Diploma of Interior Design (Vocational)

This nationally accredited Diploma of Interior Design will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to thrive in the design industry and build a successful career as an interior designer.

You will learn to create design concepts, communicate ideas confidently and deliver comprehensive and well-resolved interior schemes. Students design soft furnishing solutions, room layouts, specify colour, style interiors and illustrate ideas for both residential and commercial design projects.

You will gain technical skills in AutoCAD, SketchUp and Adobe Creative Cloud, sound knowledge in architectural history, hard materials and construction. The end result will be an extensive portfolio, essential industry contacts and the confidence to succeed as an interior designer.

 

Intake Dates
  • 8 May 2023
  • 6 June 2023
  • 3 July 2023
  • 7 August 2023

Duration & Location

  • 2 Years Full Time
  • Self Paced Study, 20-25 hours recommended per week
  • Online
  • What To Expect
  • Course Content
  • Course Superpowers
  • Industry Partners
  • How To Apply

What To Expect

At AIT, your learning experience is enriched with live briefs and real projects, incorporating cutting-edge technology and methodologies, which guarantee that your education is both enjoyable and purposeful.

Our program is meticulously designed to accommodate your schedule and responsibilities, ensuring that you successfully complete the course.

Unlike many other online Interior Design courses that suffer from high student dropout rates due to inadequate support and a lack of interaction with experienced educators, we prioritise your triumph, and thus, offer comprehensive support and access to experts at every stage of the program.

  • Using industry-grade tools_CORAL

    Technical Instruction - Experienced knowledgeable educators

  • Creative Teamwork_CORAL

    Creative Teamwork - Teams of like-minded collaborators

  • Professional Skills_CORAL

    Current Knowledge - Current software, technology and insights

  • Industry Input_CORAL

    Professional Skills - Embedded employability training

  • Access to Current Technology and Tools_CORAL

    Skills practice - Practical hands-on learning

  • Technical Instruction_CORAL

    Project work - relevant project-based assessments

Software we'll provide
  • autocad

    Autocad

  • SketchUp

    Sketch Up

  • Creative_Cloud

    Adobe Creative Cloud

  • Using industry-grade tools_CORAL

    Technical Instruction - Experienced knowledgeable educators

  • Creative Teamwork_CORAL

    Creative Teamwork - Teams of like-minded collaborators

  • Professional Skills_CORAL

    Current Knowledge - Current software, technology and insights

  • Industry Input_CORAL

    Professional Skills - Embedded employability training

  • Access to Current Technology and Tools_CORAL

    Skills practice - Practical hands-on learning

  • Technical Instruction_CORAL

    Project work - relevant project-based assessments

Our Cloud Campus

Your learning experience provides the flexibility to study the way you want to suit your lifestyle. Assessments are based on live briefs for real projects, utilising the latest technology and methods to ensure you have a great experience that is engaging, fun and personal.

Your online studies will use our cloud campus, a management space that delivers an intuitive cloud-based user experience which can be customised to suit your individual preferences.

What’s more, our cloud campus allows you to view content across multiple devices. We provide a study calendar to help you manage your study pace. However, you can always complete your studies faster.

Through the cloud campus you will have access to all content material, videos and interactive activities, discussion boards, video meeting facilities, email facilities, library access, assessment support, study support, technical support services, and welfare services. We know choosing where to study is a big decision, so we welcome you to come and check it out before you enrol. 

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Professional Experiences

While studying at AIT, you’ll be exposed to a number of professional experiences where you will learn the skills you need for your creative career, while also being introduced to the industry.

  • Mentorship from Professional IT Experts_CORAL
    Mentorship from professional interior designers
  • Project Work_CORAL
    Guided visits to suppliers and showrooms
  • Professional Guest Speakers_CORAL
    Industry guest speakers

Course Structure

The Diploma of Interior Design is structured over 4 study blocks of 26 weeks each, with the last 2 weeks of each block being a full ‘tools down’, so your creative juices can settle and refresh. You can also self-pace your learning experience over two years or less, according to what suits you best.

Your learning experience shouldn’t be in isolation. It should reflect the collaborative approaches you’ll be implementing in the marketplace.

Each subject is structured and developed in an easy to understand format supported with daily discussion boards for idea sharing, visuals and video so you can learn and play simultaneously.

Image reference: Gina Ciancio, Diploma of Interior Design graduate.

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  • Block 1
  • Block 2
  • Block 3
  • Block 4

Block 1

Colour & Design

  • CUADES302 Explore and apply the creative design process to 2D forms (core)
  • CUADES301 Explore the use of colour (elective)

Communication 1

Design History

Spatial Design

Block 2

Design Industry Practice

  • CUADES304 Source and apply design industry knowledge (elective)

Communication 2

Applied Colour

Soft Furnishings

Block 3

Styling

  • MSFID4017 Research and recommend furniture and accessories (elective)
  • MSFID5018 Provide interior styling service (elective)

Autocad

Hard Materials

Interior Decoration

Block 4

Restoration

  • MSFID5019 Decorate interiors for restoration projects (elective)

Design Details

Commercial Interiors

Residential Interiors

CourseSuperpowers
CourseSuperpowers

At the completion of this course:

  • You could work in the following roles:

    • Interior designer
    • Interior decorator
    • Property stylist
    • Interior stylist
    • Photographic stylist
    • Colour consultant
    • Business owner
    • Kitchen & bathroom designer
    • Hard finishes consultant
    • Soft furnishings consultant
    • Lighting consultant

  • Confidently use software, including:

    • Adobe creative cloud – Illustrator, photoshop, InDesign
    • Autocad
    • Sketchup
    • Sketchup Layout

    Design in: 

    • Autocad and Sketchup

  • Master technical skills including:

    • Joinery design
    • Retail design
    • Residential design
    • Commercial design
    • Colour theory 
    • Workplace design
    • Styling
    • Branding and logo design

  • Use your assessments as your Professional Portfolio, which will consist of:

    • Complete technical drawing packages including:
      • floor plans, elevations, reflected ceiling/lighting plans and joinery drawings 
    • 3d rendered perspective drawings
    • Concept boards
    • Mood boards
    • Sketches
    • Materials and finishes boards
    • Furniture, fixtures & equipment schedules (FF&E)

Industry Partners

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  • Dulux logo
  • Eussen Lifestyle
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  • Merino-Homes-Logo-2020
  • polytec logo
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How To Apply

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Student work: Liz De Paula

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