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Interior
designing is meant for creative and
artistic individuals who have the zeal
and ability to visualize thoughts, to
create an atmosphere as per the client’s
tastes and to bring out the best in a
limited budget. Gradually, this field
has improved into two distinct areas
namely: Interior decoration and Interior
designing. The difference is that the
former focuses on assembling furniture,
furnishings, color schemes, artefacts
etc., while the latter focuses on
designing exclusive and unique
furniture, fittings and artifacts,
keeping in mind a client's tastes,
personality, lifestyle and his budget.
Many
polytechnics and vocational colleges
offer courses in interior designing and
decoration. The duration of these
courses range from two to four years,
depending upon the type of course and
the institute identified for the pursuit
of study. The syllabus of the course
covers subjects like art & basic Design,
furniture design, furnishings &
fittings, design, construction &
materials, history of interior design,
services, professional
management-estimating & budgeting,
display, and computer aided designing.
Other areas covered include lettering,
properties of materials and paint
technology, exhibition design etc.
Good communication skills are needed
very often during the course of work. A
good working knowledge of architecture
helps too. In all, the course content is
a good mixture of arts and technical
subjects. Students are trained to look
for optimum use in various types of
materials.
India
Some of the best institutes in India
that offer these courses are given
below:
• School of Interior Design, Ahmedabad
• Exteriors Interiors, New Delhi/
Calcutta
• J. J. School of Arts, Mumbai
• Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai
• Sophia College B. K. Somani
Polytechnic, Mumbai
• SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai.
• South Delhi Polytechnic for Women,
Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi
• Arch Institute of fashion and Design /
Arch Gemology & Jewellery Institute,
Jaipur
• Anima Institute of Fashion, Calcutta
• Apeejay Institute of Design, New Delhi
• Avinashilingam Institute for Home
Science & higher Education for women,
Coimbatore
• Birla Institute of Liberal Arts and
Management Sciences, Calcutta
• College of Arts and Design, Chennai
• CREATIONS - The School of Design and
Technology, Pune
• Creative –I, Pune
• IITC, Karnataka
• National Institute of Fashion Design,
Chandigarh
• Karavali College, Managlore
• Rachna Sansad, School of Interior
design, Mumbai
• St. Francis Institute of Art and
Design, Mumbai
• UB&A Architecture and Education, Noida
Worldwide
Some of the best institutes that offer
this course are:
• American Society of Interior Designers
(ASID), Washington, DC
• International Interior Design
Association (IIDA), Chicago
• Interior Designs of Canada (IDC),
Toronto, Ontario
• National Council of Interior Design
Qualification (NCIDQ), Washington, DC |
