Course of Interior Design

Minor Study: Interior Design Credits: 180 | Start date: October 2013 | Duration: 3 Years | Language: Italian
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The Interior Designer works on design projects in different environments: first and foremost is the domestic household area, private and collective living spaces, public spaces (airports, ports, stations), public service areas (banks, post offices, hospitals, schools, museums and exhibition spaces); places for consumers (shops, bars, hotels) and lastly open spaces (squares, courtyards, and playgrounds).

Professional Profiles: The career potential of an Interior Designer includes: the design of furniture systems; interior home decorating; interior public spaces dedicated to social, cultural, education, care and hospitality centers; urban furnishings, preparing fairs and temporary events; exhibit design. The Interior Designer can also propose to work as a general designer, CAD designer of interiors, or as a technician in the physical and virtual modeling of spaces.

Description

The three-year course in Interior Design is carried out as a “network” program: the first year takes place in our location in Venice, while the following years are taught in other locations belonging to IED group. The ”network” program offers the opportunity to enrich the student’s learning experience according to the individual characteristics of each location where the learning process takes place. Having completed the first year, the student can apply to the Academic committee to be admitted to the second year in another IED location.
Interior design is a complex system where the design of spaces, lights, materials, color and furnishings all interact. The interior designer must tackle the aspects of the design of hospitality, wellness, and retail places as well as the design of furniture and lighting. Such market segments are receiving more attention because of behavioral changes and environmental issues.
During the first year, the student acquires the necessary tools to perceive the shape of the objects, and to create a project: from blueprints, to testing through pc, to the 3-D check through the prototype. In addition, the student acquires the historical knowledge about design, tackling the various fields of art, fashion, communication, product design, and architecture. He’s exposed to different materials, both natural and artificial, and familiarizes with their properties and various work processes.
The second year is aimed at deepening the instrumental, cultural, and technical topics acquired during the first year. Additional fields of investigation and of knowledge are introduced to complete the individual education. The student applies the methodology gained through the design of projects on topics related to industrial production, to space and service systems for houses and offices, while experimenting in all project areas relevant to a designer.
In the third year the student deals with topics unfolding new cultural complexity, and acquires the final tools for processing and communicating a project. Designing itself plays a paramount role. The student is encouraged to become independent, developing skills to make coherent and sound choices, and to establish relationships with potential clients.