Caroline Bosc

What do you do in your current job?

I work on a variety of projects within the office but have a focus on community support, education, and hospitality projects.

What are you doing right now that you are most excited about?

I am most excited about the community support projects that I’ve been able to work on. I’ve been lucky enough to work with TOBA Centre for Children and Youth to design, along with project team, Winnipeg’s first wraparound care child advocacy centre. I have also had the good fortune to work with Mount Carmel Clinic and their community support programs. It’s such an honour to create something that profoundly impacts and enriches the lives of people in our community.

What is your proudest achievement since graduation?

I am extremely proud of being a part of a project team who designed three northern schools. Working with each community and their Chief and Council was an honour and incredible experience.

What do you find to be the most challenging, and the most rewarding aspects of your career?

Getting to make a difference in people’s lives. Interior design is so important to the human scale, we have such a unique opportunity to have an impact on people’s everyday experiences.

What advice would you give to those who are considering a career in interior design?

Really consider if this is what you want to do. I absolutely love my job and believe it is what I’m meant to be doing but it is not always a smooth experience. There are so many avenues and scales you can take with Interior Design but all of them will involve being a team player, advocating for yourself and others, understanding engineering even if you aren’t the engineer, and working hard even in situations where you won’t be recognized for it. If you want to do Interior Design simply to make beautiful things then maybe this is not for you.

What drew you to interior design? What do you love most about it?

I love being able to create art out of space and have that art support the functional needs of everyday life. Space planning, detailing, picking materials and writing specifications, can be like an incredible puzzle - when all the pieces come together just right it’s magical!

How did your MID degree at the UM help to prepare you for your career?

Pursuing my MID at the UM gave me the extra time I felt I needed to develop myself as a designer. Getting the chance to pick my prqcticum project and really hone in on my perspective as a designer was invaluable to me. It also allowed me to write my NCIDQ exams earlier in my career which has benefited me in my professional practice.

What was the best part about your experience in the graduate program at the UM?

The best part was the people. I so appreciate and treasure the friendships that I made during my masters and can rely on those relationships now that I’m practicing in the community.