BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration transcript

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The Interior Design Decoration course at Solent is very unique in that, not only do we design interior spaces but we also bespoke those spaces with

Course Leader of BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration, Lydia Southwell, talks to the camera whilst sat in the design studio. Relaxing music plays in the background.

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surface designs. So whether we're designing wallpapers or furnishings for a space, or even hard surfaces such as tiles or screens etc, the students can really bespoke the space

Cuts to images of student work from the course including wallpaper with tigers over leaves, a rose gold chair and table, and wall paper with monkeys on it.

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giving the client something that they really really want which makes it really unique.

Course Leader of BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration, Lydia Southwell, talks to the camera whilst sat in the design studio.

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The best thing about my course lecturers is they all have so much experience in the field. I think that obviously helps us learn so much in the course and they're also approachable. I think a massive thing in our course is that no one's treated like a number the lecturers know everyone individually and want you to grow not only in the course but as a person.

Student of BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration, Bethany Humphries talks to camera.

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The students are able to access any of the facilities at Solent once they have been inducted and in particular for the Interior Design Decoration, they are able to use all the digital CAD programs which are inevitable, that they will experience throughout the course. So they often use CAD software such as Vectorworks, Autocad, Photoshop, In design, all the things that are necessary to to help them create 2d plans 3d visualisations, but because also we do styling they get to learn all the, they learn photography, they learn how to use the photographic studios, they learn all about editing. They also get to be able to do bespoke fabric printing so they can do screen printing, they can use the Arizona printer which is an amazing printer which allows us to print on lots of different materials and also do digital fabric printing.

Course Leader of BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration, Lydia Southwell, talks to the camera whilst sat in the design studio.

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We've got so many different ways, to you know, print wallpapers, the laser cutter for instance, which I know a lot of universities don't actually have. So there's kind of anything is actually possible, there's never been a time where I have to, like I can't do something.

Student of BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration, Bethany Humphries talks to camera.

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On the course we offer lots and lots of live projects and we've sort of become known for doing lots of live projects, I'm always looking for live projects and I'm always excited to find

Course Leader of BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration, Lydia Southwell, talks to the camera whilst sat in the design studio.

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new ones. I think the students are always never quite sure what we're going to be doing next, but I think that's the reality and I think that's, that, sort of reflects the industry really.

Cut to BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration students working in the studio.

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We start with live projects from first year so even in the first year in the first semester, they work with a kitchen company we've been very fortunate to work with

Course Leader of BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration, Lydia Southwell, talks to the camera whilst sat in the design studio.

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John Lewis of Hungerford's last couple of years and before that with Hobson's Choice so we've had great support from lots of lots of kitchen companies. We've had a really long established relationship with Linden Homes

Cut to images of students working with professionals looking at their interior design decoration designs.

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we also do another project in the first year with Linden Homes and again we have a Linden Homes award in the final year where they come and give an award

Cut to images of students working in show home and presenting their designs.

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we've done competitions where we've been fantastically fortunate to win, though the students work has been absolutely celebrated by the people that have chosen the winners,

Course Leader of BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration, Lydia Southwell, talks to the camera whilst sat in the design studio.

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such as the Dulux competition we won a couple of years ago and also the Amara competition which was the student interior design that's we've won that a couple of times.

Cut to images of student's designs of interior spaces.

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We're also accredited by the Society of British International Design and not only are we accredited, so this is something which is amazing for students to have on their cv, is that we're also classed a Centre of Excellence and on top of that I've been really fortunate that I was also nominated by my students as a visionary tutor and so got an award from SBID which is lovely. We're very small course but at the same time we're also very a tight course in the sense that we we work together as a family and we see these students through the three years and support them throughout and beyond the hasten to add, because as alumni, I'm so fortunate I have so many alumni, that want to come back and give talks or offer projects and some of our alumni are working such amazing spaces with companies, with projects, which you know all our students love to hear about and they love to come and talk about.

Course Leader of BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration, Lydia Southwell, talks to the camera whilst sat in the design studio.

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I would definitely recommend this course to other people I think it's just, it gives you so much opportunity and it's not only - obviously it's hard work - but it is so fun and you learn so much and you get to meet some brilliant people.

Student of BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration, Bethany Humphries talks to camera.

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Relaxing music plays, then fades out. Cuts to graphic that says, 'Get ready for university', www.solent.ac.uk, fades down, and fades up Solent University logo. [Video ends]