KLC Certificate of Residential Interior Design
Learn interior design with our online Certificate course and gain a professional, industry-recognised qualification while studying at your own pace.
Structured into four comprehensive sections and delivered through a combination of video demonstrations, narrated presentations with subtitles and self-assessed quizzes, this self-study course will support you with the knowledge and skills to create design propositions for existing residential spaces. From the principles of spatial planning and surface design to object curation, styling, and professional practice, you'll learn how to turn your creative passion for interior design into a career.
Award: College Award
Course duration: The course is designed to allow you to study at your own pace; working around your other commitments. On average, students who commit 12 hours a week to study can complete the course in 12 months. Students have 12 months of online access to all of the course content.
Structured into four comprehensive sections and delivered through a combination of video demonstrations, narrated presentations with subtitles and self-assessed quizzes, this self-study course will support you with the knowledge and skills to create design propositions for existing residential spaces. From the principles of spatial planning and surface design to object curation, styling, and professional practice, you'll learn how to turn your creative passion for interior design into a career.
Award: College Award
Course duration: The course is designed to allow you to study at your own pace; working around your other commitments. On average, students who commit 12 hours a week to study can complete the course in 12 months. Students have 12 months of online access to all of the course content.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
- Visual inspiration and Sketching
- Surveying and technical drawing
- AutoCAD
- Colour
Section 2
- The Design Process
- Textiles and textile use
- Sourcing
- Sections and rendering
- Materials and surfaces
Section 3
- Lighting
- Planning and perspective drawing
- Construction and mechanical systems
- Bathrooms and kitchens
- 3D Modelling
- Scheme, cost and specification sheets
- Evolution of style
Section 4
- Professional practice
- Presenting your ideas to clients
- Beginning your career
- Client project
Course includes:
Essential materials
Technical drawing - CAD pathway - Essential
Technical drawing - Hand drawing pathway - Essential
Optional
- Access to our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) with course content
- A series of instructional videos to work through and repeat at your own pace
- Practical tasks to complete
- Helpful resources
- A4 or A3 plain paper
- 2B pencils
- Eraser
- Measuring tape
- Camera or camera phone
- Compass or compass phone app
- Coloured pencils
- Pantone marker pens
- White gel pen
- Chinagraph pencil
- Scissors
- Double sided tape
- Spraymount
- Velcro strip
- Mount board
- Foam board
- Heavy duty adhesive
- Wadding
- Glue stick
- Colour wheel
Optional - A3 Cartridge paper
- Sketching pencils
- Grid/graph paper
- Laser distance meter
- Clipboard
- Masking tape
- Watercolour paints and brushes
- Bleedproof marker paper
- Stanley knife
Technical drawing - CAD pathway - Essential
- Scale ruler
- CAD software
- A3 printer
Technical drawing - Hand drawing pathway - Essential
- A2 drawing board
- Compass
- Adjustable set square
- Auto pencil 0.5mm leads and eraser refill
- A3 layout and tracing paper
- Circle template
Optional
- Flexicurve
- French curves
- Click eraser
- Erasing shield
No previous experience in interior design is required for this course.
Students should have basic computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, and web/internet skills) and be confident using a computer.
English Language
A good command of written and spoken English is required.
It is recommended that students have a reliable, high-speed internet connection. A broadband connection is necessary to access the videos and online training sessions effectively in this course.
Students should have basic computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, and web/internet skills) and be confident using a computer.
English Language
A good command of written and spoken English is required.
It is recommended that students have a reliable, high-speed internet connection. A broadband connection is necessary to access the videos and online training sessions effectively in this course.
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