Week 1

Introduction to interior design:

• What is interior design - definition,

• what is architecture

• Who is an interior designer and what skills does he need?

• Functionality and the importance of aesthetics in interior design

• The role of interior design in modern society

• Space and its perception

• space and scale,

• Scale and proportions

• Practical task: create space

Plan: to study the capture of a specific spatial measurements.

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Scale and proportions:

• Working on a practical assignment: studying planning

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Week 2

Study of space

Compilation of architectural cut and stair drawing

Practical exercise "Draw a staircase cell or a cut of a small building to scale

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Week 3

Theme: Cottage

Thematic consideration of the situation, planning, correct distribution of storage and communications in space

 

Work on the planning of the cottage

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Week 4

Composition

• What is composition?

• Logic and architectonics

• Gravity and balance

• Symmetry and asymmetry

• Statics and dynamics

• Proportion and concentration

Practical exercise - arrangement of the interior of the cottage, taking into account the basics of composition

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• Rhythm and Fractal

• Contrast and nuance

• Ranking and combinatorics

• Stylization and abstraction

• illusion and allusion

• Icon-face and innovation

Practical exercise - hotel room interior considering the composition.

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Week 5

Classic interior styles

 

Contemporary interior styles, trends

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Week 6

Color lighting

• Study of color combinations

• Basics of color theory

• Color symbolism

• Working with lighting and effects

• Harmonization of color combinations, prints (aquatype) as interior decor

Practical exercise: we learn how to obtain secondary and tertiary colors from primary colors and their combinations. Aquatype. Dyeing, rinsing.

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Week 7

Building and finishing materials, rules and principles of their use in interior design

• Familiarity with different materials

• Bathroom and WC - technical details and design based on the size of the space.

 

Definition of public and residential spaces. Functionality and ergonomics.

Practical exercise: technical drawing of kitchen and bathroom cabinets to scale.

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Week 8

Furniture and accessories

• Study of different types of furniture

• Working with accessories and decor

• Concept creation

• Wall and ceiling decoration

• Decorative wall and shade

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Week 9

Hotel room design

• TV wall

• Stand

• Curtains and blinds

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What is a textile?

• History

• Style

• Practical exercise: "Create a textile"

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Week 10

Environmental psychology:

How to adapt the interior to the client

History of the field

Environmental psychology research methods

questionnaire

living environment

Temperament types

The psychology of the big city

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Environment outside the house:

landscape

Cottage yard design

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Week 11

Using computer programs for interior design

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A basic tutorial of Archicad

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Week 12

Basic Photoshop tutorial

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Mudboards for the client

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Week 13

Final draft:

• Completion of the project

• Preparation of project presentation

• Presentation of the project with the team