Interior design training options

Traditional degree courses

A three year, full time BA in interior and special design. Students are eligible for government loans to help with costs.

Foundation degree in Interior Design

A new kind of vocational degree which takes two years' full time study to complete and includes 16 weeks' work experience. Some course providers provide the opportunity for students to transfer directly into the third year of a BA.

HND in Interior Design

A practical, vocational course studied over two or three years, including work experience.

Diploma in Interior Design and Decoration

A one year, intensive vocational course.

BTEC - National Certificate in 3D Interior Design

A one year practical course with no entry requirements. National diploma in interior design is a two year course for those with a minimum of four GCSEs.

Access to Interior Design

A one year, full time introduction to the subject, intended to be a gateway to higher education for those with few formal qualifications or mature students who have been out of education for some time.

NCFE

Courses in foundation, intermediate and advanced interior design offered at adult evening classes. Each level taking one year.

Certificate in Interior Decoration

A 10 week, full time course preparing students to do domestic interior decoration.

On-the-Job Training

It is rare these days, but not impossible, to be taken on with no formal qualifications and trained by an interior design practice.

THE British Institute of Interior Design DOES NOT GIVE FORMAL RECOGNITION TO ANY PARTICULAR COURSE.

A professional level interior design course* should encompass:

1. Fundamentals of Design (philosophy, sociology, aesthetics and a theory of design). Visual research (colour, light, form, texture). Basic knowledge of materials.
2. Visual Communication (objective and interpretative drawing, freehand perspective drawing, use of colour media, photography and model making).
3. People in their Environment (human ergonometric and anthropometric studies and people in space and design evaluation). History of Art and Architecture, Interiors and Furniture.
4. Creative work by Project Method.
5. Interpretation of the project schemes and technical studies related to the built environment (working drawings, building technology, and understanding of structure and services. Costing and estimating, detailing and specifying material, furniture and fittings).
6. Professional Practice (verbal communication techniques, office organisation and practice, legislation affecting the designer, visiting projects underway or completed).

* The standards set by the International Federation of Interior Architects/Interior Designers (IFI) are recognised by the Association. The BIID is an Associate member of the IFI.

Definition of an Interior Designer

The Association defines interior designers as persons qualified by training and experience to plan and supervise the design and execution of interiors and their furnishings, and to organise the various arts and crafts essential to their completion. The professional interior designer provides a full consultancy service.A designer is a person, qualified by education, experience and recognised skills, who identifies, researches and creatively solves problems pertaining to the function and quality of the interior environment; and performs services relative to interior spaces including programming, design analysis, space planning, aesthetics, and inspection of work on-site, using specialised knowledge of interior construction, building systems and components, building regulations, equipment, materials and furnishings; and prepares drawings and documents relative to the design of interior space.

Definition of an Interior Decorator

An Interior Decorator can give advice on entire decorative schemes, including furnishing and furniture, but will not enter into building contracts or supervisory contracts.

Although great care has been taken in the compilation and preparation of this information to ensure accuracy, the BIID cannot in any circumstances accept responsibility for errors, omissions or advice given on this page

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Три рецепта творожной пасхи

Традиционная, медовая и шоколадная
Творожная пасха - непременная принадлежность пасхального стола. Она символизирует землю обетованную, пасхальное веселье и райскую жизнь своим "молоком и медом". Традиционная пасха должна иметь форму четырехгранной пирамиды с усеченным верхом. Творог для пасхи лучше покупать сухой, на развес, а сметану брать густую, жирную. Сахарный песок должен быть как можно более мелким - в идеале возьмите сахарную пудру. После приготовления пасху необходимо на 12 часов убрать в холодильник, при этом держать ее надо под грузом.

Традиционная творожная пасха

Ингредиенты:
- 500г творога,
- 70г сливочного масла,
- 2 ст.л. сметаны,
- полстакана сахарной пудры,
- 5 яиц,
- 200мл сливок,
- изюм, орехи, цукаты.

Рецепт:
1. Протереть творог через сито (можно провернуть через мясорубку), смешать с растопленным маслом и сметаной. Добавить сахарную пудру, хорошо размешать.
2. В отдельной кастрюльке взбить 5 желков и 5 ст.л. сахарной пудры, поставить на огонь и непрерывно помешивать до загустения. Дать остыть и смешать с творогом.
3. Добавить изюм, орехи, цукаты, перемешать, млотно утрамбовать в специальной формле (или в обычно мисочке). Поставить сверху груз и убрать в холодильник на ночь.
4. В пасхальное утро можно залить пасху сливочным соусом: на 1 стакан сливок - 1 ст.л. сахара и 1 ст.л. крахмала, проварить на медленном огне до загустения.


Медовая пасха

Ингредиенты:
- творог - 500г
- сахар - 2 ст.л.
- мед - 2 ст.л.
- яйцо (желтки) - 4 шт.
- масло сливочное - 3 ст.л.
- сметана (или сливки) - 3 ст.л.

Рецепт:
1. Яичные желтки растереть с сахаром, добавить мед, размягченное масло и взбить до образованя пышной однородной массы.
2. Свежий сухой творог протереть через сито, добавить сметану, перемешать, вводя небольшими порциями, с яично-медовой смесью. Подготовленную массу переложить в форму и поставить под пресс. Держать в холодильнике примерно 12 часов.


Шоколадная пасха

Ингредиенты:
- 500г творога,
- 1 плитка черного шоколада,
- 50 г сахарной пудры,
- полстакана сметаны,
- 50г сливочного масла,
- 1/2 стакана цукатов.

