Major in Interior Design
About the Course
Conceptualise, design, and bring to life captivating spaces that inspire and engage.
Design environments that encapsulate environmental responsibility, ergonomics, cultural diversity, and human needs.
Transcend aesthetics by exploring how interiors foster connections, influencing relationships in residential, hospitality, corporate, and global markets.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
- K1: Graduates will be able to demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the context, concepts, and principles of business entrepreneurship for creative industries.
- K2: Graduates will be able to identify and explain the business industry standards and expectations for a range of creative industries.
Skills
- S1: Graduates will have broad cognitive skills to analyze and evaluate information, concepts, and ideas aligned to entrepreneurship aligned to creative industries.
- S2: Graduates will have analytical and business skills to develop ideas appropriate for different outcomes and target markets for creative industries.
- S3: Graduates will have advanced analytical, verbal, and creative communication skills to present information in professional formats.
Application of knowledge and skills
- A1: Graduates will be able to apply their knowledge and skills through the practice of appropriate and effective ideas analysis and complex decision-making with a commercial and entrepreneurial business focus to achieve viable solutions.
- A2: Graduates will be able to demonstrate and apply knowledge and skills through the identification and evaluation of effective entrepreneurial practices aligned to appropriate industry and client briefs.
- A3: Graduates will be able to apply their knowledge and skills to complex issues and scenarios with responsibility and accountability for their professional practice and in collaboration with others within creative industries.
Profile
Successful Interior Designers possess a unique combination of skills, including but not limited to:
Communication
Convey ideas, listen actively.Attention to Detail
Grasp timelines, scrutinise details.Creativity
Innovate with originality and imagination.Organisation
Plan and manage tasks efficiently for desired outcomes.
Career Prospects
Lead the future of interior design.
Career Fields
- Interior Designer
- Exhibition Designer
- Interior Stylist or Decorator
- Visual Merchandiser
- Visual Stylist
- Furniture Designer
- Lighting Designer
- Production/Set Designer
Discover more opportunities in Australia's creative and cultural industries: Australian Government website.
Diploma & Accreditation
LCI Melbourne's Bachelor's degree is accredited by TEQSA, meeting international recognition standards.
Vital details and provider information are provided.
Visit the National Register for LCI Melbourne's regulatory status.
- Provider Name: LCI Melbourne Pty Ltd (formerly Academy of Design Australia Pty Ltd)
- Trading Name: LCI Melbourne
- ABN: 97 585 592 579
- Provider Category: Institute Of Higher Education
- Provider ID: PRV12113
- CRICOS Provider Number: 02201G
- Head Office: 150 Oxford St, Collingwood, Vic 3066
Required Materials
A list of required materials (e.g., for manual drawing) is provided at the beginning of each trimester. Any additional standard or student-licensed software required will be requested by mentors.
Learners are responsible for organising and purchasing materials for final designs.
Required Equipment
- Digital device (Mac, PC, tablet)
- External hard drive (Mac/PC Compatible - 2T recommended)
- Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
- Microsoft Office Suite (or equivalent)
- SketchUp
- AutoCAD
Opportunities
Purpose-built facilities and equipment
Benefit from specialised resources, like:
- Swatch and materials library
- Drafting tables
- Furniture and fixture catalogs
Explore different materials, patterns, and designs to effectively harness cutting-edge tools to craft and enhance your creative endeavours.
Acquire practical skills through hands-on experiences with industry-standard equipment, software, and technology.
Work Experience
Getting a job is integral to the LCI Melbourne experience.
Professional Practice units follow a unique educational model combining work opportunities and industry-aligned curriculum.
Participate in:
- Industry projects
- Exhibitions
- VIP events
Gain sought-after experience while you study.
Admissions Criteria
Local applicants
- Satisfactory completion of Australian Year 12, or one of the equivalent qualifications as defined under minimum academic entry requirements.
- An Admission Consultation
ATAR scores are not used in the consideration of your application. Unscored VCE (or equivalent) is accepted for entry.
Students must be 18+ years of age at commencement of course.
Find out more about new exemptions for Year 12 applicants via VTAC
International applicants
- Satisfactory completion of Australian Year 12, or one of the equivalent qualifications as defined under minimum academic entry requirements;
- Proof of English Language Proficiency (IELTS overall score of 6.0, with no skills band lower than 5.5 or equivalent like TOEFL, Pearson Test of English or CAE);
- An Admission Consultation.
- A current Student visa to study in Australia. Australian visas are issued by the Department of Home Affairs;
- Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC).
Students must be 18+ years of age at commencement of course.
Academic Dates
List of Units
Exploration, Contextual, and Professional Practice Units
Exploration Units
Discover design fundamentals via workshop-based study that focuses on expanding foundational understanding of design.
Workshop: Body (WRKB)
Focus on adorning the body. Explore the importance of identity in art and design. Play with the translation of 3D to 2D. Explore soft materials and form.
