Program Overview

You work in a dedicated design studio environment with access to high quality Computer Aided Design and superb workshop facilities. The course has an outstanding track record for innovative teaching and of supporting students to achieve high grades, You are encouraged to get involved in a wide range of extra curricula activities. These include guest lectures and workshops from both professionals in practice and our successful graduates and alumni now working throughout the world.

We not only prepare our students to become excellent design graduates but also successful design professionals. Interior Design is an exciting, creative industry involved in the design of stimulating environments for living, working, shopping, commerce, health, education, hospitality and almost every possible human activity. Often based around the conversion of existing buildings, the Interior Designer considers many design matters and factors including; the needs of the building’s end user, creating interior spatial layouts, improving circulation and function, interpreting buildings, space and use. The Interior Designer’s role also embraces the specification of materials, designing bespoke textiles, fittings and furniture and selecting colour palettes and lighting schemes.

We aim for our students to become creative design professionals and on our course you learn a wide range of skills including; design process and practice, interior decorative arts, trends, fashions and textiles, architectural drawing techniques, 2D and 3D industry standard Computer Aided Design, history of design and architecture plus the essentials of professional practice. These are all applied into your core creative design studio projects.

Projects are designed to replicate professional practice ensuring you are ready for the design profession. As a design student you will have the opportunity to work on live projects with real clients and enter prestigious competitions such as those offered by the Royal Society of Arts.

Some recent live briefs have included: working with a national chain to redesign a public house, proposals for a jewellery gallery for Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, residential apartment design, specialist hospital provision working to create enabling environments for those with visual impairment, train stations and the experience of travel, and office concepts in collaboration with a major furniture manufacturer.