Delivery is by distance learning with a comprehensive course handbook, examples of best practice, project templates and telephone and email support being available as necessary through our online VLE, individual and group tutorials, online forums and bulletin boards. Specialist knowledge will be delivered by a diverse team of staff and visiting guest lecturers with a variety of relevant backgrounds and experience. Relevant field trips may be employed at appropriate stages.

VLE
Tutorial staff
Library services
Site visit(s)

LATEST EDITION:
Interior Design Illustrated - Ching, Francis D.K. and Binggeli, C
Interior Design Visual Presentation - Mitton, Maureen
Metric Handbook - Littlefield, David
Architect's Pocket Book - Baden- Powell, C
Architecture Form, Space and Order - Ching, Francis D.K.
Materials for Inspirational Design - Lefteri, C
Building Structures Illustrated Patterns, Systems and Design - Ching, Francis D.K. , Onouye B, Zuberbuhler, D
A Visual Dictionary of Architecture - Ching, Francis D.K.
Basics Interior Architecture: Elements & Objects - Stone S, Brooker, G
Architects Data- Neufert
Re-readings: Interior Architecture and the Design Principles of Remodelling Existing Buildings - Stone S, Brooker, G
Building Construction Illustrated - Ching, Francis D.K.
Sourcebook of Modern Furniture - Habegger, J
Furnish, Furniture and Interior Design for the 21st century - Lovell S
NOT ASSESSED YET:
Space to Work: New Office Design - Myerson, Jeremy and Ross, Philip

Students will be introduced to the range of practical issues, working methods and communication skills that affect, inform and enable the study and practice of interior design. The primary emphasis of the Module is to enable students to begin to develop the attendant skills and techniques employed in the professional practice of interior design and concept development.

Students will critically explore design methodologies and creative thinking acquiring, at foundation level, the skills required to transfer complex design ideas into a clearly articulated interior scheme. Projects will introduce key elements of the design process; form, function, spatial organisation, volumetric design, stakeholder consultancy, aesthetics, decoration, surface treatment, light, and acoustics.

Coursework includes
-Photographic report including site survey (LO 1,4)
-Sketch plans (LO 1,2)
-Illustrated report (LO 1,2)
-Sample Board (LO 1,2)
-Scale plans (LO 1,2)
-Analytical report (LO 1,2)
-Model construction (LO 3,4)