Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Garden designs

Create a haven from the midday sun while enjoy the closeness of nature by placing a parasol in the corner of your garden. Team this with vibrant garden furniture in zesty colours and take pleasure in relaxing in your contemporary outdoor space.

Decorative garden

Add decorative details to your garden to give it a

touch of style . Place a striking piece of ironwork against a light-painted wall - this will show off the detailing in all its glory - and then dot small sculptures around the space to play with scale

Mediterranean-style courtyard

Featured at the Tatton Park Flower Show, the Mediterranean-style theme of this courtyard is created by red paving stones teamed with painted walls. Fiery coloured flowers are partnered with cordyline, olive and palm trees to add to the Mediterranean feel. A corner seating area features a pergola, wooden benches painted red and matching cushions. The nearby wat

er sounds from the bubbling pot complete the sense o

f calm.

Summer retreat

Reclaim your shed, paint it mint green and sky blue, then add

some classic wicker furniture for the ultimate retreat at the end of your garden. Give it a homely feel with cushions in retro flor

al prints and a pretty painting. Add a rug for extra comfort, and hang a voile curtain across the door so you can shelter from the sun but still enjoy the breeze.

Urban-chic garden

Create a comfy, alfresco seating area with a modern rattan sofa and armchair and pick a dining set in black and chrome for a contemporary look. Brighten the look with silky red and lime cushions and include plenty of striking foliage in co-ordinating planters and finish them off with a few pebbles around the base


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Monday, March 30, 2009

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Saturday, March 28, 2009

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Learn the Ancient Art of Feng Shui Design. Feng Shui Photo Feng Shui is a Chinese system approach to interior design that has been practiced for thou

Learn the Ancient Art of Feng Shui Design.

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Feng Shui is a Chinese system approach to interior design that has been practiced for thousands of years. It is often characterized by a minimalist appearance,because of its emphasis on de-cluttering, but its principles are compatible with virtually any style of architecture or interior design.

The practice of Feng Shui emphasizes the need for people to live in harmony with their environment. To apply Feng Shui you need a complete understanding of the Chinese concepts of Ch'i (energy), Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements. The Sheffield Course in Feng Shui Interior Design gives you all the information you need about the principles of Feng Shui. You will learn all about the different techniques for using Feng Shui to create harmonious, beautiful interiors with unique, personalized styles. It will also give you the business information you'll to become a professional Feng Shui consultant.

Students of Sheffield's Feng Shui Interior Design Course come from all walks of life and all levels of experience. Some of our graduates are established interior designers who want to broaden their areas expertise through a Sheffield Certificate in Feng Shui Design. Others are interested in beginning a brand-new career. And some simply want to use Feng Shui to decorate their own homes with beautiful designs that promote successful lives and relationships.

Your Comprehensive Feng Shui Interior Design Training Includes:

  • Six Feng Shui Study Guides that include articles by top Feng Shui experts.
  • Three comprehensive textbooks: Feng Shui Revealed,The Feng Shui House Book,and The Western Guide to Feng Shui.
  • DVDs that give you the opportunity to watch Feng Shui masters at work.
  • Audio CDs that reinforce the most important ideas from your lessons and feature discussions with professional Feng Shui designers.
  • Unlimited access to a Sheffield Student Advisor who is a working Feng Shui designer.
  • Feng Shui Design Project Kits — as you complete each Project it will be evaluated by a professional Feng Shui designer who will thoughtfully record comments for you on audio.
  • Colored pencils and pen.
  • Feng Shui journal.
  • Special Feng Shui tools: A crystal,mirror,and wind chimes.
  • Audio CD holder.
  • Portfolio binder for your Sheffield Feng Shui Study Guides.
  • Certificate of Completion.

We're so sure you'll be satisfied with your Feng Shui Course, we offer a No Risk Refund Policy unlike any in the industry. Start your new career now by clicking here for a FREE Course catalog or find out more by calling 800-445-7279.

About Sheffield's Feng Shui Course Expert.

R.D. Chin The materials for the Feng Shui Design Course were created by Sheffield in collaboration with R.D. Chin, an internationally recognized Feng Shui designer. He runs a successful Feng Shui consulting business, Space Alignment-Feng Shui Space Design, which has offices in Amsterdam and New York City. He has created Feng Shui designs for hundreds of clients, including art galleries,theaters, corporate offices,and private homeowners.