Рецепт:
Свежий и сухой творог протереть и смешать со сливочным маслом и сметаной. Хорошо размешать и добавить цукаты и шоколад, измельченные вместе с сахарной пудрой. Массу перемешать, выложить в форму, поставить на сутки в холодильник. При подаче украсить сухофруктами, орехами и цукатами.
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HOME BUSINESS:

BECOMING A RESELLER OR AFFILIATE

One very common mode of home business is to be a reseller or affiliate with well-known and/or successful companies or products.

For example, for many years, Tupperware has a strong affiliate program that is very popular with housewives. This shows that the system can work. However, it is not easy to get constant supply of customers and buyers.

To be a successful affiliate, one must actively look for potential customers. Basically, as an affiliate, one earns a commission whenever a successful sale has been made.

In addition to that, you should know the product that you are selling well. This will add credibility that will improve the success rate of someone buying the product/s.

Many successful affiliate do not just sell one product. They market and promote multiple products to increase their source of incomes.

HOW TO SELL PRODUCTS ONLINE

One method of starting an online side income is to sell products online. Do you have something to sell online? If you have, one of the easiest and most hassle-free way of selling things over the internet is E-junkie.

What is so good about E-junkie? Well, beside enabling you to selling digital files and product over the internet, it is one of the few places that handles the sales of real tangible products as well.The nice thing about E-junkie is that they do not take a commission for the sales you make. All you sales profits are truly yours. All you need to do is to pay a very reasonable monthly fee that is as low as $5 a month. LOL..Some web-hosting service are even more expensive than that!E-junkies is highly integrated with other online business systems such as Ebay, Google Checkout,PayPal, Authorize.Net, TrialPay, 2CheckOut and ClickBank. Because of that, it is really one of the easiest path to integrate your selling methods.

If you are selling digital downloadable products such as music files and software programs, E-junkie provides features that allows automated payment transaction and download delivery. So, once it is set, you do not need to manually send your customers the download files. E-junkie will do that for you.

As for real tangible products, E-junkie provides automation for inventory management and shipping calculation. Their shopping cart system includes inbuilt sales tax, packaging, VAT and shipping cost calculator.

So, if you are selling products such as T-shirt, souvenirs, CDs, software and files, this system may be just right for you.

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN

Freelance graphic design is an ideal home business. One popular sub -branch of Graphic Design is desktop publishing.

Most of the overheads are located on a personal computer or workstation and most modern household already have personal computers.

As a freelance graphic designer, you will need to have good artistic and technical expertises. Good artistic skill is both inborn as well as comes with training and experiences.

The overhead of being a freelance graphic designer usually consist of the following:

1. A reasonably powerful computer. As graphic work is fairly resource-intensive for the computer, fast processor and huge amount of RAMs will determine how fast a job gets done.

2. Supporting hardware and equipment. Depending on the type of work, supporting hardware may varies. Typically the following equipments are important:

1. Colour printer
2. Scanner
3. Portable drives
4. DVD or CD burner

3. Graphic software. The most popular software for editing and creating bitmapped images is Photoshop. However, many graphic designer also need to do layouts that are resolution-independent. For that one will need to use a 2D vector graphic program. Some of the more popular programs are Adobe Illustrator and Freehand. If you are doing desktop publishing, you will need to get specialised deskktop publishing software such as Indesign and Quarkxpress.

The equipment and resource is just one aspect of the business. Besides that, you will also need to know about the transaction and business-processing part. For this, you will need to know the following:

1. Writing quotations, agreements and invoices. This is important as a mean to safeguard yourself as well as the client.

2. Methods and procedure for safe delivery of deliverables. This is dependent on the type of graphic work. Usually a CD or DVD is used to burn the softcopy of the work to the client. Also, many clients will need hard copy printout of the work. Therefore having access to a good printer is also important.

Typically, Graphic Designers charge the clients either by hourly rate or by per project basis.

This article is about the basics of running a workable home-based graphic studio. Experience, skills and specialization will determine the specifics and details of individual graphic freelance business.

TYPES OF CREATIVE DESIGNERS

Some people are naturally inclined to be more artistic. These people often have the ability to intuitive feel whether something is aesthetically pleasing or not. In addition to that, they can take these inner knowings further and translate them into new and visually pleasing creations.

These people naturally have the potential to be creative designers. However, contrary to popular notion, design is also partly an acquired skill. This means that a person can be trained to become a designer. This is because given the experience and relevant training, the ability to discern good design as well as the ability to translate design into drawings can be taught.

Below are a list of Creative designer professions:

Industrial Designer. Industrial Design is the creative segment of product design. Nowadays, the design of products are done using 3D software. An industrial designer is an expert in the aesthetic and creative aspect of product development.

Graphic designer. Graphic design encompasses many artistic and creative fields which focus on visual communication and presentation. A graphic designer must know how to employ typography, visual arts and page layout skills flexibly to produce the final result of the project.

Interior designer. Interior design is a field concerned with elements that is found inside a space. This includes spaces within houses and buildings. An interior designer is a person who is skilled in interior design.

Fashion Designer. This designer is skill in generating with stylish clothing and apparel designs. Fashion and apparel design encompasses many activities pertaining to the development and production of apparel items for people. They must have very good dress sense.

Jewelry Design. As the name implies, jewelry designer specialises in creating new and exciting jewel pieces.