Who Should Study this?

• Aspiring interior designers
• Artists, designers
• Furniture retailers
• Property managers and estate agents
• Painters/decorators, builders and other trades people.

Aims

• Describe different styles of interior design and their relationship to aesthetic and functional criteria, relative to varied historical and cultural contexts.
• Discuss options and criteria used to choose the components used in an interior design including furnishings, wall and floor treatments, colour choices and decoration.
• Determine services to be incorporated into an interior and where to install them.
• Determine options for interior improvements in an old interior and compare the possibilities.
• Determine options for interior development of a new interior and compare the possibilities.
• Explain how spatial awareness and spatial planning skills can be used to alter spaces.
• Explain how an interior might be improved by reorganisation of the components that already exist.
• Explain how an interior can be designed to more conducive to the wellbeing of the occupants.
• Prepare a budget for an Interior Design
• Create a design for two rooms.

THIS COURSE RELATES TO ANY INTERIORS - HOMES, SHOPS, OFFICES, ANYWHERE

Good interior design ensures that the space in which we live, and work is suitable for its purpose. An office should be designed so that it helps workers to focus and pay attention in a light environment. A bedroom should be designed to be relaxing, and perhaps romantic. The design should suit the needs and wants of the individual(s) who is going to use the room.

When considering the needs of the individual, we should consider what anyone using the room might need, and match that with a number of different considerations including aesthetics, function, budget and maintenance requirements.

Good design is a balancing act - considering everything, and coming up with compromises that work to get the best possible result.