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Gain practical and technical skills to thrive as an Interior Designer.
The Diploma of Interior Design (MSF50218) ensures you graduate with computer skills in Photoshop, inDesign and CAD along with hand drafting technical skills which you will combine with your creative concepts and design understanding to imagine & create the perfect space.
You will graduate with an extensive portfolio of work, essential industry knowledge and contacts and the confidence, and skills required to succeed in the Interior Design industry.
Your learning experience combines the flexibility to study the way you want to suit your lifestyle. Is based on live briefs on real projects and utilises the latest technology and methodologies to ensure you have a great learning experience that is engaging and fun.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
- The ability to generate ideas and concepts to create decorating solutions for interior spaces including materials and finishes, furniture layouts and materials boards for client presentations.
- An understanding of client analysis and expectations for design projects including project coordination, fees and scheduling.
- An extensive knowledge of colour theory and its application to design including interior scheming, finishes and the effects of lighting in interiors.
- In-depth knowledge of soft furnishings, furniture and spatial design.
- The ability to confidently source and style furniture and accessories in response to a client brief.
- The ability to produce architectural drawings including perspective drawings, drafting and rendering and AutoCAD to communicate concepts.
- Examine two and three-dimensional spatial planning.
- Understand the hard materials and techniques used in the construction of built environments.
- Design process for 2D and 3D forms
- Colour theory and application to design
- Extended research of colour, finishes and the effects of lighting
- Conceptualisation and the phases of the design process
- Soft Furnishings and their application in an interior space including suppliers, trades and specifications.
- Styling, providing interior styling services and researching and recommending furniture and accessories.
- Presentation of sample boards and specifications for clients
- Developing your design identity and setting up your business
- Drawing and documentation of design concepts and ideas.
- Illustration techniques and applications for any type of illustrative work relevant to a design brief using Photoshop and inDesign
- Technical skills required to operate a range of computer aided drawings (CAD)
- Architectural styles and movements + their influence in interior design projects
- Sustainability in design and reducing the negative environmental impacts of work practice.
- Understand the hard materials used in interior design
- Design solutions for small commercial interior design projects
DESIGN AND COLOUR
- CUADES302 Explore and apply the creative design process to 2D forms
- CUADES301 Explore the use of colour
COMMUNICATIONS 1
- CUAACD313 Produce technical drawings
- CUAACD311 Produce drawings to communicate ideas
DESIGN HISTORY
- BSBDES305 Source and apply information on the history and theory of design
SPATIAL DESIGN
- BSBCRT413 Collaborate in a creative process
- CUADES303 Explore and apply the creative design process to 3D forms
DESIGN INDUSTRY PRACTICE
- CUADES304 Source and apply design industry knowledge
COMMUNICATIONS 2
- CUAILL511 Develop professional illustrations
APPLIED COLOUR
- MSFID4016 Design colour schemes for interior and exterior spaces
- MSFID5027 Research and recommend colour application and finishes
SOFT FURNISHINGS
- MSFID4021 Design soft furnishing solutions for interior spaces
STYLING
- MSFID4017 Research and recommend furniture and accessories
- MSFID5018 Provide interior styling service
AUTOCAD
- MSFID4014 Produce digital models and documentation for interior design projects
KITCHENS & BATHROOMS / HARD MATERIALS
- MSFID4018 Research and recommend hard materials and finishes for interiors
- MSFID4015 Prepare materials and finishes boards for client presentation
INTERIOR DECORATION
- MSFID4012 Decorate residential interiors
- MSFID4013 Design residential interior lightning
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
- MSFID5019 Decorate interiors for restoration projects
DESIGN DETAILS
- MSFID5024 Design workplace interiors
- CUADES411 Generate design solutions
COMMERCIAL INTERIORS
- CUADES512 Establish, negotiate and refine a design brief
- MSFID5022 Explore and apply creative design methodology to interior space
RESIDENTIAL INTERIORS
- MSFID5020 Design residential interiors
- MSFID5021 Evaluate site structure and services for interior design briefs
- MSFID5025 Develop residential interior design project documentation
*Units of competency subject to change.
Assessments are made up of a series of research and practical briefs that include a major residential design project:
- Design and decorate an entry space
- Understand and present design movements
- Create a colour scheme for a boutique hotel
- Create a soft furnishings scheme considering floor, wall and window treatments
- Develop your designer identity and business paperwork
- Decorate a residential space
- Learn how to create a drawing package with AutoCAD
- Learn Photoshop skills to professionally render drawings in a digital format