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Study Interior Design | Garden Design | Interior Design Programme

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Diploma - Art & Design / Interior / Other
The JJAADA Academy's most comprehensive and sought after course comprising 100 days taken full-time over a 6, 9 or 12 months flexible period to suit your own needs and timetable.

Full-time: access to a 5-day week plus Saturdays, Sundays and evenings.

Part-time: Saturdays, Sundays and evenings, normally for members (students) in full-time employment, who may have occasional free days such as holidays when they are eligible to make use of the Academy facilities.

  • Experience the lifestyle and challenges of a designer, supported by specialists in your chosen area of study.
  • Enjoy the chance to investigate design possibilities and draw up your chosen brief.
  • Experiment with innovative decorative and design materials and concepts.
  • Following participation of the course you are encouraged to work on projects.
  • Design your digital CV and website (Dreamweaver etc).
  • Pass grades are assessed according to the level agreed at the start of the course, resulting in a Diploma at the following levels: Distinction, Excellence and Satisfactory.

 

 
 

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The course is taken under the supervision of your personal tutor and is normally spread over a 6-12 months period to accommodate your other commitments. If desired, up to 50% of the course can be dedicated to garden design.

You design your own brief and a programme is set up at the start of the course to ensure that all aspects are covered within your chosen schedule. Some examples are given below:

  • Drawing life models / groups of objects);
  • 3-D objects / sculpture / construction;
  • Technical drawing skills / CAD (computer aided design);
  • Model-making / lighting / photography / scanning images into computers (Photoshop) / creating mood boards / watercolour rendered visuals / presentations;
  • Redesign a spiral staircase / roof terrace / barn etc;
  • Paint effects and finishes / trompe l'oeil etc;
  • How to control your contractors;
  • Sourcing from stone floor tiles to lighting;
  • Antiques and the history of art and Interior Design;
  • Visits to properties, historic and contemporary;
  • Understand business / consents / cash flow etc;
  • Digital CV and website (Dreamweaver etc);
  • How to market, find and keep your client;
  • Think smart / delegate / maximise your earnings;
  • Be financially successful and have a 'lifestyle';
  • Specialise in a favourite design style, eg Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, Italian interior design, Scandinavian furniture, Fifties domestic, Sixties, Feng Shui, etc.

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Garden Design Option (part of the Diploma Course)

We approach garden design with the same 3D discipline as other design genres.

JJAADA Academy Diploma - 100 days comprehensive & professional (incorporating the 'Workstyle') usually over 12 months.

Create a living space with the patio or terrace. Bring the garden into the home.

Special water and lighting effects. Splendour with colour and form. Scale with trees, shrubs, bushes, other 3D objects. Japanese minimal - gravel, pebbles, reeds, water. Force the ground with decking or sleepers. Introduce art and sculpture into the garden.

Use exotic plants to create form and texture. Simple approach to horticulture. Be a 'capability' Smith and bring Art & Design to the landscape around the home. Make the patio, terrace, garden user friendly. Digital CV and website (Dreamweaver, etc). Business and marketing advice. You can now design commercially or for yourself, the rewards can be financial or personal satisfaction.


 
 

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Our fees and payment terms are competitive.
Please call us on 020 7494 3363 or e-mail for current fees / sponsorship / availability.

Lecturers and visiting specialists who have been on the Artists & Designers Associates network since 1999 - ADA works with Interior Design Courses JJAADA Academy.

Mark A (antiques) Karen A (research projects Royal College of Art) Liza S (specialist paint effects & history of art) Dr John S (Creative Communications and public relations) Toby L (commercial & domestic design including restaurants plus contemporary design theory) Karen B (wallpaper design & production) Etienne R (interior projects Middle East) Linda L (botanical sculpture) Jane R (textile design) Sarah W (fine artist, watercolour rendering) Erman M & Vince S (CAD /technical drawing) Paul W (modelmaking) Emma V (web design & computer skills) Anthony P (Vectorworks) Eliot H (Computer skills e.gphotoshop) John C J (design methods) Jonathan S (project quantity surveyor) Peter T (lighting sculpture) Guy M (furniture design/ manufacture) Joao D H (Artist/Paint Effects) Alice M (ceramics) Sharon T (textile/fabric designer) Caroline S (interior design project manager) Lisa H (interior designer) Victoria P (decorative artist) Lisa L (Vectorworks, Technical Drawing) Richard S (Furniture Design) Nick G & Rod M (Photography) Mark B (Web Design) Anthony R (design in context, interior, furniture, exhibition) Alex D (Photoshop. Illustrator, Animation), plus many other guest speakers, and industry experts in the Academy network.

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