Language

Spanish

Start date

October 2026

Frequency

Evening

Fruition

On campus

Duration

6 Months

Credits

30

Course Coordination

Jose Manuel Fernández

Price

€ 6,600

Learn to transform interior spaces by combining creativity, visual sensitivity, and technical insight. Master the fundamentals of design and decoration to create functional, sustainable, and distinctive environments filled with identity.

The Postgraduate in Interior Design and Decoration at IED Kunsthal Bilbao trains professionals capable of conceiving and developing interior design projects from a holistic perspective. Throughout the program, you will learn to analyze, conceptualize, and design spaces that balance aesthetics, comfort, and functionality — exploring how materials, color, light, and objects interact to build meaningful atmospheres.

You will design interiors that reflect lifestyles, brand values, or sensory experiences, understanding design as a tool for improving the quality of life and the built environment. The methodology combines practice, reflection, and design culture, offering a solid and contemporary education for those who wish to professionalize in the field of interior design.

Information to decide

Prepare to lead design and decoration projects that connect technique and emotion. This postgraduate program equips you to develop professional proposals in sectors such as residential, retail, hospitality, or corporate design, applying principles of accessibility, sustainability, and well-being.

With a six-month duration and a part-time (evening) format, the program is designed for those seeking a specialization compatible with their professional activity. Its flexible structure and applied approach allow students to acquire real skills in a short period, facilitating entry into the job market or a professional career shift.

The program combines theoretical classes, practical workshops, and project-based learning. The learning process is grounded in experimentation, observation, and hands-on practice, fostering creativity, aesthetic sensitivity, and visual communication skills.

Throughout the course, you will work with both manual and digital tools, analyze case studies, and develop real projects that integrate concepts of interior design and decoration.

The program is structured into two complementary modules:

  • Interior Design, focused on spatial design fundamentals, materials, lighting, and project management.

  • Decoration, oriented toward styling, composition, furniture selection, and expressive resources that define the atmosphere of a space.

The program is aimed at:

  • Individuals with no prior training in design who wish to begin a career in interior design and decoration.

  • Professionals undergoing a career transition who want to redirect their path toward spatial design.

  • Students or graduates in related disciplines (architecture, fine arts, product design, fashion, visual communication) who want to broaden their professional profile.

  • Professionals from the furniture, construction, window dressing, or visual merchandising sectors who want to strengthen their creative and technical skills.

No prior design experience is required — only an interest in space, aesthetics, and material culture.

IED Kunsthal Bilbao offers an innovative learning environment connected to real industry practice and professional reality. This postgraduate program was created from the integration of two established courses — Introduction to Interior Design and Interior Styling and Decoration — to offer a more comprehensive, accessible, and cohesive educational experience.

You will learn alongside active professionals such as José Manuel Fernández, Eli Pérez Pagola, and Natalia Zubizarreta, and become part of a creative community where design is approached through interdisciplinarity and visual culture.

This program prepares you to work in interior design studios, furniture and construction companies, or in commercial and residential decoration projects, developing a contemporary and personal vision of space. At IED Kunsthal Bilbao, you’ll find the ideal context to connect creativity and technique — turning your aesthetic sensibility into a professional skill.

