Inchbald News Archive
London Lecture Tour: History of Interior Design and Decoration
22–24 May 2012
This tour is an opportunity to visit some of London’s most iconic buildings and witness the development of Interior Design and Decoration from the 17th century to the 19th and 20th centuries.
Diana Lloyd, our Online historian, will accompany the group and lecture on each property.
Day 1
Our first visit, Ham House, reflects the taste of Elizabeth Dysart, Countess of Lauderdale, who entertained Charles II and his Queen in the 1670s. It is a wonderful example of the rich use of fabrics and paint techniques during the Baroque period. The influences of Holland and trade with the Far East are evident in the excellent furniture and porcelain collection.
Chiswick House, which we shall visit later that afternoon, reflects the intellectual and classical knowledge frequently gained on the Grand Tour and so influential in the early Georgian period.
Day 2
The second day will concentrate on the 19th century, starting with Leighton House, the home of the great Victorian artist, Lord Leighton, with its eclectic interiors in diverse styles. Later that morning we will visit Apsley House, a superb example of early Victorian taste.
Leighton House
The day will end with a visit to Sir John Soane’s Museum, where he lived and worked in the early 1800s. We will see the growing interest in the medieval style as well as the enormous collection of classical artifacts deployed to educate Soane’s students. The growing importance of gender in the Regency period is apparent in the elegant drawing room created for his wife.
Day 3
The third day will begin at Osterley Park House, one of the most beautiful examples of the work of the great neo-classical architect, Robert Adam. Inspiration is provided in the attention to detail in all the rooms, from ceilings and moulded window surrounds to the painted borders on the furniture. The day will end at the great Arts and Crafts house, Standen, where the Beale family lived from the late 19th century until the death of the last daughter, at which point the house was offered to the National Trust.
Places on the tour are limited to 15 and Inchbald students will have priority. The tour cost is £360. If you are interested please contact Liza Rees at liza.rees@inchbald.co.uk
Seminar by Andrew Duff at LANDSCAPE
On Saturday 17 March 2012, Andrew Duff, Director of Garden Design at Inchbald, will run a seminar at LANDSCAPE, the trade exhibition for those involved with interior and exterior landscaping and landscape gardening.
LANDSCAPE runs from 15–17 March in the Grand Hall at Olympia in London and features manufacturers and suppliers of everything from cut flowers and vases through to planters and flag stones, conservatories, iron work and water features. It includes show gardens and floral displays as well as a seminar programme.
Visitors include garden designers, architects, facilities managers, landscape contractors, event florists, event organisers and planners, contract gardeners, interior designers and all those that specify where plants and planting is used.
Andrew’s seminar, titled ‘The Link between Interior and Exterior’, will explore the integration of the interior and garden, drawing on examples from around the world.
For more information see the landscapeshow.co.uk.
Principal Reviews London College of Fashion MA Catwalk Show
On 2 February 2012, Jacqueline Duncan, Principal of the Inchbald School of Design, was privileged to be invited to the London College of Fashion MA Catwalk Show at the V&A Museum.
‘On arrival I once again admired Torrigiano’s brilliant terracotta bust of Henry VII, one of my favourite works of art, and we followed through into the Raphael Room where the show was to be held. The London College students are lucky to have access to such an impressive venue.
‘The collection was introduced by a group of elegant women’s jackets and trousers in scarlet or a scarlet/beige combination that had a flavour of 1930s’ Hollywood. The men’s collection followed, but I failed to connect with either the theme or the interpretation. Men’s current fashions do not have any sense of progression and certainly these students appeared to be attempting something outrageously new as a form of despairing revolution.
‘The choice and selection of materials throughout the show was terrific as was the cut and detailing of the clothes, both qualities that appeal to the interior designer; I liked the women’s collection as it unfolded and where I criticised I could still find inspiration. Indeed I rather regretted that I did not opt for a career as a fashion buyer! The men’s clothes left me cold with their lack of progressive inspiration and a total indifference to the attractions of gender; nevertheless they represented a strong creative statement and the knitted sweaters and jackets were a brilliant demonstration of design ingenuity and skilled manufacture.
‘Apart from the initial scarlet and some sharp sapphire blue for the boys, there was a disappointing lack of colour which perhaps reflected the current passion for neutrals in the interior design world; clothes and interiors have always had a strong relationship. Speaking as an interior designer, there was a great deal to be learnt from these students about the selection and handling of materials, skills which have slipped in parts of the design world as we have been overtaken by technological priorities.
