Course Details

1. Identify the importance of IT technologies in relation to their specialization.
2. Utilize the potential and limitation of computing in relation to developments and trends in the interior design profession and industry.
3. Utilize the potential and limitation of computing in relation to developments and trends in the interior design profession and industry.
4. Explore the significance of electronic imaging and its crucial professional standing in relation to interior design.
5. Assemble information on the screen
6. Develop and clarify the familiarization to design software: Adobe Photoshop

Studio based and technical work will be used to promote the students' capacity to use analytical and creative thinking in 2d layout design in relation to interior design presentation, and to make fine critical aesthetic judgments.

This course aims to introduce students to the fascinating world of computers in the design realm and specifically to computer-aided design for interior design. The computer is introduced as a powerful tool in design, enabling the students to quickly test ideas in visual communication;

This introductory course will introduce students to Adobe Photoshop CS5, a powerful and versatile authoring software for creating presentations and layouts but also aiding image manipulation in interior design.

• Photoshop CS5 Digital Classroom (Digital Classroom) (Paperback), John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Photoshop CS5: Essential Skills (Essential Skills) (Paperback), by Mark Galer, Focal Press
• Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book (Classroom in a Book (Adobe)) (Mixed media product), by Adobe Creative Team, Adobe Press,U.S.

• Visual contemporary references in the form of magazines are required: Domus, Wallpaper, Ottagono, Mark, Icon, Frame, Interni, Damn References should also include websites with suggestions of: www.worldarchitecturenews.com www.designboom.com www.arcspace.c
• Visual contemporary references in the form of online magazines www.dezeen.com, www.yatzer.com, www.dexigner.com, www.mocoloco.com

The taught part of the course is delivered by means of illustrated lectures conducted with the help of computer presentations.

Lectures are supplemented with extended project briefings, practical workshops, exercises, group critiques and individual tutorials.

During student centred practical work, students are encouraged to develop personal research, realization and manipulation in project work.