BA(Hons) Interior Design (with Foundation Year)

This module will provide a supportive introduction to university-level creative study through active and playful engagement with traditional, digital and virtual tools, processes and equipment. You'll experiment with materials, technologies and approaches to making, learning how sources of inspiration and influence can develop themes, ideas and concepts. Structured project briefs will introduce research, creative production and documentation, while reflective and evaluative activities will build your analytical and critical thinking skills. You'll work in an interdisciplinary studio environment and learn how to access university academic, wellbeing and disability support.

Building on earlier creative study, this module will support you to undertake longer projects with greater independence and scope for discovery. You'll develop ideas through drawing, research, experimentation and visual storytelling, documenting your progress from initial concepts to a range of creative outcomes. Collaborative activities will help you reflect on your contribution, while a more self-directed investigation will encourage you to explore personally meaningful themes. You'll consider audience, client or viewer, investigate appropriate ways to present project work, and strengthen your planning, decision-making, reflective practice and creative independence.

In this module, you'll plan, organise and complete a major project in your chosen creative specialism. Beginning with a proposal negotiated with staff, you'll develop an extended body of work that applies the skills and confidence gained across the course. Research, seminar discussion and critique will help you connect your practice with relevant professional and disciplinary contexts. As your project develops, you'll consider audience, client or viewer, select suitable materials and technical processes, and refine your outcome for exhibition, screening, publication or online distribution. You'll also explore sustainable making and relevant health and safety considerations.

This module will introduce you to the cultures, environments and foundational skills of your chosen creative discipline. Through programme-specific teaching, you'll explore core concepts and ways of thinking, investigating and making that will prepare you for study at the next level. A short project will give you opportunities to connect research with creative practice and develop original work using approaches appropriate to your subject. You'll document your ideas and progress visually, add reflective and analytical commentary, and build confidence through discussion, critique and one-to-one guidance within your disciplinary community.

This module will introduce you to a range of research and creative methods used across different design disciplines. Through playful, collaborative and reflective experiences, you'll explore interdisciplinary ways of working, contexts for design, communication, group dynamics and co-creation. Indicative content includes drawing, writing and research for design, critical reflection, project and time management, professional ethics, presentation and exhibition. By experimenting with a range of practice and text based approaches, you'll develop creative problem-solving skills and a broader understanding of the interactive relationship between creator and user, and designer and client.

This studio module will introduce core design practices through project-based exploration. You'll develop ideas in response to briefs, using research, experimentation and iterative design to investigate relationships between people, space, material and context. Drawing, modelling and visual communication will help you test and present spatial proposals, while studio discussion and feedback will support critical reflection. You'll build confidence in making design decisions, documenting your process and selecting appropriate methods and materials, establishing practical and conceptual foundations for later design study.

This module will develop the communication skills used to explore and present design ideas. You'll work with a range of two-dimensional, three-dimensional and digital methods, which may include drawing, modelling, and computer-based visualisation. Through practical exercises, you'll learn how to select suitable techniques for different stages of the design process, from initial observation and concept development to resolved presentation. The module will strengthen your visual literacy, technical confidence and ability to communicate spatial, material and contextual information clearly to different audiences.

This module will explore how space and place are understood, experienced and shaped through design. You'll investigate relationships between people, environments and context, considering how cultural, social, physical and sensory factors can influence spatial experience. Research, observation and practical design activities will help you analyse existing places and develop informed responses. As you test ideas through drawing, modelling and discussion, you'll strengthen your ability to interpret context, communicate spatial concepts and reflect critically on how design can create meaningful and appropriate environments.

This studio module will develop your creative practice through a sequence of design projects. You'll respond to briefs by researching contexts, generating ideas, testing possibilities and refining outcomes through an iterative process. Studio activity will help you connect conceptual thinking with practical making, while tutorials, discussion and feedback will support critical development. You'll consider how decisions about form, materials, users, communication and presentation shape a project. By managing increasingly complex work, you'll strengthen your independence, visual communication and ability to resolve and present coherent design proposals.

This module will explore drawing and building as connected ways of thinking, making and communicating. You'll use drawing to investigate space, form, material, construction and ideas, while practical activity will help you understand how designs move from representation towards physical realisation. A range of analogue and digital techniques may support observation, experimentation, development and technical communication. By testing relationships between drawn information and built outcomes, you'll strengthen your spatial awareness, material understanding and ability to communicate design intentions clearly at different stages of a project.

This module will help you connect design practice with deeper theoretical, contextual and research-based enquiry. You'll undertake an independent research project shaped by your own interests, exploring topics relevant to your design discipline through creative and critical analysis and investigation. The module will support the development of higher level research methods, project management, communication skills and professional awareness, while encouraging creative and analytical thinking. Through tutorials, workshops and independent study, you'll learn how to synthesise research, evaluate evidence and communicate findings effectively within design-led contexts.

This module will provide the opportunity to complete an independent major design project that reflects your chosen professional direction. Working from a self-written brief, you'll develop ideas through critical research, concept generation, experimentation and prototyping before producing a resolved design outcome. The project encourages creative confidence, independent decision-making and an awareness of social and environmental considerations within design practice. By drawing on knowledge developed across your programme, you'll strengthen your ability to communicate complex ideas and deliver innovative solutions to a professional standard.

This module will help you consolidate the research, design practice and professional skills developed throughout your studies. Taking a holistic approach to your work, you'll refine and present materials that support future career progression and demonstrate your readiness for professional practice. Activities may include the development of portfolios, exhibitions, marketing materials, professional profiles and research documentation. Through studio-based learning, tutorials and critical discussion, you'll strengthen your ability to communicate design ideas, engage with diverse perspectives and position your work within wider professional contexts.

This module will explore emerging ideas, technologies and trends that may shape the future of interior design. Through lectures, discussions and practical design projects, you'll investigate themes such as design futures, trend forecasting, design semantics and emotional responses to products and environments. Consideration of developments in society, materials, technology and sustainability will help you understand how innovation influences design practice. By engaging with future-focused challenges, you'll strengthen your creative problem-solving abilities and develop thoughtful responses to evolving design opportunities.