The design institute is set up by one of the leading architecture and interior design firm, Urbane - The Design Workshop, existing since 1997. The vision of the Urbane is to innovate & thereafter institutionalize the value of "Experience Design".

In its more than a decade long career, Urbane has created a niche for itself in the realm of Interior Designing by providing excellent service to its customers which include leading industrial organizations like Bharti, Ranbaxy, Schlumberger, McGraw hill and Bosch & Lomb, Fortis, Holiday Inn, Crown Plaza.

The intent to set up the “School of Design” has been the promotion of high design values and training the students in “out of the box thinking”. The objective of the institute is not only to impart quality education but also to focus on overall personality development of the student and his/her subsequent transformation into a thorough professional.

With Mr. Darpan Katyal, Leading Architect, at the helm of affairs both in Urbane and IVS School of Art & Design, the symmetry of vision and values have become the key-stone of this magnificent facility.

Likewise, the institute is also vastly benefited by the presence of Ms. Arpita R Ranjan as the Head of the Department of Interior Design respectively. The HOD, with her enormous experience as a teacher in her respective fields, have toiled towards providing the students a curriculum and content which ensures learning of the subject by focusing not only on Interior Design but also Interior Architecture & Design aspect. In other words, the student would be trained from all perspectives IVS has also taken an initiative to introduce short term specialized programs for practicing professionals to upgrade their knowledge and skills in Retail Design & Display, Exhibition Design, Green Commercial Interiors, and Vastu Shastra and likewise. These programs are supported by industry professionals and the exposure given during the training becomes very vital for the students to comprehend the subject in totality.

Our motto is to deliver improved quality in academics all through our centres, to ensure that we have a quality control and a content management system that has centralized course content, E-Library, live video streaming of lectures, worksheets and documentation of student work.

IVS, through its brand tries to create an impact in the design industry, that we not only change, how design is taught in India but change the perception of the rest of the world towards India, in terms of design capabilities.