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Language

Spanish

Start date

October 2027

Frequency

Evening

Duration

6 Months

Credits

30

Course Coordination

Jose Manuel Fernández

Price

€ 6,800

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

07 October 2026

Irene Fonseca takes part in Lights in Alingsås, marking the fourth consecutive scholarship for IED Kunsthal Bilbao

The alumni of the 2025/26 Specialisation Course in Architectural Lighting Design took part in the international workshop held in Sweden thanks to IED Kunsthal Bilbao’s collaboration with Lightecture.

06 October 2026

150 students begin the 2026–2027 Academic Year on IED Barcelona’s Master’s, Postgraduate and Foundation Courses

The Welcome Event for Master’s and Postgraduate students took place on 1 and 2 October, featuring a new edition of the “Designing for the Many” workshop and the opening lecture. Foundation students received their welcome on 5 October.

06 October 2026

Public Program IED.60, October 2026

This month, IED’s Public Program continues to take design beyond the classroom, creating opportunities for dialogue with audiences, cultural institutions, businesses and professional communities.

02 October 2026

AQU Catalunya grants favourable accreditation to IED Barcelona’s Bachelor of Arts in Design

Once again, IED Barcelona has received a favourable report from the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU Catalunya), certifying the quality of the Bachelor of Arts in Design (Título de Grado en Enseñanzas Artísticas Superiores de Diseño) delivered by the centre.

01 October 2026

Marco Rainò is the new Scientific Leader of the Master of Arts in Interior Design

IED Torino welcomes Marco Rainò, architect, designer and independent curator, who takes on the role of Scientific Leader of the Master of Arts in Interior Design.

01 October 2026

The Word for Border is Water

IED participates for the third time at the Class of 26 exhibition during Dutch Design Week

18 September 2026

Inclusion, equity and diversity: the journey continues

One year after achieving the UNI/PdR 125:2022 certification, we reaffirm our commitment to fostering an increasingly inclusive, equitable workplace culture that values diversity.

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15 September 2026

More than 200 students from 52 nationalities open the 2026-2027 academic year of the IED Barcelona

On 14 September, the Welcome Event welcomed a new generation of creatives and designers joining the undergraduate programmes.

11 September 2026

Issue 4: Material World - Plural Intelligences

What happens when we recognize the intelligence of materials and learn to work with it responsibly, collectively, and collaboratively?

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