Syllabus

Foundations and Strategies for Interior Design

  • How to analyze spaces

  • The creative process: how to generate design ideas

  • Creating user-centered spaces

  • Accessibility and sustainability

  • Spaces that reflect a brand

  • The built space

  • Materials and surfaces

  • Light

  • Space conditioning

  • Visual merchandising: designing to sell

  • Interior design project management



Representation Tools for Interior Design

  • Drawing and analysis of forms

  • Graphic representation



Interior Design Projects

  • Retail space

  • Hospitality space

  • Workspace



Styling for Decoration

  • Styling and composition

  • Furniture and ergonomics

  • Image and space

  • Floral design

  • Restoration and Arts & Crafts

  • Textiles



Textures and Materials for Decoration

  • Textures

  • Materials

  • Color theory

  • Light theory



Domestic Space

  • Comfort

  • The kitchen

  • The bathroom

  • Domestic space I

  • Domestic space II



Management, Communication and Presentation

  • Decoration project management

  • Design and communication

  • Spatial representation

Faculty

Course Coordinator

Jose Manuel Fernández

Teacher

Natalia Zubizarreta

Teacher

Borja Vildósola

Teacher

Jorge Malcorra

Teacher

Andrea García Crespo

Teacher

Gabriela Sagarminaga

Teacher

Daniela Viloria

Teacher

Eli Pérez Pagola

News

06 March 2026

IED Madrid’s Workshop Week 2026 explores new creative territories with international guest lecturers thanks to the Erasmus KA131 programme

Guest lecturers Lavinia Rosseti and Filippo Rossi brought new perspectives on materiality and contemporary audiovisual practices within the #TimesNew concept.

03 March 2026

This was IED MUSES Talks: Omar Sosa

The co-founder of ‘Apartamento Magazine’ shared his creative dynamics at the intersection of art, architecture and editorial design in the second episode of the second season of the IED’s inspirational talk series.

IED Expands Its English-Language Offer with New Courses in Design, Fashion and Film

27 February 2026

IED Expands Its English-Language Offer with New Courses in Design, Fashion and Film

IED – Istituto Europeo di Design is broadening its international offer with a new range of English-taught courses. A strategic move that strengthens IED’s position as Europe’s largest design network, opening its doors to students and creative professionals from across the globe.

25 February 2026

AD100 IED Alumni: a talk series with Architectural Digest

The protagonists are three alumni who have been included over the years in the prestigious AD selection. The series opens with Federica Biasi, followed by Francesco Meda and Studio Klass.

23 February 2026

IED Kunsthal Bilbao launches 4 new postgraduate programs

IED Kunsthal introduces the Postgraduate format and begins a new academic phase focused on specialization.

Overhead view of a labyrinth of fabric panels and light

10 February 2026

IED Barcelona bathes Llum BCN 26 in warm light

The lighting design installation “Fabric Maze”, a labyrinth of fabrics, lights and shadows inspired by the textile past of the Poblenou neighbourhood, created warm visual compositions with each visitor’s passage.

09 February 2026

Creativity, design and architecture at the Workshop Week 2026

From 2 to 6 February, 430 students at IED Barcelona took part in this annual multidisciplinary academic activity, which offered 25 multidisciplinary workshops inspired by the Barcelona World Capital of Architecture 2026 event. And, for the first time, it included mobility between campuses.

Poster for the Saló Ensenyament 2026 showing two cheerful young people against a blue background

03 February 2026

IED Barcelona at Saló de l’Ensenyament 2026

From 18 to 22 March, attendees at this event focused on educational guidance will have the opportunity to explore the school’s design training programmes at stand D-453, located at the Fira de Barcelona Montjuïc venue.

26 January 2026

IED’s campuses in Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona are hosting Valor Ancestral, the travelling exhibition by Latam Creative Talent.

The exhibition will debut in Madrid on February 17 as part of the Madrid Design Festival.

Don't miss it

Open Day

18 March 2026 - 21 March 2026

Multiple

IED Open Day Italy

A calendar of appointments to discover all IED Italia courses in the areas of Design, Fashion, Visual Arts, Cinema, Communication, Art and Restoration.

Exhibitions and Festival

18 March 2026 - 22 March 2026

Barcelona

Saló de l’Ensenyament 2026

From 18 to 22 March, we look forward to welcoming you at stand D-453 at the Montjuïc venue of Fira de Barcelona, where you will be able to discover our educational offer in Design, Fashion, Visual Arts, Marketing and Communication. Come and visit us!

IN-SONORA 2026
Exhibitions and Festival

19 March 2026 - 21 March 2026

Madrid

IN-SONORA 2026

From 19 to 21 March, IED Madrid Design District will host installations and performances from this international exhibition of sound and interactive art