R.D.'s work has been featured in many publications worldwide, including Metropolitan Home, House Beautiful, The New York Times,and The Wall Street Journal. In addition to his Feng Shui background, R.D. is a trained architect and interior designer.

R.D. contributed to the creation of Sheffield's Feng Shui Interior Design Course in many different ways. His book Feng Shui Revealed is one of the textbooks for Sheffield's Course, and he is featured extensively on the audio and video portions of the Course. He also worked as a consultant with Sheffield to create educational materials that give students the practical information they need to become skilled Feng Shui designers.

Meet Jennifer Frank

Jennifer Ellen Frank

Jennifer Ellen Frank is a Feng Shui & Interior Designer who integrates the classical Chinese form of Feng Shui with related traditional, spiritual practices. She combines more than 24 years in the design field—interior design, home textile design, home product development and home styling for interiors—with more than 24 years of study in eastern philosophies. In this way, she bridges interior design, Feng Shui and spiritual practice to create wealth, health, harmony and balance within the home and workplace.

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Wedding

Turn Your Love for Party Planning into a Career.

Wedding and event planning is an incredibly exciting and fast-growing field. Nowadays, many brides — and their mothers — are too busy with to devote months of time to planning a wedding. And the modern bride feels that it's very important to host a special day that will be remembered as an event with a unique style and flavor. For these reasons, a growing number of couples now seek the outside assistance of a professional wedding and event planner.

The Complete Course in Wedding & Event Planning.

This Course thoroughly addresses everything you need to know about the art and business of wedding and event planning. From creating a guest list, to hiring vendors, to creating a beautiful wedding design, we cover everything you need to orchestrate a memorable event.

Whether you want to become a professional party planner or just plan your own wedding like a pro, the Sheffield Wedding and Event Planning Course will teach you how to avoid common pitfalls, keep the planning process organized, and create fashionable events. Click here for a Free Course catalog.

Your Comprehensive Wedding and Event Planning Training Includes:

  • Your Comprehensive Wedding and Event Planning Training Includes:
  • Twenty complete lessons — with special "Look Book" supplements.
  • Six Sheffield Study Guides that lead you step-by-step through your lessons. .
  • Six Workbooks that let you practice everything you've learned.
  • Personal Student Advisor — a working party planner who is available to answer all your questions..
  • Unlimited support from the Sheffield faculty that includes professional wedding and event planners who are willing to answer all your questions.
  • Two Virtual Internship projects, which will be carefully evaluated by a working wedding planner
  • Three special supplements describing how to start a business and succeed in the professional world.
  • Sheffield Graduation Certificate.

Start your new career as a wedding and event planner now! Click here for a FREE Course Catalog or call 800-445-7279.

Xochitl Gonzalez

About Sheffield's Wedding and Event Planner Expert.

Xochitl Gonzalez is a co-founder of Always a Bridesmaid, a successful New York City wedding planning business. Before establishing her own company, she worked as a corporate event planner for the advertising industry's prestigious Clio Awards. She has also been recognized by New York Magazine as one of NYC's premiere wedding planners.

The texts for Sheffield's Wedding and Event Planning Course were updated with Xochitl's assistance, and she wrote a series of informative "letters from the instructor" for the Course Study Guides. Best of all, you will have the opportunity to listen to Xochitl discuss her professional experiences on a series of audio CDs that will provide you with hours of insider insights into the wedding and event planning profession.

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Redesign Me Special 2009 - The Art of Redesign

Like many people, I’m really good at telling everyone else what to do: how to ditch a bad boyfriend, how to lose five pounds, and of course, how to light their living room and arrange their furniture. But when it comes to managing my own life, I’m just as much of a disaster as the next guy.

At least I know this about myself and I don’t try to pretend otherwise. I’m never sure about where my furniture should go or how to make the best use of space.

So when my neighbor, Carolyn Gregg, invited me in for coffee and I saw her apartment, and it looked so perfectly organized, I was thrilled when she offered to re-design my place. No purchasing necessary — no buying new curtains or getting a cute bookshelf. In fact, she assured me that she wouldn’t even make me get rid of anything; she would find a spot for everything I had. It would just be a new spot.

The funny thing is, Carolyn Gregg isn’t even an interior designer, or a re-designer. She is a floral designer, so she is making good use of her impeccable design sense. But as soon as she stepped into my front hall, I knew that she knew this redesign stuff inside and out.

We started with a tour of the living room, study, and bedroom, so she could get the big picture. I showed her my extra lampshades, pointed out the cute little bench in the bedroom.

