Interior Design (Hons) (with Foundation Year) Teesside University

Overview

You work in a dedicated design studio environment with access to high quality Computer Aided Design and superb workshop facilities. The Interior Design (Hons) (with Foundation Year) degree programme from Teesside University has an outstanding track record for innovative teaching and of supporting students to achieve high grades, You are encouraged to get involved in a wide range of extra curricula activities. These include guest lectures and workshops from both professionals in practice and our successful graduates and alumni now working throughout the world.

Key Facts

They not only prepare our students to become excellent design graduates but also successful design professionals. Interior Design is an exciting, creative industry involved in the design of stimulating environments for living, working, shopping, commerce, health, education, hospitality and almost every possible human activity. Often based around the conversion of existing buildings, the Interior Designer considers many design matters and factors including; the needs of the building’s end user, creating interior spatial layouts, improving circulation and function, interpreting buildings, space and use. The Interior Designer’s role also embraces the specification of materials, designing bespoke textiles, fittings and furniture and selecting colour palettes and lighting schemes.

They aim for our students to become creative design professionals and on our course you learn a wide range of skills including; design process and practice, interior decorative arts, trends, fashions and textiles, architectural drawing techniques, 2D and 3D industry standard Computer Aided Design, history of design and architecture plus the essentials of professional practice. These are all applied into your core creative design studio projects.

Career opportunities

You might pursue a career in interior design or as a designer in the retail, exhibition, set design, leisure, surface pattern, merchandising or housing areas, or you might continue to postgraduate study.