BA (HONS) INTERIOR DESIGN

Why choose Interior Design BA at Middlesex?

Obsessed by interior design? We are too. Together we’ll develop your creative and practical skills to turn your imaginative ideas into the foundations for a rewarding career. You’ll learn how to think and work like a designer alongside fellow creatives.

Jon Mortimer who leads this course has been both a professional Interior Designer and design educator for over twenty years. His specialisms include the design of hotels, spas and leisure spaces, restaurant design, exclusive residential design, and retail and exhibition design. He also worked on the design of a private island in the Caribbean

In addition to the three-year course, you can develop your practical experience with a one-year placement as part of our four-year sandwich option. You’ll develop practical experience which will boost your career prospects and lead to a highly-regarded additional qualification – an Advanced Diploma in Professional Practice: Interior Design.

Based on our leafy north London campus, you are only a short tube ride away from central London where you will be inspired by its many fabulous and interesting spaces, both ancient and modern.

What you will gain

The BA Interior Design course will prepare you for a creative career in contemporary design, focusing on commercial, real-world projects that include the opportunity to explore retail, hotel, workplace, leisure, social and culture spaces, exhibition, installation, refurbishment and adaptive re-use. Past graduates have gone on to work in interior design practices, architectural designers, specialist studios and prestigious design companies such as Brinkworth, Virgile and Partners, Dalziel and Pow, 20.20, Silver and Co. and Fitch.

What you will learn

The course encourages an interdisciplinary exploration of design, with students researching into contemporary interior design trends as well as cultural and historical contexts, considering the role of interiors for commercial clients as well as within communities, and considering a designs support of a brands identity and their target customer, and how they may adapt to future needs and changing expectations. Through a comprehensive exploration of interiors for commercial success, creating inspiring and engaging environments, considering financially viability, sustainability and ecological awareness and an understanding of the responsibility that a designer has towards future generations.