‘Overall it was a most stimulating evening; I congratulate the students on their accomplishments and have no doubt that so much talent will find success in the challenging world for which they have trained.’
Guest Lecture Evening
19 March 2012
Thomas Messel and Anthony Paul – 19 March, 6–8pm at the Cavalry and Guards Club, 127 Piccadilly
Thomas Messel has just written a book about his uncle, Oliver Messel, one of the most famous interior decorators of the late 1930s and the post-war years. He will open the evening with a talk about Oliver Messel and his work.
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Oliver Messel: In the Theatre of Design, edited by Thomas Messel
Photograph: © The Dorchester |
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Oliver was a painter and distinguished theatrical set designer who extended his talents into interior decoration – some of his most famous work was carried out in the penthouse of the Dorchester Hotel, the venue of choice for most of London’s most distinguished and talented visitors.
This presentation will emphasise Oliver’s particular talents, highlighting the combination of the painterly eye, the attention to detail and a capacity for dramatic elegance, all the hallmarks of the great 1930s’ decorators.
Anthony Paul came to garden design from a background in fashion and is famous for a strikingly imaginative approach to garden layout and planting. The result is cosmetically original but he also takes full advantage of technological development in his features and planning. He will talk about his own work, and discuss the manner in which he arrives at proposals for both himself and for clients, and in which his personal philosophy drives his talent.
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Anthony Paul
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Anthony’s gardens are famously ‘pretty’ as well as being spectacularly dramatic, and I feel that these two distinguished speakers will between them identify the flair and the skills that we are in danger of losing to the bland architectural developments of the last decade.
This is the perspective from which I propose to introduce the Short Online Courses in these two specialist subjects. It is now time we learnt to re-appraise and appreciate the integrity and achievements of true interior decoration, together with the associated values of sophisticated and distinctive garden design.
Jacqueline Duncan, January 2012
There are limited seats for this evening. Inchbald students and alumni will be given priority, but if you would like to attend please contact Léonie Northcote at leonie@inchbald.co.uk.
Inchbald Directors start new blogs
Inchbald Directors, Alan Hughes, Director of the Interior Design Faculty and Vice Principal, and Andrew Duff, Director of Garden Design, have started new blogs – where they are publishing their thoughts and ideas around design.
You can follow Alan’s blog at alan.inchbald.co.uk.
You can follow Andrew’s blog at andrew.inchbald.co.uk.
Former Inchbald Student Luciano Giubbilei Launches New Book
The Gardens of Luciano Giubbilei
This fascinating book explores the career of acclaimed garden designer Luciano Giubbilei, revealing the inspiration, attention to detail and artistic collaborations behind the creation of his spectacular contemporary gardens.
Luciano Giubbilei has been creating serenely beautiful gardens from London to Geneva and Morocco since 1997. He’s known for the elegance of his understated designs but his approach is constantly evolving, both in response to individual clients and as he finds new sources of inspiration. Giubbilei’s work draws on his Italian heritage, especially the Renaissance gardens of the Villa Gamberaia in Tuscany, and a distinctively classical combination of restraint and opulent materials.
The Gardens of Luciano Giubbilei examines twelve particularly significant gardens from Giubbilei’s portfolio. Each project – including a garden in London’s The Boltons that involved a collaboration with interior designer Kelly Hoppen, a roof terrace in Barcelona, and the Laurent-Perrier Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show – is fully explored, from the preparation of mood boards to final planting and finishing. This superb book, which contains specially commissioned photographs by Steven Wooster and a foreword by Tom Stuart-Smith, takes a behind-the-scenes look at how each garden evolved, revealing that the achievement of apparently simple beauty and elegance requires meticulous research and the efforts of a team of skilled contractors and suppliers.
Giubbilei works closely with nurseries, craftsmen and artists such as Anish Kapoor and Stephen Cox to source sculptures, furniture and plants that are in total harmony with the mood and scale of each project. As he explains, the process of bringing together the diverse elements that make up each garden is usually unseen and so it’s particularly intriguing to have an insight into the working methods and sources of inspiration.
