Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(11B), pp. 6256 - 6262
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.082264
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An Investigation into the Adoption of Digital Design Software in the Curriculum of Interior Design

Sadia Farooq ¹, Mohammad Arif Kamal ^2,*
1 Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Home Economics, Pakistan
² Architecture Section, Aligarh Muslim University, India

ABSTRACT

The internet, progressed technology tools and software are prominent evidence of the digital revolution that has influenced the methods of teaching, especially in interior and product design courses. The revolution is the need to fully equip students of design institutions with Digital Design Software (DDS), but the hand drawing skills (HDS) are also required to understand the basics of drawing. The objective of the research is to evaluate students’ preferences regarding hand drawing and DDS, their command on DDS, and professional demand of DDS after academics. The interior design course is about drawing and designing ideas. It seems to be a contradiction when involving both hands and digital skills. This is a quantitative research in which structured questionnaire was asked to the final year students in three institutes of Interior Design. These institutes are selected, since the students are skilled in using Auto CAD, 3D Max, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch-up. The questionnaire used a Likert ranging from (1-5), 1 strongly agree, 2 agree, 3 neutral, 4 disagree and 5 strongly disagree. There were 90 respondents, the results show that most of the students were comfortable to use DDS and they consider DDS more convenient than hand drawing. The students consider DDS more effective than Hand Drawing Skill (HDS) and they know how to accurately use DDS in interior design. The tasks can be completed speedily, easily, and as handy as can be presented any time anywhere and finally making the students more market-oriented in their practical field after academics.

KEYWORDS
Digital Design, Computer Software, Interior Design, Creativity, Education

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Sadia Farooq , Mohammad Arif Kamal , "An Investigation into the Adoption of Digital Design Software in the Curriculum of Interior Design," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 8, No. 11B, pp. 6256 - 6262, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.082264.

(b). APA Format:
Sadia Farooq , Mohammad Arif Kamal (2020). An Investigation into the Adoption of Digital Design Software in the Curriculum of Interior Design. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(11B), 6256 - 6262. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.082264.