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Department of Design and Merchandising where Creativity and STEM converge

Through our academic programs, specialized learning facilities, and engaged scholarship, we foster creative and socially responsible solutions to human-centered challenges in apparel and merchandising and interior architecture and design.

Programs and Highlights

Our academic programs offer holistic learning experiences that foster knowledge and skill development while embracing diverse cultural and global perspectives, innovative technologies, and experiential learning. You will have numerous opportunities to participate in community service-learning projects, design and research competitions and shows, industry events, department-led study tours, internships, and student organizations.

We are Design and Merchandising at CSU

 

Audio-described version of “We Are Design and Merchandising at Colorado State University”

Our Apparel and Merchandising program is accredited by the Textile and Apparel Program Accreditation Commission of the International Textile and Apparel Association and our Interior Architecture and Design program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation.

Spring 2025 Highlights

Spring 2025

We love the spring in Design and Merchandising! We took students on a New York Study Tour, hosted Luis Benetiz and a large group of outdoor industry leaders as part of the Outfitting Tomorrow event, IAD students won regional, national, and international awards and presented at the Buildings NEXT competition in Golden, and we celebrated at Astral Threads, our annual fashion show. The semester of course wrapped up with celebrating commencement! Congratulations grads!

Programs and Degrees

Learning in Action

Community Engagement and Service Learning

You will gain valuable resource management, communication, and leadership skills through involvement in community activities, service-learning projects, and student organizations.

Galleries, Libraries, and Laboratories

Through access to specialized physical and virtual spaces equipped with current industry technologies, you will engage in experiential learning to foster knowledge and skill development.

Industry Partnerships and Internships

By being involved in department-sponsored industry events and the formal internship program, you will gain understanding of contemporary business practices and philosophies.

Study Tours and Education Abroad

Through participation in department-led study tours or CSU’s Education Abroad semester-long programs, you will expand your knowledge of the discipline as well as your appreciation for diverse cultures and global perspectives.

Connecting to the Community

Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising

The Avenir Museum is Colorado State University’s historic costume and textiles collection. The museum includes four galleries located in two campus buildings.

Avenir Orange exhibit

Celebrate DM Events

Each year, during the final two weeks of the semester, we Celebrate Design and Merchandising students with a series of events showcasing student work including various exhibits, the Design and Merchandising Fashion Show and the Interior Architecture and Design Senior Show.

Six students hold bouquets of flowers and stand on stage to accept their awards for the Design and Merchandising Fashion Show

Career Opportunities

There are many opportunities for employment with a degree in Apparel and Merchandising or Interior Architecture and Design.

Two Interior Architecture and Design students interview at an event in Denver

DM Alumni

Keep in touch with us through the resources on this page.

Three alumni return to campus to talk for Emerging Leaders
  • 92% of Apparel and Merchandising students complete internships
  • 100% of Interior Architecture and Design students complete internships
  • 92% of Health and Human Sciences students would choose CSU again

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