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Interior Design BA Hons
| Programme title: | BA (Hons) Interior Design |
| Apply: | via UCAS |
| Code: | W235/E250 |
| Start (ft): | September |
| Mode: | full-time |
| Duration: | 3 years full-time |
| Location: | Luton campus, Park Square |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Creative Arts, Technologies & Science |
| Department: | Bedfordshire Institute of Media and the Creative & Performing Arts: Division of Art & Design |
Summary
This course focuses on surfaces (materials, colour and texture), furniture and lighting. You will study colour theory, print pattern design, silkscreen printing, furniture design, lighting design and exhibition design. You will work both collaboratively and creatively with students and staff from the fashion design course.
This course offers an exciting and wide ranging education, enabling you to develop your own design interests whilst gaining a rich variety of technical, presentational and professional skills. You will be encouraged to take creative risks and think in radical ways about your project work.
The course is distinctive in that it shares key aspects of its curriculum with the degrees in Fine Art, Graphic Design and Illustration.
This emphasises the links between interior space and form, fine art installations, typology and colour theory and enables you to develop knowledge and skills across a range of two and three-dimensional disciplines.
The curriculum includes, wherever possible, opportunities to enter a variety of prestigious national and international design competitions.
The study of the theory and context of art and design is linked closely with the studio practice through the 'Contemporary Issues' and 'Dissertation' modules.
Throughout the year a range of guest speakers will give talks on art and design matters as part of the Platform Lectures. International field trips will be organised across the disciplines wherever possible.
You will be expected to visit a wide range of exhibitions and buildings of interest. This is fundamental to the understanding of contemporary design and art practice.
The University is extremely fortunate in having excellent transport links with London where many important exhibitions are held and many examples of fine architecture and interior design are to be found. There are also opportunities to take part in international field trips.
Areas of study include:
- Exhibition Design
- 3D Model-making
- Basic Web Page Design
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
- Digital Image Creation and Manipulation
- Digital Film Editing
Why choose this course?
Multi-disciplinary approach, with many opportunities for collaborative work
Teaching staff with extensive experience in practice
Professional-quality facilities including IT-suites, television studios and a theatre
Predominantly project-based coursework
Dedicated studio spaces within a dynamic and stimulating learning environment
Training in industry-standard technologies and software packages
Opportunities for overseas study through a successful and long-standing exchange programme
Final-stage students can showcase their work online and at a graduate exhibition in London
Career Opportunities
It is hoped that this qualification will lead to a wide range of professional employment opportunities within the field of Interior Design, including Interior Design and Architecture practices, design for television and cinema, space planning and facilities management.
Assessment
Studio critique, portfolio assessment, exhibition, written assignments, seminar presentations, student peer assessment.
Further details about the programme
The following module information refers to current programmes running 2007/8. This information is therefore subject to review.
STAGE 1
Interior Design 1
Introduction to the practices and the key skills that underpin Interior Design. Through a series of practical activities, the students will be introduced to a range of skills such as composition, drawing and visualising, methods of representing space and form, model-making techniques. Develop a range of design and presentational techniques.
Art and Design PPaD (level1)
Enables needs, aspirations and expectations to be identified in working in the professional world of art and design. Understanding the coherence of the art and design programme.
Interior Design 2
Basic principles and practices of interior design. It introduces the elementary aspects of technology in the context of interior design, examines the roles of the building design team and its key members, and outlines contemporary influences on building design. Design projects are used to develop understanding of the fundamentals of composition, and to provide experience in the design process.
Contemporary Issues 1
Introduces both European and non-European key concepts and models of twentieth and twenty-first century art and design practice. It is intended to encourage a critical engagement with some visual arts/design issues.
Visual Research 1
Introduces working attitudes, procedures and concepts essential for effective visual research. Provides knowledge, skills, and conceptual strategies to be able to identify, investigate, organise and interpret visual information.
Skills for Academic Writing
Develops core study skills, irrespective of discipline, involved in producing academic essays/reports and oral presentations.
STAGE 2
Interior Design 3
Range of aesthetic, compositional, planning, technical and presentational design issues. The project work deals with the aesthetics of space and form, space planning and product and material selection.
Interior Design 4
Continues to develop a range of aesthetic, compositional, planning, legislative, technical, environmental and presentational design issues. The project work deals with issues concerning space and form, space planning, building regulations, primary and secondary structures, and product and material selection.
Contemporary Issues 2
Advances and develops ability to reflect critically upon contemporary art and design concepts and practices and become familiar with the language and use of visual/oral and textual analysis.
Art and Design PPD
Prepares for the dissertation in the following year as well as developing an understanding of the professional context of art and design specialisms.
STAGE 3
Professional Design Project
prepare the student in terms of rapid research and decision-making necessary before design activity can be accomplished. It will prepare the student for the Major Project Module in terms of developing the students project management skills.
Art and design Dissertation
Independent learning through the writing of a dissertation of approximately 8,000 words.
Art and Design Major project
Production in a body of creative art/design work that is intended to be represented in a public exhibition.
Entry requirements
Standard entry requirements apply for this course.
Special entry requirements
Applicants will be invited to attend an interview and a portfolio of work should be presented for discussion and perusal by the programme team.
Applicants seeking entry on the basis of experiential and non-certified learning will need to submit a personal Art and Design portfolio/portfolio of learning.
Find out more
Please contact Garry Layden, programme Manager, for detailed questions about the course content:
E: garry.layden@beds.ac.uk
T: + 44 (0)1234 400 400 ext 2560
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Further Study Opportunities
The Interior Design graduate may choose from a variety of postgraduate level courses, including the School's new MA in Art and Design.
Should you wish to continue your studies at a higher level, you will be advised on the options available to you by the programme team. This will include guidance on preparing applications and submissions for consideration by the University of Bedfordshire or other institutions.
General Enquiries
- www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply for information about standard entry requirements, application routes, open days, fees and funding.
- T: +44 (0)1582 489286 UK/EU Admissions
- T: +44 (0)1582 489326 International Admissions
- Order a prospectus form. Enquire about courses and order a printed undergraduate or postgraduate prospectus.
- T: +44 (0)1234 400 400 University switchboard
