About the Course
More than ever before our lives are defined by the spaces in which we live, work and play, and interior architects are ground-breakers when it comes to creating experimental, imaginative and stimulating environments. This course will fire your imagination while giving you the skills and knowledge you need to follow this exciting career path.
Nowadays, people actively want the spaces they inhabit to serve their needs, reflect their personality, and offer ergonomic and environmental innovation. On this course, you explore the relationship between interior spaces, architectural forms and human experience and interaction, considering such aspects as space planning, scale, structure, colour, texture, lighting, branding and user experience.
The remit of a professional interior architect is wide so, while studying, you are encouraged to develop unique proposals for a range of environments, from bars, restaurants and theatres to workplaces, retail spaces and exhibitions. You focus on a number of commission areas including refurbishment, film and exhibition design, and virtual environments.
Where possible, design briefs are collaborative, with real sites, real clients and opportunities to network with professional practitioners, building your practical skills and giving you valuable experience in preparation for a career in the field.
Why choose this course?
- Develop a creative and critical understanding of building structure and fabric while studying the design of interior environments in urban, suburban and rural contexts
- Be able to interpret the different ways in which people, activities and places relate to and with each other
- Learn about the latest innovations used to solve contemporary design problems
- Explore specific specialist areas of the field such as anthropometrics, ergonomics, environmental control and sustainability, and orthographic representation
- Benefit from project-based teaching that covers 2D and 3D computer-aided design, digital image creation and manipulation, and video production and editing
- You have the option to take the course over four years and include a fee-free professional placement (see below) which will give you relevant experience, build your CV and offer networking opportunities for the future
Course Leader - Dawn Hesketh-Joslin
Dawn is a 'Creative Practitioner' with over thirty years of experience in the commercial spatial design professional practice, within both design studios and architectural consultancies. My work has taken me to sites in the UK, Europe and South-East Asia.
Why study in the School of Arts and Creative Industries?
- Professional theatre and dance studios
- Latest digital and VR technologies and performance techniques
- Taught by experienced performers and practitioners
- Industry links and Media Masterclasses
- Media arts centre equipped with industry standard facilities
- Specially equipped Art and Design building
How will this course improve my career prospects?
Employability skills are integrated into the course and provide you with an awareness of the real-world context of the creative industries in general and Interior Design in particular. You will be helped to develop a strategy for obtaining appropriate employment at the end of your course.
Professional practice will be emphasised as part of all learning, with a work-related learning unit that will especially help you to become more focused on managing your career. You will be helped with the preparation of a professional portfolio; including a CV and social media skills needed to promote yourself in a social-mediated art and design world.
Typical graduate destinations include: various roles within Interior Design, Interior Architecture, Architectural Practice, Scenographic, Decoration and Styling.
Further study at Masters level (Level Seven) include: MA in Interior and Spatial Design, Art and Design etc.
*international students are eligible of receiving the VS'S scholarship of 1000GBP.
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