About
Asst. Prof. Noha Essam., PhD
Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture, MSA University. Adjunct assistant professor of Interior Design, AASTMT. Interdisciplinary Design & Trend Consultant, Environmental Psychologist.
Noha is holding a Ph.D. with honor from Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo, and two Masters degrees, M.Sc. Environmental psychology from St. Lawrence College, Canada and M.A. interior architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo, Egypt.
Noha is an interior architect, interdisciplinary design & Trends consultant, and environmental psychologist. She has over thirteen years of experience in interior architecture, design consultancy and business development upon working in several firms in Egypt & Canada.
Noha’s consultancy practices side to side with her academic background enhances the design language of creativity in the design community. Through her passion for sensory design, customers behavioral responses, and trend forecasting techniques that is based on human experience and the reflection of users needs, Noha focused on linking the scientific research methodology of design, typological studies, art-based communication tools with applied practices to design and consult for companies, corporates and brands in order to add value to the creative industry and design education. She positively influences younger generations of designers through her work and researches.
Above all, Noha received award nomination for the best Ph.D. Interdisciplinary thesis among Middle East universities for the topic of “Phobia of Spaces” for the year 2018, and she has many international publications in interdisciplinary studies of the symbiotic relationship between design, environmental psychology and trends forecasting.
Noha also is an independent symbolic visual artist and exhibition designer who participated in many group and solo exhibitions in Egypt and abroad.
Her fusion of studying Interior Architecture, Environmental Psychology and Trends forecasting techniques was a process of unraveling of potentials and giving free play to her creative mind while considering the practical human experience that are at the core of her approach.