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Language

Spanish

Start date

October 2027

Frequency

Evening

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

15 June 2026

Three IED alumni among the winners of the iF Design Student Award 2026

Three alumni from IED Kunsthal Bilbao and IED Madrid have been recognised in the iF Design Student Award 2026, one of the world's leading international competitions for emerging design talent.

12 June 2026

Issue 3: Future Memories - Plural Intelligences

What will we choose to remember from the present we are living through? This is the starting point of the third issue of Notes on Plural Intelligences – Future Memories.

09 June 2026

Creativity in motion: the IED.60 Public Programme gets underway

June marks a special moment for IED: the Public Program IED.60 is in full swing, with a rich calendar of events spanning fashion, design, illustration and visual arts, bringing talks, exhibitions and open events to Milan, Rome, Florence and New York for the IED community and the wider public.

08 June 2026

IED among the Top Design Schools 2026 according to Calibre Careers: european Network, industry connections and educational excellence

The international careers observatory analyses the Institute’s educational model, combining global recognition with the historic pillars of hands-on, laboratory-based teaching.

28 May 2026

IED Barcelona Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony 2026

It will take place on Thursday, 18 June at 4:45 pm at Paral·lel 62 theatre.

21 May 2026

IED AHEAD - Design your tomorrow, today.

Enrol by 31 July 2026 and get an exclusive 20% discount on tuition fees for Undergraduate and Foundation Courses starting in September, October and November 2027.

13 May 2026

Diego Bicet, IED Barcelona alumnus, nominated for the Work Forward Awards ’26

A graduate in Interior Design, he was selected with “Hope, un camino a la esperanza”, a project envisioning a workshop-school for refugees in the heart of Barcelona.

11 May 2026

Design tells its story at the Turin International Book Fair with EDICOLA IED

From 14 to 18 May, a newsstand of creativity presented the first two issues of Notes on Plural Intelligences alongside a selection of the best Italian and international magazines, accompanied by a programme of talks and workshops that explored themes of design, publishing and contemporary communication.

11 May 2026

Silvia Brandi brings the second season of IED MUSES Talks to a close

The Italian architect and cultural manager shared her vision on sustainability, design and rural revitalisation in the episode that concludes the second edition of the IED’s inspirational talks series.

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Exhibitions and Festival

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