Interior Design
GES 506 -- 350 hours
Course Objectives
- Apply diverse ideas, approaches, imaginative concepts, and rationalization to interior design projects.
- Understand a design vocabulary of visual terms.
- Understand the concepts of visual perception.
- Understand the basic elements and principles of design theory.
- Understand color symbolism, perception and psychology: the effects of light on color and space relative to creating color harmony, and its link to the interior environment.
- Identify the characteristics of various color systems and interior color schemes, and their practical applications.
- Research, analysis, evaluation, and programming skills.
- Develop design programs and concepts that solve spatial problems.
- Apply basic interior programming requirements.
- Evaluate space as it impacts orientation, circulation, interior zoning, and fixture and furniture arrangement
- Apply spatial organization, within project guidelines.
- Work within architectural and functional requirements.
- Present interior projects using verbal and graphic communication skills.
- Evaluate the interior of living and work spaces as it impacts orientation, circulation, interior zoning, and furniture arrangement.
- Apply the principles of design as they relate to retail, residential, and workplace interior planning.
- Understand human factors affecting retail, residential, and workplace design.
- Prepare and present creative design solutions.
Upon successful completion of the Interior Design program, students will be able to: