About this Course

This course is designed for Spatial Design executives/designers looking to use more effective contemporary colour applications and lighting practices to add value to their design products. The acquired skills will assist in developing a competitive edge through a more confident approach to using colour and lighting in interiors.

The program focuses on the use of colour and lighting in interior spatial design schemes.  Participants will learn how to introduce colour and lighting into a spatial design in a way that allows flexibility, experimentation and play.  Useful guidelines are given to build confidence and encourage the freedom to find new-inspired applications and combinations. 

Participants will be introduced to the importance of lighting in an interior space and the various design possibilities and acquire the skills to build flexibility into their lighting services proposals.  Participants will be able to gain knowledge of the effects of lighting and ambience creation and consider both the functional aspects as well as the aesthetic values. For colour applications, participants will investigate the history and the psychology of colour to discover how to use colour as their most potent and flexible contemporary element of Interior Spatial Design.

Particular emphasis is given to underlying design approaches, philosophies, constraints, influences and areas of innovation. 

Aim of the Course

To enable designers to understand the various strategies of colour application and lighting practices in interior spatial projects, thereby deploying these tools effectively and creatively to be a successful designer. 

Learning Objectives

Participants who successfully complete the program will be able to:

• Identify the physical, psychological, emotional, social and cultural responses to colour appropriate to interior     design.
  
• Use appropriate colour theories to visually control and create illusions that help enhance or subdue residential interiors.
  
• Apply the properties and characteristics of colours taking into consideration the effects of natural and artificial lighting in a self identified residential interior design scheme.
  
• Understand the different types of lighting, their directional purposes and effect to the ambience of an interior space. 
  
• Learn how to use the properties of light and the orientation of a space to renovate a residential project.
  
• Learn how light affects colour, fabrics, surfaces and so many of the design decisions you need to make a successful interior.
  
• Learn about the properties of various forms of artificial light, and the technical and aesthetic possibilities of ambient, decorative and task lighting.
  

Duration of the Program          

12 sessions at 2 hrs per session

(Total of 24 hours)

Exemption Unit

DID007-1 Colour Concepts for Design

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