Win a Garden Design Scholarship with Inchbald in 2012
In conjunction with Gardens Illustrated, Inchbald School of Design is offering an aspiring garden designer a free place on our online garden design course, Online Diploma in Principles and Practice of Garden Design. This is a one-year, part-time garden design course studied at home through Inchbald Online and our virtual classroom, giving you the flexibility to fit your study around other commitments.
The garden design course starts in April 2012 and is worth £5,567.37 (+VAT). Our year-long online courses demand considerable commitment and time input, so please bear this in mind when entering.
How to enter
To enter for the prize, provide an A3-sized plan for a rooftop garden accompanied by 1,000 words about your design ideas for the garden. For more details, download the design brief.
Alternatively call 020 7630 9011 or email Georgina Askew on georgina@inchbald.co.uk to be sent the brief. Please include your full name, address and daytime telephone number on all correspondence.
Send completed entries to: Gardens Illustrated Scholarship, Inchbald School of Design, 32 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1PB.
Closing date for submission of your entry is 5 pm on 10 February 2012.
For details of the terms and conditions for the promotion, please see Gardens Illustrated competition page.
London Design Festival V & A Lecture 2011
Design and Classicism Today
Hochhauser Auditorium
Wednesday 21 September 2011 14.30 – 15.30
Free ticket required
Inchbald School of Design has been educating leaders of the design world for over 50 years. This event brings together former students Henrietta Spencer-Churchill and Luciano Giubbilei to discuss classicism across the interiors and garden design. Emily Johnson, recent Inchbald graduate and award winning designer joins the debate.
Chelsea Flower Show 2011
The RHS have confirmed that two former Inchbald students will be designing show gardens at Chelsea Flower Show 2011:
Luciano Giubbelei will be designing The Lauren-Perrier Garden
Marcus Barnett will be designing The Times Kew Garden in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and ‘The Times’
Laurent-Perrier Garden by award-winning designer Luciano Giubbilei, brings together garden, art and architecture. Leading Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and British sculptor Peter Randell-Page will be contributing respectively with a sensory bamboo pavilion and three commissioned sculptures.
Times Kew Garden designed by Marcus Barnett and in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and ‘The Times’, demonstrates the significance of plants to science and society through design and planting. Plants have been chosen for their beauty and utility – some of which have a medicinal, industrial or commercial use.
Nina Campbell and Marcus Barnett, Inchbald 50th Anniversary Lecture, Victoria & Albert Museum
Celebrating 50 years since its foundation this year, Inchbald School of Design organised an inspirational lecture at the V&A with a doyenne of the interior design world, Nina Campbell, and Marcus Barnett, one of Inchbald’s more recent RHS Chelsea award winning garden and landscape designers.
As alumni of Inchbald ourselves, Absolute Abode loves to get involved with Inchbald events and keep up-to-date with current students’ work.
Nina Campbell shared some of her timeless interiors with us, including a blank canvas of a home in China, where she introduced British elegance in a traditional style and fused it with Chinese cultural motifs, such as fish (abundance, prosperity) and blossom (strength, resilience). She also regaled us with some amusing stories about the project – what project ever runs completely smoothly? Nina’s home in Chelsea is a perfect example of how wonderful design can make a small space feel generous and comfortable. Her home is compact, yet the garden areas are fully utilised as living spaces and all rooms are beautifully designed to be cosy and practical.
Marcus Barnett gave us an insight into his carefully crafted, lush garden spaces, including a stunning mill in the English countryside with bountiful grounds. A townhouse garden he designed in central London exampled his love of ‘garden rooms’, and merging inside with out, encompassing a fabulous dining area, children’s play area, comfortable seating and, of course, room for the family’s best friend, their beloved dog, to play too! Marcus’ garden designs cleverly reflect the architecture and interiors of his clients’ homes, creating cohesive living spaces.
We were truly inspired by Nina and Marcus’ designs, and really enjoyed the evening – thanks, Inchbald!
Kirsty McMorron and Sophie Mills
50th Inchbald Graduate Exhibition July 2010
With the unanimous approval of the Guest Judges: Henrietta Spencer Churchill, John Brookes, Diana Yakely, Michael Nicholas and Stephen Ryan, the Graduate Exhibition was a great success. The second graduate year of the Online Diplomas exhibited alongside the Decoration Course, the Garden Diploma and Architectural Interior Design Diplomas and Post Graduate Degrees.
