Interior Design

Interior Design is one of the fastest growing professions. Interior designers engage both public and private spaces. Interior Design is about the right color, the correct proportions combined with well-chosen and placed elements. It is not about strictly following a defined ‘look’ or style. Interior design is a profession with great possibilities for advancement. You may begin as a junior designer or assistant and soon become a senior designer, project manager, or partner in a firm.

Interior design is an integrated process applicable to both residential and commercial environments. It includes the design and planning of space for commercial, industrial, and residential areas.

Interior Design is a profession and much more: designers make places for people, contribute to their wellbeing, and support their values, memories and dreams. It is generally divided into two categories, residential and contract or commercial. Today, interior design is becoming increasingly specialized as buildings and materials get more complex technologically and regulations and standards more demanding.

There is great scope for the trained interior designer. Interior Design is an evolving discipline that celebrates multiplicity in design approaches, responding to social practices and evoking spatial experiences that improve the way we live, work and play.

For over 30 years the Interior Design Course at UTS has been regarded highly by the profession and has gained an outstanding reputation internationally and within Australia. Interior design is not to be confused with interior decoration which is focused on choosing color palettes with complementary furniture, flooring, window coverings, artwork, and lighting. Today, interior designers must be attuned to architectural detailing including: floor plans, home renovations, and construction codes.

Interior design is a dynamic process, a continuous interaction between space and user. The need for an 'emotional culture' in our living environment is rising. Interior design is a technical art. Interior design is a practical art. Interior design is responsible for the creative, architectural, technical, economic, ecological and social planning/design of interior spaces and for the associated structural changes to buildings. This typically includes activities to determine the heating requirements, to solve insulation problems, to decide on suitable facility and domestic installations and lighting options.