Hospitality Interior Design

Courses 

Introduction to Hospitality Interior Design

This course is an introduction to the field of hospitality interior design, covering topics including vocabulary, career possibilities, and professional resources.

Hospitality Design for Public Spaces

In this course, students build upon their knowledge of hospitality design by creating plans for a hotel lobby. Topics explored include hotel interior design and branding, guest demographics, wellness, and sustainability.

Designing for the Guest Experience

Students learn how to plan space and design for diverse guest room types. They become familiar with standards for hotel guest room space planning, materials, furnishings, and lighting.

“Hospitality interior design is a niche industry that is hard to break into without experience, knowledge, or a portfolio. The Hospitality Interior Design Certificate was created to give students exactly that. This one-of-a-kind program offers students worldwide the skills to design their own hospitality projects and graduate with a professional-level portfolio.”

Program Highlights

Who Should Enroll

• Students of interior design, architecture, and hospitality
• Professional interior designers and architects
• Anyone exploring an education or career in the hospitality interiors industry
• Hospitality owners, developers, and management
• Hospitality furnishings sales representatives
• Graduates of the CPE Interior Design Certificate
  

What You’ll Gain

• An overview of the hospitality interior design industry, current trends, and key vocabulary
• The ability to create research-based concepts connecting people with place
• The ability to design visual storytelling presentations showcasing multisensory hospitality experiences
• The skills needed to design hospitality interior environments incorporating interior architectural design, lighting, furniture, materials, artwork, and accessories
• Proficiency in developing floor plans, sketches, and 2D and 3D drawings
• An understanding of how guest psychology and color theory affect the hospitality design process
• The ability to assess compliance with code and ADA safety and accessibility standards

How You’ll Learn

• Engaging video lectures and interviews with industry experts
• Direct interaction with faculty practitioners at the top of their fields
• Online collaboration in small classes, supported by video conferencing
• Project-based learning focused on developing real-world skills and portfolio assets

Why The New School?

The professional landscape as we’ve known it has changed dramatically, and ongoing learning is more important now than ever before. At The New School, we champion every student’s creativity and growth. By combining integrated disciplines with collaborative problem solving, we deliver an immersive, transformative learning experience. With the leadership of Parsons School of Design—a globally top-ranked design school—our faculty imparts the critical expertise students need to advance their careers or pivot to a new one in a constantly evolving world.