Interior Design Decoration

If you are passionate about interior design with a love of colour, pattern, materials and style, and have a creative mind, this innovative and exciting course is for you. Built on the traditional aspects of an interior design course, this degree provides a unique opportunity to focus on the art of decorating interior rooms and spaces to convey design concepts which function within existing architecture.

With an extremely creative approach to design, you'll explore a wide range of design methodologies, allowing you to be come innovative practitioners and designers.

You will engage with the notion of design by recreating interiors through identity, quality, and style. Consideration to concept, lifestyle and trends will be explored with strong emphasis on achieving creative design solutions which focus on surface pattern, furniture, soft furnishings, lighting, colour and interior finishes that meet the client brief. You'll also be given the opportunity to design and produce your own bespoke textile designs, wall coverings and interior decorative accessories.

Using our strong and well-established links with industry, you will have regular opportunities to work on live projects, responding to the changing needs of the interior design industry. Projects are diverse and range from residential interiors and small commercial spaces, to stage set styling or surface design. A recent live brief interior design decoration students worked on was the project at the Palace House, Beaulieu where they pitched to transform two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Students on the interior design decoration course enjoy free access to specialist equipment and facilities - these include a digital fabric printer, digital laser cutter and industry-standard photographic studios. You'll also have access to large format scanners, printing equipment, and Apple Mac computers loaded with Vectorworks, Google SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite, and a range of other software packages.

The career opportunities from embarking on this degree are varied, exciting and diverse within the interior design industry. You will develop a strong spatial awareness together with an innovative approach to creative problem solving and concept development in the fields of interior design, surface design and styling.

If you’re looking to study our interior design decoration degree but don’t have the relevant qualifications or experience, the art and design foundation year will help you develop the core skills and knowledge to progress. Find out more about the art and design foundation year.

Who is this course for?
This course is ideally suited to students who are passionate about interior design with a love of colour, pattern, materials and style and a creative mind. Students who wish to immerse themselves in industry focused real world learning will explore an extremely creative approach to design, with a wide range of design methodologies allowing you to build a portfolio focused on their chosen career route.

What does this course lead to?
Successful graduates have established design roles working for high profile companies such as Bulthaup, Claydon Reeves Yachts, Dulux, and Fortnum and Masons. Careers focus on interior design, visual merchandising, editorial styling, exhibition design and textile design.

Don't wait for the future. Build it. At Solent, every module is built around real-world learning, so you graduate with practical skills, confidence and experience — not just theory.

Our career-ready revolution is transforming the way every course is designed, taught and connected to the world of work, to ensure your degree prepares you for the career you want. This isn't a tweak. It’s s a complete shake-up of what your university experience should be, using five key elements: learning by doing from day one, a timetable that fits real life, strong links to industry, an outstanding student learning experience, and careers support for life.

Our world-class facilities are also built with your future career in mind, and include the renowned Warsash Maritime School, Solent Sports Complex with advanced science labs, animation and 3D modelling studios, plus applied mechanics and composites labs.

And when you're not in class? Southampton has it all — shopping, culture, live music, football, cricket, festivals and markets, plus tiny Thai cafes, ghost walks and record fairs. It's friendly, walkable, and one of the most affordable student cities in the UK. With a diverse community and societies for every interest, you'll find your tribe here too.

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