Assistant / Associate Professor - Interior Architecture & Design

Assistant or Associate Professor – Interior Architecture & Design Department

Indian Institute of Art and Design (IIAD) invites applications for the positions of Assistant / Associate Professor. This role is for individuals who can bring along their own varied areas of interest while teaching Undergraduate Interior Architecture & Design Students.

The programme is offered in collaboration with Kingston University, UK. In the Interior Architecture & Design (IAD) department at IIAD we believe in multidisciplinary practice and aim to expose our students to diverse areas such as research, theory, space design, furniture design, visual merchandising, set design, exhibition design, experience design, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree / postgraduate degree in Architecture / Interior Architecture Design from a reputed design school in India and or abroad.
• Minimum industry experience of 5 years, applicants with a teaching experience of 3 to 6 years minimum would be preferred.
• Adequate knowledge / practical experience within the broader discipline including (but not limited to) conducting research, writing research papers, understanding a program, coherently putting together spaces, structures, services, etc as well as skills such as sketching, making presentations, CAD, technical drawing, 3D modeling, 3D rendering, etc. Professional experience from design to on-site execution is important. Additional experience in Furniture / Product Design, Set Design, Exhibition and MultiMedia projects would be preferred.

The faculty-mentor needs to demonstrate expertise in an area of specialization. For example, interest, knowledge and command over the history, theory, philosophy, techniques, methods, processes and softwares used in at least one or more of the following areas of expertise :

Apart from these basic requirements we would require an additional expertise in any of the following options, in order of preference :

Roles & Responsibilities :

About Indian Institute of Art and Design

Indian Institute of Art and Design (IIAD) is a premiere design school in New Delhi that offers creative studio-based courses in collaboration with Kingston University, London. IIAD, being the only international collaborator of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) – Kingston University, London, has taken their best practices and over a century of experience and adapted them to the Indian context. In this way, the design philosophy of IIAD is rooted in indigenous crafts, arts, techniques and processes with an outlook that is global and multi-faceted.

IIAD offers 3 BA (Hons) Design Degree Programmes in Communication Design, Fashion Design and Interior Architecture and Design at its campus in New Delhi. The curriculum and pedagogy are focused on promoting the cause of design thinking and aim to cultivate creativity to address design challenges faced by the industry and the society at large. This job description is specifically for the Interior Architecture & Design Department.