Learn both traditional and up-to-the minute digital design techniques to prepare for a career in interior design.

This course will give you the opportunity to focus on designing for interior environments from hotels to exhibition spaces. The retail, leisure and hospitality industries are among the largest users of innovative design, so emphasising these sectors will help make you more employable. You'll also spend time working with architects and designers on live projects.

The emphasis is on the exploration of ideas through drawing, then using the potential of digital software to develop concepts in virtual environments. The course provides a stimulating creative environment within which you can explore and test ideas and solutions.

The design of interior space involves not just creative and aesthetic considerations, but a wide range of issues involving planning, access, circulation and the application of services and lighting. All are issues that the designer is involved with and considers part of the design process.

The design focus includes bars/restaurants, hotels and motels and more recent year 2 live projects include sustainable design for conservation sites. Projects are set within these areas, and explore how branding and identity can shape the design of interior spaces. You are encouraged to develop a personal creative philosophy of design, within the demanding requirements of contemporary practice. Study visits include a European destination in Year 1 and further afield in Year 2.

This course is taught at LCC within the School of Design.

Year 1

• Design Theory & Vocabulary
• Spatial Exploration 
• Colour in Context 
• Design in Industry 1 (WBL) 
• Visual Culture and Theory 1 
• Personal and professional 
• Development WBL 1
• Personal and professional 
• Development Study Skills 1

Year 2

• Detail Design
• Design in Industry 2 (WBL) 
• Interior Design in Context 
• Final Project
• General Elective 
• Visual Culture and Theory 2 
• Personal and professional 
• Development WBL 2
• Personal and professional 
• Development Study Skills 2

Our students have a wide variety of options available when they leave college. A significant percentage seek employment in the design industry either in the UK or abroad. Additionally a number of students progress to the second or third years of one of our BA (Hons) programmes, or occasionally progress straight to postgraduate study at MA level. Students can also complete the Diploma in Industrial Studies (a year out in industry) after finishing the FdA.

1 A level plus 3 GCSEs (A-C), or equivalent qualifications, or relevant professional experience/experiential learning, or a combination of formal qualifications and experiential learning. A portfolio to demonstrate your ability to succeed in art and design is required.

International and EU students: If your first language is not English you should check you have achieved the correct IELTS level in English. Further information is available on our International Applications page.

Porfolio advice

A small portfolio of work is required. Evidence of drawing skills, 3D modelling and sketchbook investigation is required. In addition to the portfolio, applicants need to demonstrate evidence of written work. Additional study support is available at the University.

Please apply through UCAS.

If you are a UK or EU student and you have an admissions enquiry please call +44(0)20 7514 6569 or email ugadmissions@lcc.arts.ac.uk. If your are a none-EU international student and you are unsure about how to apply, admission enquiries should be made through the international office (call +44 (0)20 7514 8138).

Please Note: This course will not be recruiting students for October 2013 but some aspects of the course may be incorporated into the new LCC Course Portfolio. Decisions on the content of the new course portfolio will be taken by the end of April 2012.

For more information about course changes at LCC visit the LCC New Developments page.