Arts Degree Program in China - Interior Design

1. Introduction

Interior design is according to the use property, the environment and the corresponding standards of buildings, using the material technical means and principles of architectural design, create functionally reasonable, comfortable and beautiful interior environment, to meet the people's material and spiritual needs of the indoor environment. The space environment has both use value to meet the requirements of the corresponding function, but also reflects the historical context, architectural style, environment and atmosphere, etc. psychological factors. The purpose of the interior design is to create the interior environment of the creation to meet the needs of people's physical and spiritual life.

2. Development Prospects

1) Interior design needs to return to the nature

2) Interior design needs the whole art

3) Interior design needs high technology, high reason

4) Emphasis on personalized interior design

3. Design Elements

1) Spatial elements

2) Color requirements

3) Light and shade requirements

4) Changing elements

5) Display elements

6) Greening elements

4. Principles

Functional principle, safety principle, feasibility principle, economic principle, collocation principle

5. Classification

1) Interior design of residential building 

2) Interior design of public buildings

Cultural and educational building’s interior design, interior design of medical buildings, interior design of office buildings, interior design of commercial building, exhibition building’s interior design, entertainment building interior design, interior design of sports building, traffic building interior design

3) Interior design of industrial building

4) Interior design of agricultural building

6. Research Objects

The research object of interior design is simply to study the inner space of the building and its contents.

The most common category is public (public space design), home improvement (residential architectural design).

According to the design depth: interior scheme design, interior primary design, indoor construction map design.

According to the character of the design space, the space design of residential building, the space design of public building, the space design of industrial building, the space design of agricultural building.

According to the design content: interior decoration design, indoor physical design (acoustic design, optical design), interior equipment design (indoor drainage design, indoor heating, ventilation, air conditioning design, electric, communication design, indoor soft outfit design (curtains design and accessories selection), interior geomancy, etc.

7. Hotel Design

1) Design overview

The design overview is based on the number of rooms per item, the type of catering, the meeting space and the planning requirements of the other hotels.

2) Design criteria

Facility overview and subsequent facility planning table form the basis of hotel design and control applicable design standards. Design summary and facility plan together with the specific applicable design standards, as a guide to the hotel design. In addition to government regulations, building codes and regulations, as well as the status of the base and local environmental factors will affect the hotel design.

8. Style

1) The traditional style

2) Chinese style

3) Modern style

4) Mixed type

9. Design Schools

High tech school, the light school, white school, style school, minimalism, decoration art, post-modernism, deconstruction, new modernism

10. Training Objectives

The program is to cultivate senior technical application-oriented specialized personnel who master the basic theory and professional knowledge of interior design, can be engaged in interior decoration, interior furnishing, furniture design and technology and management.

11. Main Courses

Computer basics, interior design drawing, sketch color, constitute design, computer aided design, furniture design, building design, indoor effect diagram method, interior decoration materials, 3dmax and image processing, indoor lighting and power distribution, interior decoration budget, interior design, indoor decoration construction, decoration project management, synthetic design, interior decoration supervision, interior design and landscape design, decorative pattern, comprehensive graduate practice etc.

12. Commonly Used Software

Photoshop, 3ds Max, AutoCAD, Lightscape, Vray

13. Employment Directions

Interior decoration industry design, technology and management, mainly as a drawing designer, three-dimensional architectural expression designer, interior designer and so on.