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Applied Interior Design
Intensive Introductory Workshop (suitable for beginner to advanced students)
Taught by: Ashley Reta
Seve Dequeker

In this hands-on course, you learn the basic principles of interior design and begin to draw and draft your ideas, blending creative expression with practical application. Understand the aesthetic, functional, and psychological considerations that give interiors their character and study key design principles, including space planning and design composition, furniture layouts and planning, the application of color, and the use of materials. Explore the elements of design (color, texture, materials, pattern, and light) as applied to interiors, develop basic drafting skills, and learn how designers take projects from concept to completion. You develop a foundation for understanding the design process, and for cultivating your ability to think through design problems. The second-half of this course deals with our relation to space, form, and environment. Emphasis is on how human factors influence design, applying design principles to projects of varying scale, materials, and structures. Continue to develop and expand your ability to tackle the challenges of more complex design issues through an analysis and consideration of professional design problems. Emphasis is placed on spatial problem-solving. Furniture systems and types of storage are researched. Application of color, materials, and finishes are studied and employed in corporate and residential projects. Slide-illustrated lectures and discussions help you develop an awareness of the basic principles of design and aesthetics by studying the work of past and present designers and architects. Explore and develop your creativity while learning the principles of balance, harmony, rhythm, emphasis, contrast, and proportion and how these principles interact with the elements of scale, form, color, and texture.



Course Title: Interior Design
Tuition fee: RMB 3200

Classes Available:
Thursday Afternoons
2:00pm to 4:30pm
Dates: October 7, 2010 to December 9, 2010
Location: SOHO - XianDaiCheng
Course Code: INT901
Click here to register for this course

Thursday Evenings
6:30pm to 9:00pm
Dates: October 7, 2010 to December 9, 2010
Location: SOHO - XianDaiCheng
Course Code: INT902
Click here to register for this course

Registration Procedure:
Please register online first to reserve your place. You will then receive a confirmation email. Next, payment must be made on site at the ELC Learning Annex during the payment dates (you can come in person or send someone).

Please note:
Our classes are kept small for the students' benefit (generally between 5 and 10 people), so please register early to reserve your place. Your place in the class cannot be guaranteed until payment has been received. Any course that does not meet sufficient enrollment may be cancelled and a full refund provided upon presentation of your original receipt.