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Undergraduate Course: Interior Design 4C: Design Exposition (DESI10066)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course will take the students self-generated final project developed during Interior Design 4A & 4B and develop ways in which it can be disseminated to a variety of professional audiences. It will also give students experience in applying for jobs or post graduate study and the associated professional material associated with the process.
Course description This course involves students professionally presenting their self-generated final project as developed in Interior Design 4A & 4B, along with their own professional identity as a designer, through a suite of promotional items.

They should produce images that show their Interior Design proposals in a realistic manner, to complement the final scheme. Students will also be expected to design and produce a design book that details the entire self-generated project journey, edited from all information gathered and produced. They will also be required to produce suite of professional information including a CV, sample letter of application and mini (edited) portfolio.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Degree show presentation to include items such as printed presentation banner or similar, display models and design book - approximately £200
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  17
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 2, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 3, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 6, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 185 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 100% weighting for:

Design Book or experiential Journal (bound book format minimum 40 pages).

Professionally focused items ¿ CV, associated mini(edited) portfolio of work throughout programme, application letter and Professional/personal statement - what is interior design to you (A4 page)

A series of images of various views of their final interior design project.

All three Learning Outcomes are equally weighted in the components of assessment.
Feedback Formative Feedback

Written feedback on Discussion Forums and/ or group verbal feedback from peers and staff on a regular basis.

Midway through semester 2 students will submit a self-evaluation form, and be given written formative feedback and grades on their work to date.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Critically evaluate their personal design journey to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the subject, and present this through a suite of promotional items.
  2. Creatively define key design elements of the final interior design project through visual presentation techniques.
  3. Communicate their final year interior design project in a professionally curated design book presentation.
Reading List
Ching, Francis, D.K. Architectural Graphics, Wiley 6th edition, 2014.

Plunkett, Drew. Drawing for Interior Design, Laurence King 2nd edition, 2014.

Mitton, Maureen. Interior Design Visual Presentations: A Guide to Graphics, models and presentation Techniques. John Wiley 4th edition, 2014.

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Visual presentation of ideas, graphic design skills relating to presentation of ideas in book form, curation of professional identity including production of professional information for employment or further academic application.
KeywordsDesign,exhibition,presentation,job application
Contacts
Course organiserMr Andrew Siddall
Tel:
Email: asiddall@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Barbara Bianchi
Tel: (0131 6)51 5736
Email: barbara.bianchi@ed.ac.uk
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