Interior Design With Foundation Year (Hons) University of Derby

Overview

You’ll learn in well-resourced, professional design studios at Britannia Mill. Resources include ISKN tables, Macbook Pros, large format scanners, drawing boards, as well as the arts and design library. 

The Interior Design With Foundation Year (Hons) programme from University of Derby is for anyone who is inspired and moved by interiors and inquisitive enough to find out how to realise these technically. Studying interior design at Derby will help you develop your design skills to create functional and unique spaces with strong spatial identities. You’ll learn how to best use specific spatial qualities, i.e. forms, texture and materials, lighting, colour, architectural components, objects and placement of these, enabling you to make your ideas become a reality. You’ll be inspired to work in a way that is environmentally responsible, memorable and experiential.

Careers

A key aim of this programme is to prepare you as a graduate for the professional world of interior designers and we would anticipate that a number of you will seek to pursue your career through either freelance or consultancy practice drawing on the opportunities presented through the curriculum to collaborate with other design-related disciplines.

This course will provide you with an opportunity to examine different sectors within the commercial and residential interior design, enabling you to gain an understanding and appreciation of the many facets and opportunities that are open to an interior design graduate. 

After graduation you’ll be prepared for a career in interior design with endless opportunities to choose from such as:

• Styling and window/retail display  
• Cinematic interior styling along with TV sets  
• Set-stage design and exhibition design 
• Retail design, e.g. fashion, gifts, jewellery stores, computer and gaming stores, etc.  
• Corporate design, e.g. offices 
• Hospitality design, e.g. bars, restaurants, coffee shops 
• Health and leisure design, e.g. hotels, spas, sport facilities, etc. 
• Interior consultant and sourcing 
• Bespoke furniture designer 
• Kitchen design