Then, we started in the bedroom. Before I could say “feng shui” she was pushing the dresser over so that its feet were all on the rug; before, it had been off the rug by about two inches. She took down the small framed photo that had been to the side of the dresser and put it aside. Then we moved the blanket chest from the corner to right under the big window.

And then it got challenging. Before, I’d had two matching end tables on either side of the bed, but they didn’t quite fit and they meant that there wasn’t much space between the door to the room and the end table on the door side of the bed.

“Let’s get rid of one of those tables,” Carolyn said. I pointed out that according to the rules of Feng Shui, there should be a table with lamp on both sides of the bed, especially if one wants to attract or keep someone sharing that bed.

“Let’s just see,” she said. We moved the table out and put it in the living room, and she put the lamp on top of the radiator instead (I keep the radiator off at all times, so no danger there).

And then it got even more challenging. “Let’s move the bed, just six inches toward the window,” Carolyn said. This took some doing, but eventually, we moved it, so that now it was centered with the window at the foot of the bed. Then the remaining table could be moved as well, affording more space by the door.

The results: dresser fully on the rug, bed centered to window, one table removed to make more space, blanket chest moved to anchor the window, little luggage bench moved to bedside.

Next stop, living room.

Here, the sofa was against the windows, with the coffee table in front of it, with the two chairs facing the sofa. The room was split into two sections; by the bookcase, I had a curved red bench, with two spare kitchen chairs on either side.

Before I could say, “Hans Wegner,” Carolyn was rolling up the rug and pushing the sofa around. Every now and then she’d stop, and say, “Wait. Let’s think about this minute,” and her eyes would go unfocused, as if she was looking at something I couldn’t see. “Okay,” she’d say, “let’s move this table over here.”

Before

After

It was a little like having a tornado take over, but a very controlled tornado. I’m not sure how we did it, but when I looked up, the furniture was all in different places, and suddenly the room seemed to have expanded.

The best part of this was that Carolyn moved the chest I inherited from my mother onto the opposite wall, centered under the heavy mirror. Now, the oil portrait of my father, painted by his father, really stands out, where before it got kind of lost on one of the longer walls. This portrait shares the chest with a figure that belonged to my mother, and with two figures in clay made by my sister, a ceramicist. This feels to me now like it’s my family altar, and makes me feel happy and loved every time I walk in the room.

One change affected by this rearrangement was that now, there is easier flow from the kitchen/dining area across the living room and into the bedroom/study area. The flow, however, is interrupted from the front hall into the living room, as now the sofa cuts the living room. But I think this is better, because I only come into the house once, but I go from study to kitchen a few hundred times during the day.

By moving the chest to the other wall, I no longer have the outlets and cable cord for the television. Not that I ever really had cable, but the cord somehow makes it that I can get the few stations I get — without it, I get nothing. But this actually has been a big improvement in my life. I now keep the t.v. and DVD player stashed in a corner, and it only takes about three minutes to set them up and then take them down again. That’s just enough so that it’s a little inconvenient so that I don’t just automatically turn the t.v. on when I could be making better use of my time. And yet it’s easy enough so that I can throw it together if I really want to watch an episode of “House Hunters.”

Finally, we tackled the study. One of my desks was in front of the large window, which at the time I’d thought was nice, making it as if I was sitting at the window. But Carolyn said that without the desk there, I’d be closer to the window, able to really look out over the pretty garden, and that gave us space where we could put the low glass case that had previously been in the living room. The whole room suddenly opened up, and I couldn’t wait to get to work.

Before

After

The overall effect of Carolyn’s work on my place is that it looks pulled together as never before. It looks kind of professionally done, even though I still have my junky old stuff. Somehow, Carolyn’s Midas touch limned everything with gold, or at least with a really great high-gloss polish.

Resources

Carolyn Gregg Flowers
www.carolyngreggflowers.com

The Magic of Color: Color Trends 2009

Color. Our world is saturated with it, from the bright yellow of fresh daffodils to the dark rusty red of an exposed brick wall; color can change the whole look of a room.

In Designer Monthly's The Magic of Color, we look at a different color each month. As you learn in the first Unit of the Sheffield Complete Course in Interior Design, a designer has available an infinite range of hues, both natural and man-made. When painting, you can combine colors to form other colors, in an endless array of shades. Manufacturers of everything from throw pillows to lampshades can also produce this vast palette. And then you must also consider the artwork that will hang in the rooms you design.

