Become an Interior Designer

Interior design has become, in recent years, a demanded profession for many reasons. Old houses renovations, generational changes, newly built homes and the change in people’s way of life are some of them.  Its goal is to create concepts and design functional environments adapted to specific objectives that will depend on the type of housing or business, with a personalized purpose.

As designers, they dominate the interior architecture and building materials. They are distinguished by their experience in the decoration of residences or commercial interior spaces, the optimization of space and the ability to adapt their aesthetic taste to their clients’ in the most functional way possible.

What is this work about?

The continuous contact with the client is a common activity of the interior designer. From the first meeting with the client, they must empathize with them and discover their needs. In this way, they can obtain first design guidelines, as well as an estimate of the budget. It is an indispensable task to be up to date with suppliers that can offer the best value for money. The interior designer must be up to date with the materials to be used, their costs and request budgets that suit the client’s needs. Daily communication with the guilds is essential to control the work planning, the quality of the execution of the work and, very importantly, comply with the work times.

To offer a global vision of the project to the client, detailed elevation plans, graphical presentations in three dimensions and any element that can help the client preview the result of the work must be shown. There must be no lack of communication between the interior designer and his client, as will be grateful for that contact in which he is informed of the step by step of the work and a door is open to any modification that may arise on the fly.

Where can I study Interior Design in the UK?

• Middlesex University:

This is a modern university in the UK that prepares students to build their confidence, skills, and connections in order to achieve their goals. Here you will be able to choose the course that suits better your needs, by choosing the level of study.

You can enrol in the Interior Design BA Honours if you want to learn interior design from the very beginning. This program is centred on a sequence of design projects, in which you are asked to apply various aspects of your learning, as well as your individual creativity and originality, to specified design tasks.

It will start in London in October 2020 and you can take 3 years or more to finalise it. You will gain skills in art, performance, architecture, design thinking and even construction and materials.

If you already have a bachelor’s degree you can enrol in the Interiors (Architecture and Design) MA It will help you to develop knowledge in the various contexts of the interior design, including building reuse, the room and the city and the body and space, all of which contain a diversity of forms of human occupation. Its duration is one year and you can start it in October 2020 in London.

• Hertfordshire International College:

In this University you can enrol in the BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design. Throughout the course you will work with existing buildings and conditions, producing refit, refurbishment, retrofit, re-use and place-making designs. As you progress you’ll develop expertise in producing impressive drawings, images and models, as you not only design functional, contemporary and innovative interiors but – above all else – create immersive atmospheres.

Its duration is 3 years and it takes place at the University of Hertfordshire (College Lane Campus).

• Distance Learning Centre: 

If you’re not ready to choose a bachelor’s or master’s degree, you can also do courses in interior design in different centres. For example, the Interior design course endorsed by Distance Learning Centre is designed for beginners who want to learn the principles and practice of interior design. On successful completion of this course, students will receive an accredited Level 3 Certificate of Achievement.

• Oplex Careers

The Interior Design Course is an online short course you can start whenever you like! Its objective is to provide you with a fascinating insight into the world of interior design. Whether you want to start a new career or simply just a hobby our online interior design course can be studied online around your current lifestyle. At the end of the course, you will take an online multiple-choice assessment test. This online multiple-choice test is marked automatically so you will receive an instant grade and know whether you have passed the course.