Print this page Interior Design and Decoration Week

This short five-day course is an introduction to interior design and decoration that encourages students to develop their knowledge and interest by exploring a broad selection of the issues faced by practitioners of this extensive and fascinating discipline.

The pace of this introductory course in interior design and decoration is fast, and is lecture-based. Subjects range from aesthetic considerations – proportion and space and the perceptual impact of colour, light and texture – to the practical matters of ergonomics and space planning. Specialist lectures in interior design are interspersed with the opportunity to see how practising interior designers and decorators have applied their skills and knowledge in their own design projects.

Interior design and decoration week – course aims

• To introduce students to the core subjects of interior design and decoration.
• To help students to make the best of their own homes.

Interior design and decoration week – course contents

1. Introduction to elements of interior design and decoration; proportion and scale of spaces
2. Ergonomics and practical room design; classical traditions
3. Transforming spaces with light, pattern, texture and colour in room schemes
4. Window treatments and fine curtains; furniture design and manufacture
5. Upholstery detailing; practising designers’ and decorators’ projects.

To join this course, please contact the Course Administrator for an application form.

If you want to go further in your study of interior decoration and design you may be interested in these longer interior design and decoration courses: Certificate in Interior Decoration Course (part time), Certificate in Interior Decoration Course (full time).