Welcome to the world of color. Everywhere we turn, there it is the deep indigo blue of a favorite old sweater, the glossy green of rhododendron leaves in a rainstorm, the rich brown of the soil as you begin to plant your spring flowers. We hope you'll join us each month on this exciting journey, as we take a close look at a color we love.

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With the economic sinking faster than Bernie Madoff’s reputation, with much of the northern hemisphere blanketed in snow and sheltered with grey skies, it’s time to start thinking about color. Rich, wonderful, mood-changing color.

To find out where color is headed for 2009, we went to the people at Benjamin Moore. There, we got some good news: neutrals are in — way in — but they’re brightened by organic bright colors. The neutral backgrounds set off these brights, making them really pop, and bringing a room to new life.

According to Doty Horn, color forecaster for Benjamin Moore, the new colors will be complemented by a more simple design, which is to be expected as we move into more lean economic times.

“Simplicity is the theme for 2009, and this is reflected in the way we will pare down; there will be a rawness of living and the acceptance of what is,” she said.

The colors, however, are sure to pick up our spirits.

“As we move into 2009, timeless neutrals can be splashed with organic brights, a sign of hope for a brighter future and sound economic times,” Horn said.

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And the use of neutrals isn’t because we’re all too depressed to be able to think about color; to the contrary, the neutrals help give us comfort and stability in difficult times. “The economic times will influence us to rely on the neutrals mentioned above and ‘ground’ or stabilize our surroundings,” Horn said.

Where last year saw an increase in the use of black and white, this year that color is shifting to bring in more neutrals. “The neutralization of color has gained momentum. The fusion of the black and white story has brought the grayscale, and all of its nuances, to the forefront. These grays are accented with rich and complex color,” Horn said.

This doesn’t mean that the colors are only neutrals; in fact, they’re balanced and complemented by more complex colors. This means a designer will be looking at which tones in a neutral will be best complemented by which complex colors.

“The mix of organic and the urban grey/neutrals are also key,” Horn said.

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The use of color, of course, varies around the world, which each culture and sub-culture identifiable by its predominant colors. As interest in China, Russia, and the Middle East increases, so do does interest in the colors of those places.

One big influence on color is to be found in the changing political landscape in the United States, and with the influence the new First Lady brings to design. Michelle Obama, Horn pointed out, is partial to wearing brights, and the reverberations of this will be felt for quite some time.

“This can single-handedly influence the fashion direction we may see in seasons to come. Nancy Reagan did with the ‘Reagan Red’ and Barbara Bush with ‘Bush Blue,’” she said.

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Study MBA Program from Top B-Schools of

USA \ UK

MBA (Masters in Business Administration) is in real demand all the time and is as popular as ever, even in a highly changeable market.. And if someone pursues their MBA from a reputed international business school, it’s an icing on the cake. Almost every student of top business schools is bagging lucrative opportunities from the international job market.

For the students desired to build their career in the competitive business world, MBA is a best option to choose. Almost every university is now offering various specialized MBA programs with explicit curriculum covering all the essential elements of business and management. MBA program is linked to accounting, consulting, education, e-business, engineering, finance, global management, health care, hospitality and tourism, knowledge management, marketing, media, project management, sport management, telecommunications, health care, and technology management are available.

Why Study an MBA Program

In the present international business market, every professional job requires to have the business management and administration skills, which can be acquired through an MBA program. In addition to the basic business knowledge, MBA program enhance the individuals’ ability to compete with other professionals for current and future job opportunities. The study of business management

Holding an MBA degree can offer excellent opportunities for the students who are in search for a career in the competitive business world. It is specifically designed to withstand the rapid changes in the business arena. The program aims to develop the skills of independent search and decision-making based on the broad systematic knowledge. It is a tough educational program where students acquire new knowledge and skills.

CHOOSE A BEST MBA COLLEGE

It is really tough work to find a good college for your MBA program. It is a time consuming and stressful for you and your family. You have to research the top MBA colleges which are famous and ranked higher. To minimize your efforts in choosing the best business school, Impel has shortlisted top Business Schools of top three study destinations (as per Annual Rankings of Business Schools worldwide by Financial Times). They are:

Top Business Schools USA

  1. Harvard Business School
  2. Stanford University
  3. University of Pennsylvania
  4. Northwestern University (Kellogg)
  5. Columbia University (NY)
  6. Duke University (Fuqua)
  7. University of Virginia (Darden)
  8. MIT (Sloan) School of Management
  9. University of Chicago
  10. University of Michigan

