Interior Design student work

All Master of Interior Design students complete either a thesis or a practicum in their area of expertise. 

Rendering of a warm cabin.

Master of Interior Design practicum projects

The practicum is a final project that is required for the first-professional degree. Students work in consultation with an advisory committee to formulate and develop the design project. Students must demonstrate a high level of achievement in design, critical thinking and communication skills as well as an ability to work independently.

Practicum projects include four stages: 

  • Project proposal: A description of the theoretical basis, method(s) of inquiry, site, client and precedents.
  • Investigation: Development of the groundwork for the practicum gets underway on approval of the project proposal by the department's graduate program committee.
  • Intermediate review: Public presentation of highlights from the written document, the design programme and the preliminary stage drawings for review by the advisory committee. On successful completion of the intermediate review, students proceed to detailed design development.
  • Oral examination: Presentation of the completed practicum project to the examining committee (the former advising committee).

Recent practicum projects:

  • The Rumi Cultural Events Centre design for Winnipeg’s second generation Muslims.

    Umid Abdullaev

    The Rumi Cultural Events Centre: Design for Winnipeg’s Second Generation Muslims

  • Redesigning the North American fitness club to challenge dominant narratives of sex, gender, and sexuality.

    Corrie Allan

    Resistance training: Redesigning the North American fitness club to challenge dominant narratives of sex, gender, and sexuality

  • Crushed curtain fabric walls and a subtle neutral background with garment artifacts staged in display boxes.

    Deniz Aytac

    Costume culture: A traveling exhibition system for the Costume Museum of Canada

  • Ground Level Perspective,Pop-Up Retail Space, Gastown Eco-Studio.

    Valeh Broojerdiazar

    Gastown Eco-Studio: Manifestations of Body in Interior Design and Eco-Fashion

  • The dance studio is atypical to traditional dance environments through references to the urban arts, scaffolding is used for training and skate park bench surfaces are for seating and the stage.

    Meredith Shilton

    Out of nowhere: An art outreach studio for Winnipeg's homeless youth

  • A home away from home: a temporary accommodation facility for rural breast cancer patients.

    Heather Wagner

    A home away from home: a temporary accommodation facility for rural breast cancer patients

  • The southeast perspective of design and patterns area featuring an exposed brick wall with large windows and ample desk space.

    Ashley Welwood

    Interior design for fashion production through the lens of surrealism

Master of Interior Design thesis projects

The thesis is a formal, written document that is required for the post-professional degree. The original work may include investigation aimed at discovering or interpreting facts, challenging or revising accepted theories or laws or ordering and synthesizing existing findings to support a conclusion which could open up new research directions.

Thesis projects include four stages:

  • Research thesis proposal: The proposal defines the theoretical basis, method(s) of inquiry, site and client, and identifies precedents.
  • Research gets underway after approval of the proposal: the research is carried out, followed by writing of the thesis.
  • Intermediate review: Oral presentation of the developing research and report for review by the advisory committee. Students must submit a completed examiner’s form to the student advisor prior to intermediate review. On successful completion of the intermediate review, student proceeds to final report writing.
  • Oral examination: Presentation of the completed thesis to the examining committee (the former advising committee).

Recent thesis projects: