Interior stylists and Interior decorators work across a variety of projects from residential interiors to commercial interiors projects such as restaurants, office, hotels and show homes, exhibitions. Their skills can take them into other creative and innovative areas such as displays for home ware retailers, interior photo shoots and event styling.
Interior Decoration & Styling
Course Duration – 9 Months
Course Mode Online and Offline
Course Description
Interior styling is the art of curating furnishings, textures, finishes, lighting and accessories, amongst a plethora of contemporary and antique products. It is a useful skill for interior designers, as well as being a stand-alone career serving the media, property, and design sectors. This course provides a 4-week introduction to interior styling’s visual principles, materials and their application.
Students at INSD Ahmedabad will learn all the skills required to style aesthetic interiors and magazine projects, irrespective of their interest in styling real homes, photographic shoots or styling for magazine project. Students will enhance their skills and learn all the rules of an interior stylist to then create their own portfolio of work.
Structured around interiors brief and various practical lessons will be the basic principles of styling.
Interior Stylist are well versed about colour theory, room layout, how to shop for styling elements and how to introduce texture and fabrics, as well as key interior trends and how to reference periods and styles. An introduction to styling for magazines and interior product photography will also be covered.
Special Features of the Course
- To impart a platform provide for graduates from any discipline to hone an integrated skill based approach to design and technical knowledge of Interior Design and Styling with a broad fundamental understanding of the design and styling market
- To provide experience through industry interaction and practical exposure through market visits
- To develop in-depth understanding of Design Process
- Quality training assurance through Industry specialists and Advisors of design education
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will learn creative and logistical knowledge to style interiors from the concept and mood board through to the space itself. Students will learn to consider styling elements, colour theory and decoration techniques. Besides all they learn how to develop a stylist’s eye and leave with the knowledge as to how to create inviting and inspirational spaces.
Learning Modules
Module 1: Fundamentals of Art and Design
- You will learn about the Colour therapy and psychology
- Learn about the Explanation of colour
- Learnt the meaning of colour
- Learn about the Creating a colour energy balance
- Learn about the Colour suitabilities
- Learn about how to use colour in interiors& exteriors
- Learn about the Personality colour chart
- Learn about how we receive colour into our bodies
- Learn about the the psychology of colour
- How colour affects us at home and in the work place
- Elements and Principle of design
Module 2: Craft and Textiles
- You will learn about the Materials
- Learn about the Materials sustainability and recycling in interior design
- Learn about the Guiding principles to sustainable interior design
- Learn about the Bathrooms
- Learn about the Tableware
- Learn about the Curtains, shutters and blinds
- Learn about the Flooring Décor and Fabrics
- Learn about the Eco fabrics
- Learn about the concept of Up-cycling
- Learn about the Soft Furnishing – definition
- Learn about the Types of lining for soft window treatments
- Learn about the Designing a window treatment
Module 3: Material and Construction Techniques
- Floor Types
- Wall paneling types
- Ceiling finishes and construction
- Window Types
- Wood and Wood Finishes
- Learn about the Window treatments – Hard and soft
- Learn about the How to measure windows and Estimating fabric requirements
- Learn about the Materials sustainability and recycling in interior design
- Learn about the Doors and Door construction
- You learn about the Paints and texture
Module 4: Design and styling studio
- You will learn about the Style
- You will also learn about the different Designing interior style -Pastoral/rustic , Traditional, Contemporary, and Transitional style
- Know about the Places of interest and inspiration
- Learn about the Finishing touches
- You will also learn about how to present sample boards, mood boards
Module 5: Furniture and styling studio
- You will learn about the Furniture concepts
- Learn about what are furniture concepts?
- Learn about the Styles of furniture through the ages
- Learn about the Fabrics FF&E – Definition
- Learn about the sustainability and recycling in interior design
- History of Furniture
- Learn about the Furniture and definitions
Module 6: Design Code and space planning
- You will learn about the Entrances hallways and stairs
- You will also learn about the Entrances Hallway, different types, Including lighting and décor Stairs Landing
- You will learn about the Living rooms and dining rooms
- Learn about the approach to designing a living room
- Learn about the look that you want to achieve
- Learn about the Preparing a brief and Planning a layout of the space
- You will also learn about the Focal points
- Learn about the Dining rooms – planning out the space
- Learn about the preparing a brief Storage, services, decoration and materials considerations
Module 6: Design Code and space planning (Contd.)
- Learn about the Bathrooms
- Learn about the Tableware
- You will learn about the Kitchens
- Learn about the History of kitchens
- Learn about the Kitchens today
- You will also learn about the Work sequence
- Learn about the work triangle, Kitchen layouts & Design brief
- Learn about the Preparing a layout
- Learn about how to put modules to work
Module 6: Design Code and space planning (Contd.)
- Points to consider while planning a Kitchen storage space
- Learn about the Food storage, preparation and cooking Styles
- You will learn about the Bedrooms
- Learn about the Brief Beds
- Learn about the Wardrobes Style
- You will also learn about the Storage
- Learn about the Different types of bedrooms
- Learn about the Designing for different needs and ages
- Learn about Creating bathrooms in bedrooms
Module 10: Design Style Project
- Residential styling
- VM Styling-Retail outlet
- Set Design as per theme
- Software Google Sketch up and 3Ds Max
Module 8: Interior design lighting style
- You will learn about how to Design with light
- Learn about the History of light
- Learn about the Lighting design today
- You will also learn about What is lighting
- Learn about how to choose your lights
- Learn about the Types of lighting sources
- Learn about the Types of fittings
- Learn about the Safety Tips and techniques for successful lighting design
Module 9: Accessories and artifacts-craft styling
- You will learn about the Accessories and finishing touches
- Types of Accessories as per theme
- Hand craft work-Fabric, wood, glass, bamboo, cane
- Portraits and installations
Module 7: Representation Techniques
- You will learn how to draw on scale SOFTWARE AUTOCAD
- Learn about the Research and equipment
- Learn about how to draw plans and elevations
- Learn about what are sections?
- Learn about the rendering of drawing Symbols
- Learn about what we use plan layouts for
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