WHERE DREAMERS

BECOME DESIGNERS

Master the professional tools, skills, and real-world experience to 

launch a confident design career - with a portfolio to prove it.

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  • Interior Decorating
  • Color Lighting, and Materials
  • Historical Styles
  • Space Planning
  • AutoCAD
  • Photoshop
  • Revit & Enscape
  • Residential Codes
  • Residential Portfolio Project
  • Zoning & Architectural Code
  • Safety and Structural Regulations
  • Construction Document Sets
  • SketchUp
  • Commercial Portfolio Project
  • Budgeting & Pricing
  • Vendor and Client Communication
  • Marketing your services
  • Business management
  • Industry legalities
  • Contracts

 

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Interview with ICA graduates featured in the

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The Jewish Link Live Article:

FROM OUR TRAINING TO THEIR OWN THRIVING PRACTICES

Our graduates' work is our greatest feedback

Industry leaders, your guides

Meet your instructors:

Men Instructors
Women Instructors

Ozi Babad

Ozi Babad brings creativity and clarity to commercial interior design. He first joined HH Designers and dove into projects across retail, hospitality, residential, and more.

Today, as founder of OZI Designers, he leads commercial interior projects that combine bold design with smart function. His belief? Great design isn’t just about looks; it should make you feel something.

In the classroom, Ozi breaks down floor plans, space planning, and project management in a way that clicks. With a warm, grounded style, he helps students connect their creativity to real-world design.

Mendy Blasberg

Mendy Blasberg is an interior designer with a strong eye for detail and a passion for bringing ideas to life. His experience at Styles Design Interiors and Max Design helped shape his hands on approach, giving him a solid understanding of how good design moves from concept to execution.

As the founder of Modo Design Studio, Mendy works across residential and commercial projects, leading each one with care and a clear design vision. He believes the best spaces come from thoughtful planning, strong concepts, and attention at every step along the way.

In both his work and teaching, Mendy values clarity, practicality, and clear communication. With a supportive and down to earth style, he helps others turn creative ideas into well crafted, real world spaces.

Yaakov Roffman

Yaakov Roffman has been drafting for nearly a decade, but his love for architecture started long before that. Raised in Brooklyn, he’s always been drawn to how space shapes the way we live.

Yaakov breaks complex ideas into clear, step-by-step lessons in the ICA Architectural Drafting Program, as well as the Interior Design & Architecture Program. He helps students build skills, gain confidence, and think like pros from day one.

Supportive, practical, and always just a message away, Yaakov is here to help you master the tools and mindset behind strong, smart design.

Bailee Klein

Bailee Klein brings design to life and makes sure it works in the real world. As founder of BK Interior Designs and BK Interior Photography, she blends creativity with strategy and brings that same energy to the classroom at ICA.

With a Master’s in Interior Architecture and a background in business, Bailee knows what it takes to thrive from the first sketch to the final client pitch. Her classes are packed with real-world tips, design insight, and tools that help students hit the ground running.

She helps students sharpen their eye, trust their instincts, and design spaces that feel as good as they look.

Ingrid Garbar

Ingrid Garbar knows design inside and out, and she’s passionate about giving students the skills to bring their ideas to life. With nearly a decade of hands-on experience using AutoCAD and Photoshop, she teaches the industry’s go-to tools with clarity and confidence.

Ingrid has worked on high-end interior design projects across the U.S. and currently leads design work at Roric Tobin Designs. She holds a degree from UNIFACS in Brazil and has earned awards for both creative work and academic excellence.

Her classes combine real-world design experience with hands-on software training, helping students feel capable, creative, and ready to work at a professional level.

Pooja Bhatt

Pooja Bhatt is an instructor in ICA’s Interior Design program with over a decade of professional experience in architecture and design. She has led commercial retail, financial, and hospitality projects across New York City and throughout the United States, overseeing projects from concept development through construction documentation and completion.

Holding both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Architecture, Pooja brings extensive experience creating professional construction drawings, 3D models, and coordinated building plans used in real-world projects.

Her teaching approach simplifies complex drafting and design concepts into clear, practical instruction. She is committed to helping students build strong technical skills, think like professionals, and confidently bring their design ideas to life.

Program Pricing

The ICA 

Interior Design & Architecture Package

  • All supplies delivered to your door.
  • Free AutoCAD and Revit software ($5,000 value!)

  • Class recording access up to a year after graduation.

  • Mentoring option available.

  • Class summaries and resources.

  • 1:1 Instructor feedback and support.

  • Guest vendors and workshops.

  • Technical support.

  • Learning management software.

$14,600

Custom Payment Plans Available