Professional course
Interior Design Diploma
Full time – one academic year
Monday to Friday 10.00 am – 4.30 pm
15 September 2008 – 19 June 2009
Cost: £18,400 (incl vat)
* All places are provisionally booked for 2008,
we are presently interviewing for Diploma 2009.
Please contact to discuss availability.
The course is aimed at students wishing to gain an understanding of Interior Design to change career, continue in further education or for individual property development.
Working with specialist tutors from within the Industry, we teach the skills needed to practice as a professional Interior Designer equipping each student with an exciting and professional portfolio of work. Fee costs include, Macbook Pro laptop, software, equipment & all materials and a student membership to the British Interior Design Association. www.bida.org
No previous work or creative experience is required. Emphasis is placed on understanding the design process and developing an idea from client brief to presentation. This is taught through practical studio projects that introduce you to spatial and conceptual design issues and the skills that will allow you to develop your creative, technical and analytical abilities.
To support the studio project work, it is essential to have an understanding of the methods of detailing, selecting materials, furniture and lighting that will give the schemes substance and meaning. This aspect of the course is continuously discussed and developed during the project work, and is supported by regular lectures on finishes and detailing, with visits to showrooms and suppliers.
The course is divided into three parts.
Part one introduces the design process and uses a residential project to concentrate on learning drawing skills and visual vocabulary required to design and present project work.
Part two develops these skills by examining new design issues relevant to commercial projects and introduces basic professional practice and computer aided drawing.
Part three focuses on the area of the profession you wish to work in and integrates the skills you have learnt into a final design project of your choice. This project develops in conjunction with careers advice and professional practice workshops. There is a final assessment that examines the year’s work followed by an end of year exhibition.
A work placement, in a practice suitable for each student’s individual skills and professional interests, is arranged by the school and considered an integral part of the course. Past work placements have included United Designers, Morey Smith, etc Graduates at work
There is continuous assessment on projects throughout the course, with no grading or preferential awards. Each student comes to the course with different attributes and over the course they develop individual skills to produce a portfolio of work which demonstrates their speciality.
The course is intensive and is open to anyone who has the drive and ambition to succeed in this exciting world. Past students are employed in design offices around the world, as well as setting up their own practices.
How to apply
We invite prospective students to come to the school for an informal interview (students applying from abroad can do this by telephone interview).
We hold Open Studio where you can meet past students, talk to tutors and browse through student’s portfolios.
Dates Open Studio:
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Those who would like an insight into the school and our method of working might like to consider attending one of our Saturday Inspiration days
The Interior Design School 22 Lonsdale Road, Queens Park, London NW6 6RD • T +44 (0)20 7372 2811 • F +44 (0)20 7328 9257