Across all courses over seventy five students graduated with a further five graduating at MA level. Prizes were awarded to Emily Johnson for her innovative re working of Aldwych Tube station, Hermanus Louw for his Derbyshire restaurant, Simone Topolski for the take on the original St Olaves School building near Tower Bridge, Camilla Evans for her Holland Park house, Laura Massey for her Venice restaurant and Angella Bligh for her restaurant on the eastern coast of Australia. Gillian Lungley and Kevin Hosier took the garden prizes and the Online prizes were awarded, Fiona Sellers for her health club and Yasmin Chopin. The Henry Stephenson prize, specially commissioned for the Fiftieth Anniversary Year and created by Philip Lawson Johnston, was awarded to Allegra Davies for her wonderful presentation. Claudia Nelles was awarded the Interior Decoration prize for 2009 – 2010.
The supporters from the Design Profession, amongst them, Cecilia Neal, Dean Keyworth, Annie Stevens, Suzanne Trocme, Tina McFarlane, Tim Gosling, Staffan Tollgård, Hugh Henry, Stephen Yakely, Guy Greenfield, Juliette Byrne, Anthony Paul, Nicola Crawley, Gillian Chance, Charles Funke, Stephen Lacey were fulsome in their praise of the students and staff in this celebratory year of the Inchbald School.
Henry Stephenson – The Henry Stephenson Prize
Henry Stephenson joined Inchbald in 1961 as a tutor, and eventually took on the responsibilities of of Director of the Interior Design Faculty in 1988. Apart from being a distinguished artist and illustrator, Henry was a brilliant teacher, a gentle and encouraging influence who gave his all to his students and who remains a significant influence on their subsequent careers.
His support and involvement with the School is such that he wished to mark his retirement by awarding a Prize to the Student whose Presentation of Work excelled. The Stephenson Prize is therefore very special, coming as it does from a man who did much to shape the School policies in the generosity of his time and his talents.
Philip Lawson Johnston – Specialist Hand-Engraver of Glass
Philip was educated at Eton and studied History of Art at The Inchbald School of Design. He has been a hand-engraver of glass for over 38 years. He has achieved international recognition through his specially commissioned works for individuals and organisations around the world. In January 2009 he was granted a Royal Warrant to be Hand-Engraver of Glass to Her Majesty The Queen. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers. Being self-taught, Philip works mostly to commission, engraving anything from company presentations and retirement presents to trophies, anniversary and wedding presents.
Veere Greeney Lecture
I spent time recently attending the Veere Grenney lecture at Chelsea Harbour, hosted by Sue Crewe of House and Garden.
Veere is a New Zealander who as a young man looked to English designers, notably David Hicks and the Irish wizard Max Clendinng for inspiration. A chance meeting with Michael Raymond in Tangier further inspired him and prompted him to come to London where he was lucky to be welcomed in to the studio of Mary Fox Linton.
From Mary he was headhunted by Colefax and Fowler, and after some twenty years experience in this most venerated of firms, he established his own studio.
It is always interesting for me to listen to the views of eminent designers and to have the pleasure of seeing their work. Talk of Max and David took me back to the fifties, when talent abounded, commissions were difficult to find and the editor of House and Garden, Anthony Hunt, tended to rely on the American issue for his articles. He had little option, given the paucity of work in those post war years, but since we all took the American issue, we found this duplication extremely irritating and it may well have been the reason that he was replaced by Robert Harling.
American House and Garden in the Fifties was brilliant to our Economy dazed eyes, and we were more than delighted when Conde Nast published the Guide to Interior Decoration in 1960. It was known colloquially as the Yellow Book and featured the great names of New York decoration, Pahlmann, Kahane, McMillen and so many more. Both David and my then husband Michael Inchbald were inspired by the new and free approach of the Americans to twentieth century lifestyle, and both admitted freely to drawing inspiration from the advanced technology and the sharp sense of fashion that they had so clearly mastered.
Harling’s editorship turned to England’s national archive of classicism as source material for the magazine and since John Fowler was the major player in this genre, we witnessed the establishment of the English Style which dominated Interior Design and Decoration for so long. The fact that Mark Hampton took it to New York, giving it a distinctive Big Apple twist, was at once interesting and stimulating to designers internationally.
Veere Grenney came in at a point in time which was exciting in every way, but his elegant interiors are imbued with a distinctive character, inspired perhaps by David and Max, but nevertheless very personal.
