Start Your Journey in Interior Design
The Department of Interior Design at the University of Florida is an internationally recognized program committed to evidence-based design that emphasizes the role of human centered research to guide the design process.
Interior Design
Our interdisciplinary design studios offer students the knowledge and hands-on skills necessary to excel in many design fields. The studio environment, mentored by professional and NCIDQ certified faculty, allows for individual and team project-based learning that combines design thinking, intensive research, design development, creativity, and technical skills enabling our graduates to become leaders in the field.
Career Paths
Residential Design
Design functional and aesthetically appealing residential spaces that creates a livable atmosphere and expresses the home owner’s personal individuality.
Commercial Design
Commercial interior designers plan public spaces such as government buildings, private businesses, or other corporate entities.
Healthcare Design
Healthcare architecture and interior design is an area in which many architects and interior designers specialize since programmatic requirements for these types of facilities are often very complex.
Retail Design
Design is a creative and
a commercial discipline that combines several different areas of expertise together in the design and construction of retail spaces.
Educational Design
Museum and gallery design surveys a range of institutional spaces from around the globe, looking at contemporary projects and the diverse materials and unconventional forms employed in their construction.
Corporate Design
In today’s ever-changing business climate, workplace design goes beyond a beautiful space; it’s a critical tool for aligning people, culture, and processes.
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Alumni Profile
Cat Lindsay, B.Des 1986
Cat Lindsay is currently the Head of Workplace and Design Global Real Estate for HBO, Turner, CNN and Warner Brothers. Her responsibilities include leading the research, design and implementation of firm-wide workplace strategy working with the key stakeholders in all divisions.Before that, she was an owner/partner at Lindsay Newman Architecture and Design for 14 years, where she partnered with John Newman in leading the Lindsay Newman team to complete corporate, residential and cultural projects including the Liberty National Clubhouse, Guest House, Snack Shop Building and Teaching Super Center.