Interior Design is the study and design of interior spaces in a range of public and private environments. At Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) we research, investigate and develop ideas for a range of different scales of building size, intervention and time frames. It is about creating environments that impact positively on peoples’ day to day experiences and interactions. The focus of our teaching and learning is our studio, which we call the Interior Lab, because for us our studio space is a laboratory of design where ideas are developed and grown, and shared and evolved. This allows us to replicate elements of a professional design office environment, and encourages students to work as a team. You will develop your skills through innovative projects that enable you to explore the design potential of contemporary interventions into existing buildings that bring new life and functions to old structures. Most of our projects are based in Edinburgh using real buildings and situations as the generators of the brief. Often we work on live projects with real clients. We encourage our students to be creative, inventive and questioning of design. In all projects we encourage solutions that are beyond the ordinary or obvious, by the application of interior, architectural and spatial theories to a particular brief. It is very important to us that you also gain a good technical understanding of interior design to prepare you for work in industry following graduation. Integrated with the practical studio work, Design & Screen Cultures courses provide a contextual and theoretical understanding of the holistic nature of contemporary design.