There was a moment of déjà vue for me when he showed a view of the Claridges penthouse, originally created for Hugh Wontner by Michael Inchbald in the sixties.
Interestingly he now lives in the beautiful fishing lodge which David made famous in the sixties, so the circle is completed with another and a fresh perspective.
Mrs Jacqueline Duncan, September 2010.
Winners announced for Veedon Fleece Rug Design Competition 2010
On 11th May the winners for this year’s Veedon Fleece Rug Design competition were announced.
We had a good number of students entering the competition, with many entrants producing more than one design. Some produced up to half a dozen entries which was very commendable. Adam Gilchrist, who is the Managing Director of Veedon Fleece, was so impressed with the entries, that he has also decided to make two further rugs, which he refers to as “manufacturer’s indulgences.” Both the students, Elisabetta Filipello Robinson and Sabina Fatkullina, are studying on the Architectural Interior Design Diploma course; the latter was a student on the Interior Decoration Course in 2009.
Congratulations are due to all who entered for their hard work; special congratulations are due to the winners and we look forward to seeing the results once they have been made.
Bill Bennette Lecture at the Calvary and Guards Club
On the 15th April the school was privileged to welcome distinguished Interior Designer Bill Bennette to an evening at the Cavalry and Guards Club, where he delivered an inspiring account of recent commissions.
The students were inspired, not only by the finished work but by the demonstration of design work in progress, and Bill’s philosophy regarding analysis of the brief and his relationships with clients. We much look forward to his return in the future.
Bill has asked that his fee be donated to The Soldiers Charity.
Inchbald 50th Anniversary Party
“Fifty years ago I was passionate about the need for education in the English Interior Design profession. I had a dream that the School I started so optimistically in 1960 would go on to establish the breadth of knowledge and the disciplines which are vital to the designer, as well as identifying the quality of achievement and good business principles without which no company can flourish.
Thus it was a joy to see graduates from the years of the School’s inception, starting with Anna King (N√© Pearson) (1960) culminating in students (2009) recently recruited by Staffan Tolgard (2004), and including so many old and successful friends from the intervening years. From a Ten Week Course in Interior Decoration in September 1960, we have progressed to offering Master’s Degree programmes validated by the University of Wales in both Interior Design and Garden Design.
My dream came true and it is a humbling thought that we have indeed set standards, not only for design and designers, but for design educators as well.” Written by Jacqueline Duncan.
Overseas Experience
Work experience and internships are something Inchbald values immensely, organising placements with design studios to which the School is very grateful. This year the Architectural Interior Design students went further than before in both terms of experience and venue.
Three students from the Architectural Interior Design Diploma course took up residence in Turkey this Easter, invited by Tutor and Architect Giray Sahin to take part in the development of a prototype Carbon Neutral Villa, the first to be showcased in Istanbul. It is hoped this will lead to the building of 22 high end residential villas; Ecological Ferraris.
The students spent three weeks helping to develop the initial design and the technical detailing analysing building performance, overall building regulatory compatibility and the general interior space, working alongside Mr. Sahin and closely with the client in terms of project management.
Another student travelled to New York to take up an offer to work with Mary Howard Studios, a specialist set design and production studio. The student was heavily involved in designing the concepts for various fashion shoots, one of them being Mulberry, which she worked on from start to finish.
Successful placements at Staffan Tollgaard, Fox Linton, Grape Design, United Designers, Tim Gosling, Helen Green and Lawson Robb Associates were also highlighted. Thank you to all those design studios for supporting Inchbald students.
Inchbald Graduates Steal the Show
Chelsea Flower Show is the highlight of the UK’s Summer Season, attended by leading garden designers and keen amateurs from the world over. Each year a selection of Inchbald graduates make a big impression at Chelsea, displaying the talent and technique that has been honed by the quality of Inchbald’s educational standards, a quality that ensures their professional success. This year Inchbald graduates Luciano Giubbilei, Angus Thompson, Zita Else and Senior Tutor Thomas Hoblyn all built gardens at Chelsea.
Luciano’s debut at Chelsea Flower Show in 2009 was a design commissioned by Laurent Perrier. Inspired by the elegant sophistication of this famous champagne house, Luciano aimed to bring together art and nature in a design that embodied the essence of his client‚Äôs stylish reputation. His garden explored the manner in which linear design can create order within a natural setting, offering an effect of spiritual calm and intellectual clarity.
