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Interior Designing

Interior & Real Estate industry is growing rapidly in India and abroad. Large numbers of foreign multinationals are expanding, offering and off-shoring services to India. Initially, while people paid just for space i.e. exteriors. In the present context, not only exteriors should be appealing, but interiors should also be pleasing.

Today, Exteriors and Interiors come as a package. Real Estate Sector and Construction Firms today employ huge numbers of Interior Designers. While any company may need one architect to work, at least more than 15 interior designers are required hence the career potential is huge for Interiors. Interior designers use their artistic flair, creativity and visualisation abilities to design and supervise the construction or redevelopment of commercial and residential building interiors With increased globalisation, not just homes, but multiplex's, cinema halls, restaurants, shopping malls are also increasing in numbers in most of cities.

Interior Designers get better opportunities as they can cater to their area of specialization. High, Upper-Middle and even Middle-income group people hire interior designers for getting the authentic professional service. While there are many institutes offering diploma's and degree's in Architecture, Colleges and Institutes offering specialised diploma or degree in Interiors are rare to count and institutes offering part-time specialization are more scarce.

Career Prospects in Interior Design are high. Interior Designers work in consulting offices, corporate design departments, and government design agencies, working on consumer and industrial products, building and equipment systems, and public and corporate communication projects. In such a position, it is hard to find an institute that can give part-time quality professional training and can also help in future work prospects. IDeA offers the best of all training and guidance in this arena.

IDeA offers a Regular Programme of one year in the field of Interior Designing. Students taking up this course are awarded "Graduate Diploma in Interior Design" at the end of the year after successful completion of course.

Subjects

The entire Interior Curriculum teaches broadly:

     • Drafting Skills,
     • Drawing Skills,
     • Sketching,
     • Plans & Elevations,
     • Raw Material Detailing,
     • Fittings,
     • Anthropometrics and Ergonomics,
     • Colour, And Rules of Proportion,
     • Graphic Design,
     • Vaastu Management,
     • Landscaping,
     • Presentation and Communications Skills.

Curriculum

Apart from the mainstream teaching, the course emphasizes on practical Assignments & Projects. The subjects are punctuated with mental liberation exercises and quizzes that help free imagination and use it to the fullest potential.

Designer can’t afford to be ignorant of various properties, economics & limits to the material he handles along with happenings in the industry. Thus the course is structured to inculcate the best of practices.

Seminars, Symposia, Site Visits, Industrial Visits and Excursions are an integral part of the entire curricula. Viva Voce to give chance to the students to express and illustrate his/her works. Thus, the curriculum is deliberated to promote learning by doing approach.

Projects & Assignments

Interiors’ Designing takes up almost all the important subjects. Regular assignments and projects are a part of this integrated curriculum to support the main learning objectives.

  Elementary drafting assignments
     Sketching
     Plans & Elevations
     Layout Designing
     Bathroom
     Residential Premises: - Living Rooms, Kitchens, Bedrooms, Gardens, etc.
     Commercial Premises: - Offices, Lounges, Restaurants

Examination Pattern

Student’s learning is evaluated submissions throughout the year. Examinations are held twice a year based on semester pattern. This exam is done at 6th - month level. Towards the end of the program a final examination is held. While this examination is important, submission of sessional work, through the year is just as important.

The last act of student’s course structure is the Viva Voce – where a student’s entire course knowledge is manifested in problem of sufficient complexity. A student is orally examined by a Jury, for which external examiner is specially appointed.

Evaluation Pattern

Credit System:

IDeA, offers its students, a grading system based on the North American Credit System. Each subject in the Curricula will be assigned a certain no. of credits, based on its importance and relevance. Grades are given for end semester exams, quizzes and sessionals, which are tabulated to give a Cumulative Grade Point Average. This system discounts many of the problems with the normal marking system that arise from subject difficulty, weightage and ranking etc.

The students would be required to earn the prescribed number of credits indicated for the respective academic programme as well as perform to the established level of performance set by the institute for successful completion of the professional education programme at IDeA.