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Interior Design Module Two Short Course
Course description
Part of our three-part interior design module course, join us on Interior Design - Module Two to hone your analytical design skills and develop your own personal interior design methodology. Module Two will focus on designing for a commercial interior space.
Following a similar structure to Module One, this course will take your knowledge and skill set to the next level. You will focus on a commercial project by designing a bar / restaurant.
These new skills will encompass surveying, detail drawing, designing staircases and Sketchup 3There will be a range of new considerations to make whilst designing for a commercial space including fire regulations and disabled access.
Please note: The majority of the classes will be delivered in person at Chelsea College of Arts, with the CAD lessons being online. This allows students to practise the CAD lessons by rewatching the recordings.
Course outcomes
By the end of this course you will:
- Be capable of working logically through the design process up to the design scheme stage
- Present your work professionally
- Built on Interior Design Module One knowledge
- Learned new design-related skills and completed a commercial interior design projec
Who should attend
This course is for those with prior and intermediate interior design skills. It is ideal if you want to design interiors professionally and have completed Interior Design - Module One. You can then move on to Interior Design - Module Three as a further step towards your goal of becoming an interior designer.
You must ensure that you have the correct immigration permission for the modules you want to study. The Standard Visitor immigration permission allows you to visit the UK for up to 6 months. If you intend to study longer than 6 months you must have a valid immigration permission which has no restrictions on studying and covers the full length of the course(s) you wish to study.
Prior skills required:
- Concept boards
- CAD software and rendering
- Sections and elevations to scale 1:50 in CAD
- Sample boards
You should also have a basic knowledge of:
- Lighting
- Soft furnishings
- Hard finishes
- Presentation methods
Clear, easy to understand lessons:
- Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology they will make sure they explain what they mean.
- New methodologies will be explained or demonstrated
All our on campus courses include:
- Networking opportunities and the chance to share ideas with students from across the globe
- Access to the technology and materials relevant to your discipline
- Access to our college shops for any materials you might need
- The chance to ask questions to your tutor in real time
- Feedback and critique on your assignments
- The opportunity to experience the many sights of London on your down time
All our online short courses include:
- Live and interactive online lessons with classmates from around the world
- Lesson recordings, for review, so you never have to miss a class
- Access to the virtual learning environment with course content
- Forums for support
- 2 weeks online access to the recordings of the live classroom sessions
- The opportunity to ask questions to your tutor in real time
A certificate of completion:
- You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it!
- As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance.
- However, we always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience!
- Certificates are a great addition to your CV.
Available dates
Details
Topics covered:
- Survey drawings
- Concept boards
- Restaurant design
- Staircases
- Plans and external elevations in Vectorworks
- Fire regulations
- Disabled access, lifts and ramps
- Lighting
- Detail drawing
- Kitchen design
- Sketchup 3D
- Rendering techniques in Vectorworks and sketchup
- Sample boards for restaurants and bars
On this course you will gain technical CAD skills delivered via live online teaching elements. Please note that this course requires dedication; students should therefore allow time to work on their design project outside of the class.
Materials
On campus materials:
Please bring the following materials with you:
Week 1
- Pen and notepad for taking notes
- 8m tape measure or a laser measuring device if you have one
- Bic 4 colour pen
- Clipboard or something to write on when standing up
- Camera (phone camera is suitable)
You will need to bring your laptop to class from lesson 3 onwards:
- Laptop (ideally a minimum of 8GB RAM)
- A computer mouse
- Vectorworks Designer Student Version – 2024
- USB stick with a good amount of storage so that you can present your work as back up
To access the current version of the Vectorworks software you will need to create a 3 month student account. Please visit the Vector Works Student Portal to create your account.
Online short course materials
To take part in the Online sessions you will need:
- An up-to-date web browser (we recommend Chrome)
- Microphone and headphones (a headset with a microphone function is recommended. The built-in microphone in your device would also be fine)
- Webcam
- Strong Internet connection - we recommend a minimum of 2 Mbps download, and 1 Mbps upload, faster if possible. You can test your network speed here -https://www.speedtest.net
- A three-button wheel mouse
- SketchUp Pro 2024 - SketchUp Studio 2024 Student annual subscription is available to purchase at a discounted rate here. You can download a 7-day free trial version of SketchUp here however you will need access to the full version to take the course.
- Vectorworks Designer Student Version 2024
To access the current version of the Vectorworks software you will need to create a 3 month student account. Please visit the Vector Works Student Portal to create your account.
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Part of our three-part interior design module course, join us on Interior Design - Module Two to hone your analytical design skills and develop your own personal interior design methodology. Module Two will focus on designing for a commercial interior space.
Contact us:
- Chelsea College of Arts
- Telephone +44 (0)20 7514 7015
- Address Chelsea College of Arts 16 John Islip Street London SW1P 4JU
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