenerate the relationship between communities, the areas they live in and the ecosystems they are part of. This approach fits into the vision of DesignXCommons, where design is regarded to integrate the commons and regenerate the planet.
Designing spaces for community events, museum and exhibition layouts, urban interiors and city landscapes takes shape from a close and critical analysis of the relationship between contemporary cities and the narratives they tell. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course explores the implications and impacts of interior project design on society and the environment, in a way that seeks to critically address global-level changes in either built or non-built ecosystems. Under this programme, research is applied to designing sustainable building systems and spatial devices, with the potential for them to evolve into tools for positive eco-social renewal. Collaborative workshops and interactions with experts from such diverse disciplinary fields as astrophysics, ethology and clubbing will extend the project focus to new directions and provide an open research ground for experimentation with innovative methodology and original findings.
Career roles that can be pursued with the degree programme in Interior Design. Spatial Practices for Gathering Cultures will be able to combine technical and critical skills into the field of interior design as they develop projects that relate to both domestic and collective spaces. They will be able to take on roles in exhibition design involving project planning for shows, trade fair events and parties. They will also have the opportunity to work in the field of curatorship for museums, galleries and foundations, as researchers and/or advisers. Other possible career prospects include stage design for theatre and cinema, and also business consulting on project development work in the areas of both product and contract design. Continuing in Ph.D. trajectories at Italian and foreign universities will also be an option.
Faculty
Course Leader
Davide Fabio Colaci
Massimo Tenan
Architect
Erica Petrillo
Curator and Researcher
Chiara Lionello
Architect and Researcher
Nicola Campri
Architect, Researcher and Curator
Giulia Novati
Interior Architect
Gabriela Galati
Gallerist , Professor and Researcher on Art and New Media
Riccardo Ferrari
Interior Architect, Researcher
Erica Agogliati
Interior Design, co-founder of Flatwig Studio
Francesca Avian
Interior Designer, co-founder of Flatwig studio
Angelo Renna
Architect and landscape designer
Lorenza Crotti
Architect
Luca Prandoni
Industrial and Green Designer_R&D Materials and Technology
Gregorio Minelli Vacchi
Architect
Ben Bazalgette-Staples
Translator specialized in art and communication
Tommaso Mola Meregalli
Photographer
Yuri Mastromattei
Ludovica Niero
Architect and Art Director
What people say
Interior Design. Spatial practices for gathering cultures
Course Coordinator describes the goal, the methodology and the professional opportunities of the Master of Arts in Interior Design.
DesignXCommons
The world could be otherwise: making by making strange
"The world has become so flattened by routine that we no longer fully see the objects around us; we merely recognize them."
The workshop took place at Rifugio Amprimo (Val di Susa- Italy) and has been inspired by the statement of Russian theorist Viktor Shklovsky.
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