Interior Design: Learning in Action
Interior Design
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Dana Gard-Sweeney
Interior Design Enrolment Specialist
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Learning in action starts in your classroom because your space is a drafting table.
Then there’s the computer lab set up with the specialized design software you need for your projects. Plus, a large plotter printer to output your designs. A materials room to find samples, and a work room where you can create mood boards and models.
You’ll go outside and into the community to visit construction sites and existing buildings. You’ll design spaces for college and external clients. Those spaces have ranged through the Vermilion student pub Spurs to a revamped meeting room.
You’ll make a presentation to your client(s). Learn about how it feels if your design isn’t chosen as well as taking the design from paper to completed room, home or retail space.
You’ll combine your imagination and skills in international design competitions. Those competitions are through the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) and Decorators & Designers Association of Canada (DDA).
Field trips will take you to where the trends are starting, and you can see the latest in design.
You’ll complete your program with a 2-month practicum. More than learning in action, you’ll be using and honing your skills in the industry.
Since the 2004-05 academic year Lakeland College interior design technology students have been recognized for their work in National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) competitions.
Learn more about our affiliation with the NKBA and see a list of winners.
Every student has an 8 week practicum after completing course week.
Among the places our students have done placements are:
- design firms
- millwork companies
- home builders
- architecture firms
- product show rooms
- art festivals
Redesigning the interior design program's cutting room began a class project that turned into a competition.
This 2022 project is one of many examples of where interior design technology students have been presented a design challenge that becomes reality on campus.
Learn more about the cutting room challenge and the winning designer.
Since then students have developed concepts for a new donors' wall.
Previous classes have been involved with revamping other campus spots including the student pub, Spurs, and a conference room.
Get ready to visit Toronto in your 2nd year during the annual Interior Design Show and Design Week.