Top Business Schools USA

1. London Business School

2. Cranfield School of Management

3. Edinburgh University Management School

4. Manchester Business School

5. Ashridge Management College

6. Imperial College University of London

7. Warwick Business School

8. Lancaster University

9. City University Business School

10. University of Bradford Management Centre

Top Business Schools Australia

1. Melbourne Business School

2. Macquarie University

3. Australian National University

4. University of Canberra

5. Australian Maritime College

6. University of Tasmania

7. Charles Sturt University

8. University of New Castle

9. AGSM

10. Southern Cross University

Besides theses Universities/Business schools, you can find several other good and top institutions for MBA program

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Tips to choose the best Online Degree Program


With lots of job cuts around the world, it is the period of survival of the fittest for the employees. Only people with great skills and lots of knowledge will be able continue in their careers while other non-performing employees with basic education will be fired.

To survive and progress in the career world, some advanced education is indispensable. However, you cannot get into regular education programs which require physical presence in the classroom sessions as you will not be able to take off work in the current employment conditions.

This is where the online degree programs come into play. With the help of these online degree programs, you can get advanced education at your convenient time and venue. Due to this reason, online programs have gained huge popularity today. With the huge popularity of the online education programs, countless numbers of online training schools have popped up. It is pretty difficult to choose the best online program that is available today. Spending a few minutes reading this article will save hours of your precious time spent in finding the best online education program.

3. Choose the Online Education Program based on employee demand

You will be well aware of the fact that not all the online degree programs will help you to get a career as soon as you get your degree. You should select the online education program based on the demand. For example, there are lots of open careers in business management and administration now. Hence the online business degree programs will be the best ones to choose for career advancement today. Getting a bachelor’s degree or associate degree in business administration or management through these online education programs will help you to advance to the next level of your career faster than ever before.

2. The Accreditation

Accreditation of the online program is one of the most important things to be noted. You should always remember the fact that there is no use in owning an associate or bachelor’s degree offered by a non-accredited training school. Opting such online programs will be a complete waste of time and money. Hence you should make sure that the online program of your choice is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. It is also very much important that the online education program should be regionally recognized.

1. Flexibility of the online classes

Though some of the online programs promise classes to be conducted according to your convenience, they often fail to keep their promise. You will be forced to cope up with the schedule laid by the online degree program once you have joined them. Hence it is very much important to look for online programs which offer education completely based on your convenient time.

All the above mentioned tips will help you to find the best online degree program that is available today.

The author of this article knows the techniques to find the best online programs. With her years of experience in finding the best education she has helped many job seekers around the globe to get the right education to get into aspiring careers. When it comes to getting the best online education, she recommends argos

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Bachelor of Arts in


Interior Design

About our BA in Interior Design

Limperts Academy of Design is currently working with a prominent UK University in the development of a BA in Interior Design and an MA in Interior Design. The BA is a one-year program representing the final year of a BA course and it builds on the progress that graduates of our HND in Interior Design have already achieved. Because of the unique nature of this course, it is only open to those students who have successfully completed the BTEC HND in Interior Design and achieved a minimim grade of Merit.

Validation of degree programs is a lengthy process and we have already reached an advanced stage. However, full details of the accrediting university cannot be published until the formal validation process has been finalised. Students can sign up for the interior design BA now although it will not be officially available until early to mid 2009.

To qualify for a BA in Interior Design in the UK, a student must achieve 360 credits. The HND in Interior Design in valued at 240 credits and will form the first two years of this BA Program. The final year of the BA in Interior Design encompasses a total of 4 modules, with a total value of 120 credits (UK / European Credit System). The individual module titles and their credit calues are shown below, followed by a brief description of each module

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Online SketchUp Beginner Training


James Dodson

has 10 years of experience in architecture at the norwegian firm Snøhetta (the internationally acclaimed designers of the Alexandria Library in Egypt , JMW Turner Gallery in Margate , England , and the WTC Memorial Complex in NYC). James has extensive expertise in the use of 3D modeling as a design tool. For Spring 2006 he has been appointed as visiting lecturer at the University of Texas School of Architecture where he will be teaching an advanced design studio and a seminar course entitled "Explorations in Digital Design Process." Google SketchUp will form an important part of a course that will seek to define a new digital workflow for architects and designers. James has been developing and teaching at Sessions.edu since 2000.

LEFT: Image from SketchUp Basics with Jim Dodson.
Jim will help you discover the simplicity and power of SketchUp.

