Interior Design for Hotels, Bars, Restaurants and Commercial Property

Language

Spanish

Start date

October 2025

Frequency

Afternoons and Saturdays

Fruition

On campus

Duration

9 Months

Course Coordination

José Manuel Fernández

Make the best use of space to create personality, define brand identity, delight users and consolidate customer loyalty.

Spaces that communicate! The Master’s Degree in Interior Design for Hotels, Bars, Restaurants and Commercial Property explains the work that goes into the design of these spaces and why this particular area of design is in greater demand now than ever before. It’s a cross-disciplinary field in which complex elements have to work together to obtain the desired result: to create interior spaces with personality that users who are constantly evolving can relate to and connect with.

As an interior design specialist, you’ll play a key role in creating the relationship between brand and consumer. When you’ve finished your master’s degree, you’ll be skilled in the coordination and management of the tools and resources used in different disciplines: branding, commercial strategy, visual merchandising and new technologies. You’ll also have extensive experience with the themes intrinsic to design: conceptualisation, formalisation, materialisation, illumination, representation and management, among others.

In this master’s degree program you’ll acquire the know-how and strategies you need to improve the skills used in interior design projects, studying aspects such as leadership in innovation processes, creativity, project development and management.

Information to decide

A specialisation in contract design to create interior spaces with a distinct personality that meet the expectations of users who are constantly evolving.

The Master’s Degree in Interior Design for Hotels, Bars, Restaurants and Commercial Property consolidates the theoretical knowledge you’ve acquired as you put it into practice developing projects. 

The IED methodology makes this program  a learning experience characterised by a high degree of cohesion between theoretical studies and hands-on experience, with a focus on viable construction and economic results.

You’ll adopt a work method used in professional applications, and have free rein to experiment with your own ideas and write a hypothesis for your master’s thesis. Throughout the program you’ll be collaborating with major names in the commercial and catering sectors, to put what you’ve learnt into practice.

The master´s degree program includes several projects, theoretical and research sessions. It’s a gradual learning process that starts with a more conceptual phase and progresses to technical solutions.

This master's degree is for those who want to develop their knowledge of contract interior design (hospitality industry, retail, offices).

The program is an excellent choice for Architecture and Interior Design graduates who want to acquire more in-depth knowledge of the field. It’s also ideal for specialists in other fields of design (industrial designers, graphic designers, etc.) who want to work in the world of interior design.

The Master’s Degree in Interior Design for Hotels, Bars, Restaurants and Commercial Property is a practice-based program taught by professionals in the sector adopting a learning method that puts you in close touch with the professional world. This gives you the resources you need to complete your CV and create a very competitive profile to present to major interior design studios.

This specialisation in interior design highlights the direct relationship between the contract space and the brand, it also covers the interdisciplinary aspects of design (lighting, materiality, project method, sustainability, etc.). Therefore, you’ll acquire the know-how, skills and techniques used in areas such as marketing, branding, visual merchandising, customer experience, and more.

You’ll study in a city that’s paving the way as an example of urban, economic and social transformation through design, increasing the demand for professionals in this specialisation. 

Syllabus

MODULE 1: DESIGN AND CREATIVE PROCESS

Creative Process
Workshops
History of Design
Color Theory
Masterclasses
Space, Object, and Photography



MODULE 2: USER EXPERIENCE

Visual Merchandising
Retail Trends
Gastronomy and Experience



MODULE 3: LIGHT AND COLOR

MODULE 4: HEALTHY DESIGN AND WELL-BEING

Sustainability
Accessibility
Furniture and Ergonomics



MODULE 5: BRANDING

Brand Management
Brand Image



MODULE 6: BUILT SPACE

Materiality
Project Management, Construction, and Fitting Out



MODULE 7: REPRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION TOOLS

Digital Representation Tools
3D Modeling and Printing
Multimedia Tools
Communication and oral expression



MODULE 8: WORKSPACES

MODULE 9: RETAIL SPACES

MODULE 10: RESTAURANT SPACES

MODULE 11: HOSPITALITY SPACES

Master's Thesis: Final Master's Project

Faculty

Course Leader

Jose Manuel Fernández

Teacher

Natalia Zubizarreta

Teacher

Borja Vildósola

Teacher

Jorge Malcorra

Teacher

Sandra Vergara

Teacher

Daniela Viloria

Teacher

Loinaz Errezola

Teacher

Amaia Díaz

Jokin	Astorkia
Teacher

Jokin Astorkia

Teacher

Ramón Rispoli

Teacher

Iñigo Gómez

Teacher

Alex Monasterio

Teacher

Lara Martín

Teacher

Urdaneta Zeberio

Teacher

Daniel De Reparaz

Teacher

Itziar Molinero Miranda

Teacher

Jaime Gutierrez Armendariz

Teacher

Eli Pérez Pagola

Teacher

Javier Sánchez

Teacher

La Caja de Tipos

Teacher

Andrea García Crespo

Projects

Interior and Spatial design

Bilbao

Final projects / thesis projects
Ilunion Hotels Room 1012

Interior and Spatial design

Bilbao

Didactic projects
Restoration Space for UDON

News

14 November 2025

From all over the world to Turin: IED welcomes its new international students

Two days between campus spaces and the city center, where new international students, guided by a treasure hunt, started to find their way, meet each other, and grow as a group

06 November 2025

Casa IED opens in New York: a new space for design culture and creative exchange

In Williamsburg, the creative heart of New York, Casa IED has opened as the first of the spaces that IED will dedicate to cultural exchange and collaborative design.

05 November 2025

Call for two 50% scholarships for the Master in Strategic Design Management at IED Barcelona

Application deadline: 20 November 2025, 11:59 p.m. (GMT+1). 

16 October 2025

The Visual Arts of IED, finalists at the Arts Thread Awards

Two projects by Graphic Design alumni are competing in the 6th Global Creative Graduate Showcase, this year in collaboration with Monaco Foundry and Google Arts & Culture, and still open for public voting

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14 October 2025

IED celebrates creativity and optimistic design at Barcelona Design Week

CREATIVE OPTIMISM, an exhibition filled with positive attitude and enthusiastic pieces originating from international projects within the Istituto Europeo di Design network, was inaugurated on 8 October at IED Barcelona.

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22 September 2025

IED Barcelona kicks off its undergraduate programmes with more than 200 students from 62 nationalities

On 15 September, IED Barcelona inaugurated the 2025-2026 academic year by holding a Welcome Event for the new generation of creatives and designers on its undergraduate programmes.

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19 September 2025

IED Barcelona 2025 Postgraduate Welcome Event

The welcome event for students of the October intake of the Master’s, Postgraduate and Specialisation courses will be held on 2 and 3 October.

De España al podio mundial: cuatro diseñadores IED Madrid triunfan en los premios Accor

05 September 2025

From Spain to the global stage: four IED Madrid designers triumph at the Accor Awards

Four Interior Design Bachelor's students from IED Madrid have been awarded two prizes at the Accor Design Awards