New Zealand Diploma in Interior Design (Commercial)

Te Pukenga trading as Unitec

This programme is for aspiring qualified Interior Designers within commercial interior design practices. This programme is an extension of the New Zealand Diploma of Interior Design (Residential) (which is also a prerequisite for this commercial programme) and prepares you to develop your knowledge and extend your skills into commercial environments. If you’re looking to enter the commercial interiors industry or if you’re already working in this field and would like hold the formal qualification, this is the programme for you. Our industry focused approach to learning interior design, means that in addition to developing your necessary knowledge and skills in commercial interior design, we also integrate you into the industry. You’ll do this through practical learning, facilitated industry connections, working on actual client projects, guest speakers from industry, undertaking internships within specialist design practices, and much more.This diploma will advance your technical knowledge and skills of CAD, consenting and documentation processes, products, materials and lighting design in order to equip you to design for complex environments within the retail, hospitality and workplace sectors.Highlights:Highly industry integrated and connectedWork in 2 internships with practising commercial designersWork on actual client projectsPractical projects which model current design processes used within industry practice.Off site visits to trade suppliers and manufacturersGuest speakers from industryProgramme content includes lighting design and furniture designFocus on ''work ready skills'' that can be used in practiceKnowledgeable and skilled staff. Many of your lecturers are practising professionals at the top in their fieldIs a continued pathway from the New Zealand Diploma in Interior Design (Residential)

School of Creative Industries