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Principles of Interior Design

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Overview

Principles of Interior Design is a core course for the Interior Design major at the School of Design, Hubei College of the Arts. It is a required course. This course integrates knowledge of space, style, shape, ergonomics, material, color, lighting, and more. Through studying this course, students will master the basic principle and design method of interior design, enabling them to use the knowledge to analyze problems encountered in interior design, manage relationship between elements such as function, shape, technology and material, and develop high levels of creativity, comprehensive abilities and problem-solving skills in design.

 

The faculty team for this course includes:

1.Teacher Fu Qian, Master's degree in Environmental Art Design from Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Lecturer, specializing in interior design teaching, environmental design hand-drawing, etc. With 13 years of teaching experience, she has guided students to win provincial special prize and first prize and national third prize in the Digital Design Dimensions Show, and has edited and published the textbook Techniques of Environmental Design Hand-drawing.

2.Teacher Yuan Yimin, Associate Professor, specializing in plant protection and agricultural pest control. She has guided students to win 8 national and provincial awards.

3.Teacher Shang Longyong, graduated from Hubei University of Technology with a Master's degree in Architectural Engineering, Senior International Commercial Art Designer. He has won the Gold Medal in the office space hand-drawing design category at the Asia-Pacific Designers’ Nest Award. He once served as the Vice President of the Art Decoration Committee of the China Furniture & Decoration Chamber of Commerce and has edited and published several professional books and textbooks.

4.Teacher Zhu Sijie, graduated from Hubei Institute of Fine Arts with a Master's degree, Lecturer, teaching courses such as Architectural Drawing and Graphics, Principles of Interior Design and Interior Furnishing Design.

5.Teacher Yang Qian, Master's degree from Hubei University of Technology, School of Art Design. Her professional fields include digital space design, public art design and furnishing design.

6.Teacher Luo Yuanjing, Master's degree in Sculpture from Hubei Institute of Fine Arts. His work "May Wind" was showcased at the 2017 Wuhan East Lake Greenway Public Art Park College Students’ Public Art Exhibition.


Syllabus

  • Chapter 1: Overview of Basic Principles of Interior Design
    • 1.1 Overview of basic principles of interior design
    • 1.2 Development of interior design inside and outside China
    • 1.3 Styles and schools of interior design
    • 1.4 Procedures and methods of interior design
    • 1.5 Interior designer
    • 1.6 Hand-drawn demonstration of interior design
  • Chapter 2: Ergonomics
    • 2.1 Ergonomics and interior design
    • 2.2 Environmental psychology and interior design
  • Chapter 3: Composition Principles of Interior Design
    • 3.1 Form
    • 3.2 Color and texture
    • 3.3 Principles of formal beauty
  • Chapter 4: Interior Space Design
    • 4.1 Concept of interior space
    • 4.2 Type of interior space
    • 4.3 Combination of interior space
    • 4.4 Limitation of interior space
    • 4.5 Sequence of interior space
  • Chapter 5: Design of Interior Environmental Interfaces
    • 5.1 Ceiling design
    • 5.2 Side interface design
    • 5.3 Floor design
    • 5.4 Design of doors and windows
    • 5.5 Design of stairs
  • Chapter 6: Interior Color Design
    • 6.1 Overview of interior color
    • 6.2 Interior color design methods
  • Chapter 7: Interior Lighting Design
    • 7.1 Natural lighting
    • 7.2 Overview of artificial lighting
    • 7.3 Artificial lighting design methods
    • 7.4 Interior lighting design procedure
  • Chapter 8: Interior Decorative Materials
    • 8.1 Overview of interior decoration materials
    • 8.2 Commonly used floor decoration materials
    • 8.3 Commonly used wall decoration materials
    • 8.4 Commonly used ceiling decoration materials
  • Chapter 9: Interior Furnishing Design
    • 9.1 Interior furniture
    • 9.2 Interior lighting fixture
    • 9.3 Interior textiles
    • 9.4 Interior furnishings
  • Chapter 10: Interior Landscaping and Courtyards
    • 10.1 Indoor plant
    • 10.2 Indoor water feature
    • 10.3 Indoor rockery
    • 10.4 Residential courtyard design
    • 10.5 Roof garden design
  • Chapter 11: Practical Competition Cases
    • 11.1 Case analysis of 3D Show provincial special prize
  • Chapter 12: Enterprise Visit
    • 12.1 Enterprise visit – Beijing Swap Space
  • Final Exam

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    Hubei Vocational College of Art

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