Woodbury School of Architecture has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Angelo Donghia Foundation in support of the school’s Interior Design program. The grant will be split into $25,000 over three years for a Senior Studio program for Interior Design students. The Angelo Donghia Foundation is part of Donghia Inc., a world-renowned name in home furnishings founded by the late American interior designer Angelo Donghia. His vision lives on through the Foundation, which has provided scholarships each year to promising interior design students in the United States.
Christoph Korner, Professor of Interior Design, and co-author of the grant said, “It is hard to simulate the actual, physical experience of interior spaces. Images, or even movies leave out essential aspects of the interior. The grant will allow our students to visit exemplary places. To go and see spaces, smell them, hear the sounds of their bodies moving through them and use all senses for a holistic experience.”
Branka Olson, the Chair of Interior Design at Woodbury, said: “This grant will enable our students to conduct field research toward improving the human experience through the power of design. Defining the design problem requires critical inquiry into the human ecology and the physical environment that sustains it. Students will now have additional resources to explore these relationships in real-world settings.”
About Angelo Donghia Foundation
Founded in 2001, the Angelo Donghia Foundation is a private foundation based in New York, NY. The Foundation has made such donations as the Angelo Donghia Materials Library and Study Center and the Angelo Donghia Studio for Interior Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design, as well as smaller donations to organizations for research.
Last Updated on August 15, 2022.