This module introduces students to the full interior design process in context. It addresses the significance of research, observation, documentation, evaluation, idea generation, concept development, iteration and communication. It also introduces students to core interior design considerations including proportion, ergonomics, scale, function, form, structure and spatial organisation. Conscious awareness and practice of all aspects of the design process is understood as the means for the successful development of project work from inception to resolution.
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Teaching will be delivered through a series of studio and workshop-based assignments and exercises with the emphasis on developing skills and creative techniques in a practical manner.
Projects set within the module will allow and encourage experimentation and demonstration of the practical and theoretical application of this learning. Design projects, Studio-based teaching and workshop based teaching which include the following:
Definitive UNISTATS Category | Indicative Description | Hours |
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Scheduled learning and teaching | Guided studio and workshop project work Progress reviews/crits | 200 |
Guided independent study | 100 | |
Total (number of credits x 10) | 300 |
Students engage with a range of short practical design briefs. These are set to contextualise the principles of the process of designing for the interior and encompass a holistic overview. Emphasis is placed upon human scale and the body.
Assessment is through evidence presented at studio critiques and peer review of sustained application through all assignments, which would typically be 4 projects.
Students are expected to improve and refine work as appropriate in response to critique and formative feedback/ feed forward throughout the module. This provides an ongoing opportunity to improve their work in preparation for the end of module assessment and their personal portfolio.
There is a minimum of one tutorial progress review during this module. A summative grade based on the body of work is given at the end of the module.
Learning Outcome | Assessment Strategy |
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1) Engage with the design process to successfully develop, evaluate and refine design ideas and propositions. | Engagement with a range of short practical design briefs to contextualise the principles of the interior design process. Formatively assessed through project reviews and crits throughout the module. Summatively assessed in project work submitted at the end of the module. |
2) Address core discipline considerations within the design process. | Engagement with a range of short practical design briefs to contextualise the principles of the interior design process. Formatively assessed through project reviews and crits throughout the module. Summatively assessed in project work submitted at the end of the module. |
3) Inform the design process through understanding and engagement with context. | Engagement with a range of short practical design briefs to contextualise the principles of the interior design process. Formatively assessed through project reviews and crits throughout the module. Summatively assessed in project work submitted at the end of the module. |
4) Empathise with human need through research and iterative design development | Engagement with a range of short practical design briefs to contextualise the principles of the interior design process. Formatively assessed through project reviews and crits throughout the module. Summatively assessed in project work submitted at the end of the module. |
5) Communicate design process and narrative using an appropriate visual language | Engagement with a range of short practical design briefs to contextualise the principles of the interior design process. Formatively assessed through project reviews and crits throughout the module. Summatively assessed in project work submitted at the end of the module. |
Description of Assessment | Definitive UNISTATS Categories | Percentage |
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Coursework | Studio projects | 100% |
Total (to equal 100%) | 100% |
It IS a requirement that the major category of assessment is passed in order to achieve an overall pass for the module.
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