ICMEK6TH International Congress on Interior Design

Design, beyond being a mere preparation for a profession, is a discipline that fosters the development of an individual's creative intelligence and skills. It has now become an integral part of formal education in numerous countries. Design education encompasses a range of skills, including questioning, thinking, finding creative solutions to problems, and building relationships. This evolution has opened the door to a multifaceted study and development of design education, a journey that is both enlightening and inspiring.

While design education in pre-industrial societies was based on the master-apprentice relationship and the model of learning by doing, the Bauhaus School implemented a radical model based on experimental studies. Based on a constructivist approach in primary education, the Bauhaus model has co-operated with different art and design disciplines. Since then, many design education approaches that develop creative thinking and skills, follow technological developments, support social development, and ensure economic and ecological sustainability continue to be developed and tested in design education in parallel with the searches in the act of design. 

Interior architecture, as one of the design disciplines, has been evolving and changing since the beginning of the 20th century, with a multidimensional structure that allows for new syntheses. The structure of interior architecture/design education, which has been institutionalised in parallel with the professional practice of the profession and includes different types of knowledge and skills, continues to be structured to respond to the rapidly evolving and changing needs of the times.

The primary objective of interior architecture education is to equip students with creative thinking skills, empowering them to tackle practical problems. Given the context of interior architecture and the intricacy of the issues, developing solutions necessitates interaction with various disciplines. Moreover, contemporary technologies, which have inevitably become more widespread, offer the opportunity to explore creative and innovative new ways of working in interior architecture education, underscoring the importance of these skills in our evolving world.

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