The design formed part of an extended living space and explored the relationship between architecture and its environment. Framed within tiered evergreen hedges and trees, a monolithic stone wall displayed an ethereal work of art by artist Nigel Hall. The hedges suggested an architectural feature, exemplifying the relationship between buildings and gardens.
Thomas Hoblyn returned to Chelsea for the second time, following his Gold in the Urban Garden category in 2008. Inspired by a trip to the marshlands of North Carolina to search for the Venus Flytrap, Tom’s garden for Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust highlighted the uncertainty of climate, both environmental and economic. The garden featured some of the largest trees seen this year at Chelsea, together with a sculptural centerpiece, ‘Waves of Change’, dominated by a nude female figure, ‘The Guardian of the Environment’.
Andrew Duff, Director at the Inchbald School of Design, picked out the key trends from the show. He highlighted the economic planting plans and suggested that we will see a reappraisal of British native species. ‘They are not only cheaper to grow; they do not require special planting conditions, nor do they attract the costs of import from Europe. Silver birch, hazel and box will be taking centre stage, coming once again into their own.’
He saw colour taking its lead from a resurgence of the florescence of the 1980s: ‘Big, bright and bold flowers such as dahlia and tulip will be shouting from a darker background of architectural foliage. Gone were the minimal species meadow planting of last year and here to stay are plants which provide us with ongoing seasonal interest together with a sense of optimism in these grey times. People will be expecting plants to work for their money.’
Inchbald Student to Design the French Ambassador’s Garden
Sarah Bradley has been chosen as the winner of the garden design competition, in conjunction with Inchbald School of Design, to design the French Ambassador’s Garden in Kensington Palace Gardens. Sarah was chosen for her design as she was able to combine French and English style whilst taking into account the necessary practical considerations.
The judging was undertaken by Susan Crewe, Editor of House & Garden Magazine, the artist Nigel Cox, Michael Galsworthy DL, owner of Trwithan Garden Estate, Cornwall and Jacqueline Duncan, Principal & Founder of Inchbald School of Design. Students were asked to create an ‘entente cordiale‘ garden design to reflect the essence of a French garden as seen through British eyes.
The French Ambassador wanted to select an English garden designer in order to mix English and French elements and create a classic, yet modern feel.
Andrew Duff, Director of Inchbald School of Garden Design, comments, “This is a fantastic opportunity for not only Inchbald School of Design, but also Sarah, as it will give her a head-start in the garden design industry. This demonstrates how well thought of the school is and the calibre of the students’ work, as we continue to be asked to work on prestigious garden design projects. I look forward to seeing the garden once it has been completed!”
When asked about her success, Sarah said, “I was delighted to have won the commission to design the garden for the French Ambassador’s official residence. The opportunity to work on such a high profile and prestigious project with the support of the Inchbald School of Design is such a good start for my career as a garden designer.”
Sarah will be working on site for the duration of this project. The Ambassador is hoping the project will be completed in time for his annual party in July.
University Validation
In July 2009 Inchbald achieved a second validation of its Postgraduate Diploma and MA level study programmes.
The University of Wales was happy to confirm another 5 year term in which Inchbald can teach and co-award these qualifications in both Architectural Interior Design and in Garden Design.
‘The teaching team must be commended this year for a quantum leap in project construct, approach and conceptual development’
- Dr Paul Bailey, Birmingham City University, External Examiner.
The school is pleased to announce that the Online Courses have just been validated by the University of Wales; it is now possible to achieve an MA degree in both interior and garden design through the specially designed “Inchbal
Alan Hughes, Director of MA studies at Inchbald, and Andrew Duff, Director of Garden Design, are delighted at the prospect of adding Online students to the Post Graduate schemes.
‘It is a logical step to validate these comprehensive courses in the same way the in-house diplomas are at present. The two interior diploma schemes are very closely related in terms of information and process, this validation will give on line students the opportunity to achieve at post graduate level and subsequently go on to MA.
- Alan Hughes, Director of Architectural Interior Design.
‘Being responsible for the curriculum for both in-house and Online has been a valuable exercise, allowing me to ensure the quality and connection between these two diplomas. Validation of the Online Garden Diploma will mean Inchbald reaching a new and wider audience for its excellent courses.’
- Andrew Duff, Director of Garden Design.