Interior Design, BA (Hons)

Interior design is the study and design of interior spaces in a range of public and private environments. At Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) we research, investigate and challenge the practice of interior design. We encourage you to explore:

• issues within design

• ideas and approaches to address the diversity of building users

• the creation of interiors of different scales and timeframes

• opportunities for new designs of existing spaces

• ways of developing sustainable design practice

Our programme emphasises the need to create environments that impact positively on people's day-to-day experiences and interactions. Learning in the studio Much of our teaching and learning is studio-based. The Interior Lab acts as our space where design ideas are developed, grown, evolved and shared. The studio helps to:

• replicate elements of a professional design studio environment

• encourage students to work as a team

Projects You will develop your skills through innovative design projects. This will enable you to explore the design potential of contemporary interventions, bringing new life into existing buildings. Many of our projects are based in Edinburgh using real buildings and situations to generate briefs. We often work on live projects with real clients. We support you to be:

• creative

• inventive

• questioning of design

We encourage solutions that are beyond the ordinary or obvious, by the application of interior, architectural and spatial theories to a particular brief. Technical skills and theory It is very important to us that you also gain a good technical understanding of interior design to prepare you for work in industry following graduation. Integrated with the practical studio work, courses in Design and Screen Cultures provide a contextual and theoretical understanding of contemporary design.