Interiors

This module introduces an applied understanding of how design can be used as an iterative process for creative problem solving. It will enable you to understand how to apply design thinking processes to your specialist area through understanding users, challenging assumptions, redefining problems and creating innovative solutions to prototype and test. The module will also provide a broad introduction to research methodologies, strategic research planning and research design. A range of design thinking tools will be introduced and explored before you undertake an in-depth project that provides opportunities for experimentation leading to innovative solutions.

This module introduces students to set contexts in which to conduct in depth research and scoping to enable self-initiated personal positioning within the fields of Interior Design or Interior Architecture. Intellectual curiosity and conceptual risk taking are encouraged in the fostering of thought-provoking interiors. Students will critique and contextualise real design world applications and where possible, collaborate with communities or clients where design thinking is applied to solve specific issues concerning the human occupation of space and/or the adaptive re-use of buildings.

This module will establish the research and conceptual positioning of the Major Design Project completed on Design Studio 3

Building upon the research, scoping and positioning of work undertaken in Design Studio 1, with specific emphasis on developing the Interior in detail. Students will undertake creative exploration and experimentation using appropriate methods such as visual representation, material investigation and prototyping at a variety of scales, as appropriate to their chosen area of specialism. Technical detail exploration is encouraged through collaboration and specialist workshop input, and the testing or ideas through studio critique.

This module will establish the development and technical understanding of the Major Design Project completed in Design Studio 3

This module sees the culmination of work undertaken in Design Studio 1 and Design Studio 2 as the resolution of a substantial body of Interior Design or Interior Architecture work, typically known as the Major Design Project. Students will synthesise and resolve studio outcomes, with high quality visual communication and convincing oral presentations to their professional audience. Alongside this major body of studio work, students will undertake significant body of written work which critically engages the theoretic underpinning to studio work, articulates individual design process, technical rigor and professional ambition.

This module offers focussed opportunity for students to extend and enhance their practice by including working in a wider design research community. The study of the cultural and critical contexts of design practice is vital to any student of the creative disciplines, this module will develop Master’s students’ abilities to contextualise their practice through a series of themes addressing contemporary issue in design.