Workshop: Image (WRKI)
Learn the fundamentals of image capture via photography and film. These translate into contemporary digital display contexts, including popular social media applications.
Workshop: Message (WRKM)
Explore and play with digital software (e.g., Adobe Illustrator). Develop product and brand identity constructs using bold and confident ideas.
Workshop: Space (WRKS)
Focus on the environment and responsible innovation, learning to create and understand 3D spaces that connect, engage, challenge and disrupt.
Visual Foundations (ACC111)
Explore a range of design communication methods, from design concept through to ‘the pitch,’ including technical illustration, image manipulation, and layout.
Elective: Brand Strategy (ELE001)
Create a brand strategy for a new product, experience, or retail concept. Develop a Brand Tool Kit and explore promotional aspects that capture branding.
Elective: Design & Wellbeing (ELE002)
Further design and artistic processes. Study and apply wellbeing in creativity through the lens of people, place, and product.
Contextual Units
Explore the impact of context (e.g., historical, trends, visual thinking, technology, culture) on designers' and artists' work and realisation of vision. Experiment in a collaborative learning environment to articulate and understand key influences on art and design.
Design, History & Culture (AXC111)
Explore significant moments from the history of art and design, and interrogate the milestones and foundations that have shaped creative practice.
Social Trend Forecasting (AXC121)
Develop an understanding of how trends are forecast. Analyse, discuss, and develop concepts. Communicate insights by forecasting social and cultural impacts.
Design, Issues & Impact (AXC231)
Explore basic concepts important to critical thought and its visual application. Analyse storytelling and narrative aligned to key themes and concepts.
Global Design Culture (AXE241)
Challenge and reference cultural and sub-cultural shifts. Analyse and respond to social, cultural, and technological changes in modern design, from the industrial revolution to postmodernism.
Professional Practice
Practising artists and designers provide important insights into contemporary practice.
Hear from a range of local and overseas professionals about what is occurring in industry and how they are succeeding in their field. Engage in related personal reflection.
Business Principles (ACC241)
Undertake an entrepreneurial project that engages with the creative industries. Critically analyse business models, supply systems, and production methods. Develop ideas and opportunities to support design business growth.
Professional Practice & Systems (BPC351)
Gain specific insights into selected industry concentrations. Explore systems embedded into the industry relevant to their discipline from concept to consumer.
Professional Placement (APE241)
Further your practical design education in a professional practice placement.
Personal & Professional Practice (BPC361)
Position yourself within your industry, investigate appropriate career pathways, prepare applications for roles in design and art organisations.
Professional Communication (BCC351)
Participate in a capstone project that provides a platform to showcase a final body of work as a major digital or physical project installation.
Design Laboratories
Learn and practise knowledge and skills specific to your major in LCI Design Laboratories, the core of the Bachelor of Design Arts degree.
Engage with the full spectrum of the design and artistic process in studio-based labs. Respond to an industry brief, work on a global project, with a global brand, or generate ideas to solve contemporary issues.
Progress through a series of lab themes (foundational, issues, global, and industry) beginning in trimester 2. Put it all together in your final lab: produce and showcase an advanced body of work that expresses your creative ethos.
Design Laboratory: Foundation (LABI101)
Explore the foundational principles of interior design. Focus on wellness and wellbeing. Develop a hands-on approach to techniques for hand drawing, rendering, and drafting. Create designs for a personal project.
Design Technology (API121)
Develop introductory technical skills required to perform professionally. Engage with interactive design, 2D, and 3D technical design. Create design templates and digital models.
Design Laboratory: Issues (LABI102)
Create and build a project that focuses on responsible social and environmental design. Develop design skills through a project with both digital and hand-drawn technique outcomes.
Design Sub Major (ASI111)
Develop foundational knowledge in an alternate discipline. Acquire basic skills and understanding, conceptualise ideas, and contextualise work within an alternate industry practice.
Design Laboratory: Global (LABI203)
Develop a global project that integrates different nations and cultures. Experiment with integrating these factors into an exhibition space. Collaborate with classmates to create strong concepts and outcomes. Transform concepts into physical models to communicate ideas.
Design Laboratory: Industry (LABI204)
Work on a hospitality and industry-led brief. Explore details of documenting projects and creating a meaningful hospitality space. Consider and integrate different specifications, schedules, and compliance areas of design and development.
Design Laboratory: Capstone (LABI205)
Engage in self-directed learning to develop a concept for a project using any combination of analogue and digital skills acquired in previous labs. Dig deep into building a project and communicating the meaning behind it.
Tuition & Aid
LCI Melbourne is an Australian–Government accredited Institute Of Higher Education providing Australian Domestic students with access to FEE-HELP.
FEE-HELP is a loan scheme that assists eligible students to pay tuition fees.
