We will teach you step by step how to create comfortable and beautiful interiors in 9 months and prepare a portfolio for the first orders during the training.
An interior designer helps his clients to create a harmonious living environment: to make a small apartment comfortable for the whole family, to create comfort in a large private house, or with the help of accents to convey the mood in a studio apartment.
The training program
The program consists of 15 blocks from the basic theory to practical cases.
- Introduction to the profession “Interior Designer”
The interior designer and his tasks. The team. Stages of work on the design project
Mistakes of a beginner designer
Brief and terms of reference
Composition of a design project
- Adobe Photoshop for the interior designer. Practicum
Adobe Photoshop interface and basic functions of the program for the designer
Working with 2D collages. How to create mudboards and concept boards
Working with 3D collages. How to create sample-boards in straight and angular perspective
How to automate routine operations in Photoshop: high-speed collage techniques
Post-processing collages in Photoshop: how to use adjustment layers, masks, reflections, color correction tools, and add elements
- ergonomics in interior design
The concept and basic standards of ergonomics for residential interiors
Ergonomics of small spaces
Ergonomics of living spaces: living room, bedroom, nursery
Ergonomics of non-residential spaces: bathroom, kitchen, study, entrance area
- Planning solutions
Classification of Living Rooms, Normative Requirements
Typical layouts
Peculiarities of the design of small and full-height premises
- Interior styles, part 1
Historical interior styles and their modern interpretation. The Ancient World, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance
Modern reinterpretation of classical styles. Baroque and Rococo palace styles, Art Nouveau, emotional decor (boho, country, vintage, etc.).
Ethnic interior styles: Moroccan, Japanese, Scandinavian, Indian, Slavic, etc.
- Interior Styles, Part 2
Modern interior styles: modern and postmodernism, avant-garde, minimalism, new classics, “natural” styles
The rules of a harmonious combination of styles in the interior
Mix styles: japandi, kitsch, eclecticism, fusion, wabi-sabi
- Coloristics in interior design
Introduction
Color in the interior
Color illusions and the image of the room
- Fundamentals of composition in interior design
The concept of composition. Types of composition
The laws of composition, application of the laws of composition in the interior
Means and techniques of composition. Application in the interior
The compositional center
- Material science in interior design
A brief history of construction and the appearance of building materials
Building materials and their types
Building materials and their types (continued)
Innovative construction finishing materials
- Development of an interior concept
Pre-project work
Development of the project concept
Design solution execution
11. ArchiCAD. Construction of plans, sections, sweeps in the program. Workshop
Plans in Archicad
Cuts in Archicad
Creating exploded views of walls
12. ArchiCAD. Working with object libraries. Workshop
Library manager in Archicad.
Parametric objects in Archicad
How to create library items and components in Archicad
- Archicad. Development of a set of working documentation of the project. Workshop
How to set up a drawing
The layout book and the formation of sheets with drawings
Creating a Documentation Set and Setting Up Printing
- History of Design
Formation of design in the 2nd half. XIX – beginning of the XX centuries
Stylistic trends in design of the 1st half of the twentieth century. XX century
Stylistic features of design of the 2nd half of the XX-th century The searches and experiments in the design of the 1960-70s.
- Development of an interior design project. Practicum
Pre-project analysis: measurement, photofixation, collecting data about the customer, wishes and limitations. Measurement plan.
Concept development: concept-boards, wise boards, colour chart, CMF-project.
Functional zoning, placement of furniture and equipment. Visualization of the rooms in 3D-collage or sketching.
Electrical and lighting plan
Flooring and ceiling plans
Wall blueprints
Estimate for finishing materials
Final Certification