Interior Design MA

Program Overview

Kingston University London's Interior Design MA program is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time program that focuses on sustainable spatial design. The program prepares students for diverse design practice and employment opportunities in the interior design industry, emphasizing practical approaches, multidisciplinary work, and research-based learning. Graduates have secured roles in various fields, including interior design, space design, and visual merchandising.

Program Outline

The Interior Design MA degree at Kingston University London is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time program focused on sustainable spatial design.

Objectives:

• To prepare students for the diverse design practice and employment opportunities in the interior design industry.
• To unite practical approaches for space design strategies with context through a practice-based focus.
• To integrate design practices, multidisciplinary work, research and analysis, and practice-based learning.
• To equip students with skills to address global issues, create art-based speculative briefs, and engage with industry links and talks.

Outline:

• The program is part of the Design School's Postgraduate Framework, which promotes interdisciplinary practice opportunities, underpins research, supports personal trajectory and industry contact, and includes a supporting lecture series.

Modules:

It explores practical research methods, emphasizing creative and evidence-based approaches to experimentation, and critical reflection on practical design work.

• Interior Practice (30 credits): This module maps a route forward to the capstone project by facilitating progress and reflecting on previous learning.
• Creative Futures (30 credits): This module encourages students to develop a personal and critical approach to their future career and how this can inform their individual major project.
It explores how to invent creative career paths from individual ambitions.
• The Major Project (60 credits): This capstone project consolidates knowledge gained in earlier modules and is informed by prior learning within the Design School's postgraduate interdisciplinary framework and course-specific specialist study.
Students extend their work by defining and developing a substantive solution to an individually defined design-related problem, demonstrating advanced understanding and application of contemporary design practice as it applies to a specific challenge of sustainability.

Assessment:

• Assessments typically include project briefs, final portfolio submissions, and research books.
• Students also participate in formative reviews and group feedback sessions.

Teaching:

• The teaching is aligned with the 3D Design Department ethos, encompassing studio practice, research, workshops, guest lecturers, and visiting lecturers.
• The course offers rich blended learning content.
• Students are supported by online resources, the library, and CANVAS, the online virtual learning platform.
• The course provides dedicated personal tutors to guide students.
• The course typically involves two days a week of teaching, with contact hours varying by module.

Careers:

• Graduates have secured roles in diverse fields, including:
• Interior Designer
• Space Designer
• Visual Merchandiser
• Space Researcher
• Production Designer
• Exhibition Designer

Other:

• The course is taught in the Design School, Kingston School of Art, by practicing designers, researchers, and academics who enrich the student experience.
• The course benefits from a creative community where collaborative working and critical practice are encouraged.

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