This module provides you with the opportunity for an in-depth exploration of a design topic of personal interest. You will select a research question and conduct a thorough investigation using a range of research methods to uncover key insights and present potential opportunities. By the end of the module, you will have developed a research-driven approach to addressing a design challenge that enables new perspectives and innovative ways of thinking. This may or may not relate to your Major Project.

The focus of this module is to build your workspace readiness through the development and production of a visually exciting Curated Portfolio-to-Go and complementary self promotion materials. Work produced for this module can be used to target ‘identified’ areas of prospective career opportunity and enhance your readiness to enter the workplace.

The design of interiors involves  wide ranging considerations including factors such as spatial adaptability, inclusivity, design for well being and sustainability all within the context of evolving technologies, lifestyle changes and environmental challenges.  Following on from your knowledge gained on spatial typologies and material specifications for interiors at Level 5, the purpose of this module is to gain an advanced understanding of current and future focussed issues informing interior design practice. You will deepen your knowledge and understanding of design criteria such as ergonomics, interior lighting, material specifications and acoustic solutions as a means of creating inclusive, healthy and sustainable interior environments. Your  graphic and technical drawing skills will be further improved, enabling you to present your design ideas to an advanced level.  Following this module you will embark upon your Major Project with an opportunity to consolidate your learning and apply the skills and knowledge gained to a complex design  project. 

Careful evaluation and selection of materials alongside the effective resolution of detail is critical to the success of an interior scheme and fundamental to the role of an interior designer in practice. This module follows on from the Major Project providing opportunities for you to investigate part of your Major Project in greater detail. You will resolve the detail of a selected part or parts of your project alongside the professional specification of materials, finishes and fixtures. A critical evaluation of design criteria such as functionality, sustainability, impact on human health alongside aesthetic and haptic considerations will enable you to make thoughtful and appropriate decisions about your own scheme. 

Effective communication is fundamental to detail design and thus you will apply your creative and technical knowledge and skills gained in previous modules to effectively communicate your details and material specifications  in a professional manner. The outcomes of this module will deepen and enhance your understanding of contemporary and futured focussed  interior design practice. 

In the Major Project module you will undertake a self directed interior design project allowing you the opportunity to demonstrate your creativity and demonstrate your design and technical skills gained on the course to date. Informed by your own area of interest within the discipline, you will develop a project brief and design proposal in response your self directed research.  Through  iterative design development and critical reflection, you will produce a body of work evidencing the development, resolution and communication of your proposal. Following the completion of the Major Project , you will be able to further develop the material and detail of selected parts of your scheme in the next module.  You will get the chance to exhibit your project as part of an annual end of year degree show to showcase your talents to prospective employers.