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Q1.What
is career of Interior decorator?
Q2.
Do you have it in you?
Q3.What do you need in order to become an interior decorator or
interior designer?
Q4.What
is the procedure for admission ?
Q5.What
are the Job prospects?
Q6.What
is the List of institutes offering this course?
Q1.What
is career of Interior decorator?
A1.This
is very true of places that we visit. First impressions of rooms, which please
our aesthetic senses, tend to stay with us for a long time, long after we’ve
physically left the place. Some people have an inborn talent to bring out the
best in whatever is available and arrange things around to make a place beautiful.
And others who appreciate this aspect of decorating a place to achieve a desired
effect can go in for training and become experts in the field. In fact, the
field of beautiful interiors has made so much progress today that there are
now two distinct fields viz., interior decoration and interior designing. As
compared to interior decoration, interior designing is a more specialised field
and a lot of training and hard work goes into the making of a successful interior
designer. An interior decorator advises, chooses and then assembles furniture,
furnishings, colour schemes, artefacts, etc. to do up a place. While on the
other hand, an interior designer would actually design exclusive and unique
furniture, fittings and artefacts, keeping in mind a client's tastes, personality,
lifestyle and his budget.
Q2. Do
you have it in you?
A2.
A natural aptitude for working with colours, an artistic leaning, dexterity
with hands, creativity, imagination, being able to visualise one's thoughts
and an ability to translate one’s thoughts effectively, patience and above all
the ability to get along with people are some of the qualities a person requires
for entry into this field. As an interior designer or decorator will be required
to create an atmosphere as per the client's tastes, it is essential that he
or she is able to understand, visualise and create something that will fulfil
the client's needs, be aesthetically pleasing and keep to a budget too. An interior
designer/decorator should be good at communicating his or her ideas to others.
Good communication skills will be needed very often during the course of work.
A good working knowledge of architecture helps too.
Q3.What
do you need in order to become an interior decorator or interior designer?
A3 Well, there are
many institutes offering courses in this field. The minimum academic qualification
required for admission to such courses is 10+2 or its equivalent. Many polytechnics
and vocational colleges offer courses in interior designing and decoration.
The duration of these courses ranges from two to four years, depending upon
the type of course and the institute identified for the pursuit of study. The
course of study covers subjects like Art & Basic Design, Furniture Design, Furnishings
& Fittings, Design, Construction & Materials, History of Interior Design, Services,
Professional Management-Estimating & Budgeting, Display, Computer Aided Designing.
Other areas covered included lettering, properties of materials and paint technology,
exhibition design etc.
Q4.What
is the procedure for admission ?
A4.For
interior designing, professional training can begin immediately after successfully
completing the plus two examinations. Admission is usually based on performance
at an aptitude test conducted to evaluate one’s sensibility, drawing skills,
especially technical drawing, spatial apperception and so on. There is a centre
in Ahmedabad that offers a five year professional programme in interior design
for students who have cleared the plus two exam with science subjects. Here
the requirement is sixty per cent at the tenth standard level and fifty at the
plus two or equivalent level. The course content is a good mixture of arts and
technical subjects. Students are trained to look for optimum use in various
types of materials. Some companies have their own specialised courses in interior
design. In collaboration with Jenson & Nicholson, Exteriors Interiors offers
a one-year programme in interior design. This course is open to all graduates
and pre-graduates in any discipline.
Q5.What
are the Job prospects?
A5.With
the demand to create more working space increasing and with more and more people
realising the need and importance of professional designers, interior designing
as a profession has come to be recognised in our country. Opportunities are
aplenty in architects’ firms or in consultancy companies. Private business is
a very lucrative option. One, however, has to be up to date on what’s new, what’s
in, what’s got maximum utility, pricing, etc. and bring about a good blend depending
upon the client’s requirements, budget and tastes. One also needs to be extremely
dedicated about keeping commitments. To be successful in private practice, one
also needs to have a native business sense.
Q6.What
is the List of institutes offering this course?
A6.List
of Institutes is-