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Class Projects and Objectives:

This Google SketchUp Training class is packed with projects and tips. Students can expect to:

  • Learn how to create surfaces by drawing lines.
  • Learn basic mouse commands for Google Sketchup.
  • Learn how to create circles and polygons.
  • Learn how to create shapes from rectangles, arcs, and curves.
  • Explore the concepts of drawing On Edge and utilizing the stickiness of geometry.
  • Create a 2D composition, using the Line, Arc, and Rectangle tools to subdivide the shape into at least 20 faces.
  • Apply several colors to a personal composition with the Paint Bucket tool.
  • Save and Export work as a JPEG image.
  • Explore different ways of viewing a model in 3D.
  • Learn how to create box shapes using the drawing tool and inferences.
  • Learn how to use the stickiness of geometry in 3D.
  • Learn how to use the Push/Pull tool and the Move tool.
  • Learn how to manipulate circles, cylinders.
  • Convert a 2D composition into a 3D object.
  • Use Move and Push/Pull Tools to manipulate 3D objects to different heights.
  • Create at least one circle, cylinder, and cone in a structure.
  • Create three 3D views of a model.
  • Learn three different modeling techniques for 3-dimensional forms.
  • Learn how to use the Offset Tool to create concentric surfaces.
  • Learn how to mirror objects.
  • Learn how to create an array of duplicated objects such as a neighborhood.
  • Create a 3D neighborhood.
  • Give colors and textures to the objects in a file.
  • Render 3 perspectives of a model using different rendering styles.

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Online Degrees at Breyer State University

Bachelor of Arts Degree

Interior Design

Our online distance education program offers students the opportunity to study a comprehensive curriculum in interior design degree program. The designing field goes far beyond decorating. Interior designers have a profound impact on people's lives by creating the surroundings in which they live, work, and relax. The environment that is created must fit the owner's personality. A good designer has the ability to see this and decorate accordingly.

Through this program students will learn the skills needed to succeed in this field. All of the courses are focused on the major. This allows students to maximize their learning in the core courses and succeed in their educational and career goals.

Students begin with the study of interior design history and basic principles and applications. Specific courses focus on space planning, the use of color and lighting, floor plan drafting, blue print reading, and the application of design materials, fabrics and accessories in interior design. In the higher division courses students enter symposium and project courses where they are able to select more focused study in one area of interior design, and complete a comprehensive project and interior design practicum. These specialty courses in interior design allow students maximum opportunities to experience the real world of this specialty.

Several career fields this degree will prepare you for are:

* Interior Designer
* Floor Plan Drafting
* Fabric Designer
* Lighting Consultant
* Retail Store Designer

The perquisites for this program are: a high school diploma or an earned GED

The online curriculum offers an innovative approach to higher education. Enrollment is open and students may begin the program at any time. All human resource management courses are provided in online classrooms, with one-to-one faculty mentoring. Students also have free access to our comprehensive Study Tactics and Resources Center, with links to subject related websites online libraries, articles and research assistance. Our online degree in Interior Design curriculum includes:

1. IDA 110 Introduction to Interior Design 6 hrs
2. IDA 150 History of Interior Design 6 hrs
3. IDA 170 Principles of Space Planning 6 hrs
4. IDA 220 Basics of Furniture Designs 6 hrs
5. IDA 240 Principles of Floor Plan Drafting 6 hrs
6. IDA 280 Basics of Blue Print Reading 6 hrs
7. IDA 300 Theory and Applications of Designing with Color 6 hrs
8. IDA 340 Principles of Interior Lighting 6 hrs
9. IDA 360 Theory and Applications of Design Materials 6 hrs
10. IDA 390 Theory and Applications of Fabric and Accessories 6 hrs
11. IDA 420 Interior Design Symposium 30 hrs
12. IDA 470 Interior Design Practicum 30 hrs

TOTAL: 120 Semester Hours

Courses in this curriculum are to be taken in sequence as above.

Start your online degree in Interior Design today!

TUITION: $400.00 per course. Students may register and pay for one course at a time.

* Note: cost of tuition does not include cost of text books.

** There is also a one time $50.00 admission processing fee.

For more information please click here

Course Completion Times: Students are permitted 10 weeks to complete an online course. This may be extended with the permission of the instructor. For all Symposium Courses, students are permitted up to a six month period for completion. Doctoral students are permitted one year for all Dissertation/Doctoral Project courses

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