design makes life better
We design spaces, garments, and the systems that connect them to people.
Whether you are drawn to clothing, consumer experience, interior spaces, or the business of fashion, our department gives you a place to turn creative thinking into professional direction.
FIND YOUR FOCUS
Our department offers two majors with distinct areas of study in fashion, merchandising, and interiors. Explore the program that best fits how you want to think, create, and shape the world around you.
FASHION DESIGN
design what people wear, express, and experience
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FASHION MERCHANDISING
understand how fashion moves through the world
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INTERIOR DESIGN
create the spaces where life happens
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LEARN BY DESIGNING
CTD students research, sketch, build, present, critique, style, analyze, collaborate, and solve problems through hands-on creative work. From first-year foundations to senior-level projects, students learn how to move ideas from concept to professional presentation.
CREATIVE WORK WITH HUMAN IMPACT
Our department combines studio learning, technical training, research, professional preparation, and human-centered design. Students build creative confidence while developing the skills needed for careers in fashion, merchandising, interiors, and related design industries.
SEE YOURSELF HERE
Visit our department to explore our studios, meet faculty and students, and see the work happening across Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, and Interior Design.
CTD is an environment for students who are curious, creative, and ready to develop their point of view. Across Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, and Interior Design, our students learn to combine technical skill with research, visual communication, digital tools, collaboration, and human-centered problem solving.
We embrace new technologies and prepare students for the creative challenges ahead, but we also believe the future of design depends on what students bring as people: nuance, imagination, judgment, empathy, and the ability to understand real human needs.
Our goal is to help students use their creativity with purpose by solving problems, telling meaningful stories, and improving the lives of individuals and communities through thoughtful design.
Brian Taylor
Department Chair
Clothing, Textiles, and Interior Design
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