Student as producer of individual, collective, and global knowledge in the MA Interior Architecture and Design studio, University of Lincoln

This paper reflects on a teaching exercise implemented in the MA Interior Architecture and Design Programme at the University of Lincoln that responds to the concept of Student as Producer. The exercise required each student to create a visual collage and written statement reflecting on the theme of the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) World Interiors Day 2022, 'Pride of the Past, an Incentive for the Future' and situate it within their individual treatise. The students' projects were compiled in a physical and digital book that was co-created by staff and students and shared online during the IFI World Interiors Day celebration. The exercise took a pluralistic approach to the concept of Student as Producer, by empowering students to develop distinct responses to the open-ended brief, promoting individual reflection, while also validating their outputs collectively and globally platforming their ideas. The book symbolised staff and students as co-producers of knowledge within the institution and highlighted the voices of students as online knowledge contributors alongside a wider global community. The exercise successfully engaged students as knowledge producers and promoted collaboration and co-creation within the institution and beyond.