Interior Design: Retail Futures

This intensive online interior design short course, developed by esteemed academics from the Interior Design MA programme, examines the forces shaping the retail environment of the future and identifies opportunities for innovation in a post-Covid world.Retail interior design reflects and responds to cultural change and must evolve rapidly to meet current trends and desires. This course will help you understand some of the key challenges faced by retail and the opportunity for radical rethinking in areas such as:customer experience and brand engagement,sustainability,agenda, materials and practice,new technologies and hybrid retail experiences,retail aesthetics,consumer behaviour,You will connect with a group of global participants and enter into a packed programme that includes guest lectures from,specialist retail professional practitioners and practical workshops that relate to the following themes:Street (threshold between the inside/outside),Future online relationship (frame),Future brand engagement/interface (materials),Future consumer needs (behaviour).You will apply these insights and advance your knowledge by working on a collaborative team project supported by RCA academics.The course reflects the RCA experience with small class sizes and rich interaction between students and academics, provoking discussion and inspiration, and developing industry skills within a supportive and creative learning environment.