Career Gates

Overview

The Interior Design and Decoration programs at career gates provide you with the opportunity to become an amazing Interior designer. The programs are designed to unleash your natural flair for styles and colors and your creativity, while providing you with a profound knowledge base and all the skills you will require to become a world-class Interior designer.

We offer numerous programs in Interior Design and Decoration that tailor to your specific needs. Our full ranged program that will take you through the whole interior design process, allowing you to explore the different design styles and provide you with all the knowledge and skills you will need to pursue or enhance your Interior Design Career. We also provide shorter programs that will allow you to explore and specialize a specific area of interest to you, such as modern internal design and furniture, classical English internals design and classical French internal design.

Studying interior design at career gates is a nourishing experience that you will value for years to come. You will enjoy your studies in a comfortable environment that emphasizes peer-to-peer learning. We deliver our programs in a manner that will allow you to learn at your own pace in a flexible schedule.

Learning Outcomes:

Drafting:

•    Give you the know-how you need to design a room from floor to ceiling
•    You will investigate "green" sustainable design, and you will find out how to modify your designs for people with special needs.
•    You will learn how to design a space whether for a living or a working space.

Colour theory and trends:

•    Delve into colour theory, industry trends, spatial arrangements, floor plans, tradition and modern interior ideas and other basics.
•    You will also learn about some of the latest trends affecting the industry

Technical drawing:

•    Learn how to draw and read interior space.
•    Learn how to use Auto-Cad in designing your interior space.

Lighting, material and textures:

•    Get insight regarding how to chose material and textures to create a unique visual effect
•    Determine the perfect balance of lighting with the furniture
•    Understand the evolution of interior design

Interior Design Studio II
4 credits; 8 studio hours per week

Prerequisite: Interior Design Studio I
Reinforces concepts and skills developed in Interior Design Studio I. Extends student abilities in space planning and furniture layouts for larger residential spaces to small contract office spaces. Focuses on the development of color schemes and the selection of furniture and finishes. Introduces students to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its impact on the design of interior spaces.



Interior Design Studio III
4 credits; 8 studio hours per week

Prerequisites: Interior Design Studio II & ID 158 Perspective Drawing
Problem solving focuses on specific building types and user groups in areas which include corporate, retail, and institutional. Appropriate research methods and programming of client requirements are introduced, as well as techniques of diagramming space to provide proper circulation and activity relationships. Design concept, image, color and finishes, graphics, building codes, and barrier-free design compliance are emphasized. Evaluations by practicing interior designers and architects highlight student presentations.

Interior Design Studio IV
4 credits; 8 studio hours per week

Prerequisites: Interior Design Studio III & ID 243 Materials and Methods of Interior Construction I
Through research, design analysis, and problem solving, students explore the user-groups and challenges associated with the multi-functional use of hospitality and residential spaces. Lighting, color finishes, materials and details, building code issues, and barrier-free applications are emphasized. Evaluations by practicing interior designers and architects highlight student presentations.

Admission requirements:

The participants should be familiar how to use computer.

Duration:

•    The course is divided into 4 modules each in 24 hrs
•    The diploma takes 5 months, two sessions per week, each three hours

Certification:

•    Career Gates
Career Gates
•    Canadian Chamber of Commerce