Is it difficult to learn interior design from scratch?with no preparation? A month ago, the academic year started at the Modern School of Design, and the Roomble editorial team decided to track the entire learning process using the example of one student who is now learning the basics of such a complex and in-demand profession. For over a year, the Roomble editorial team will be in close contact with one of the students at the Modern School of Design to understand whether it is possible to start from scratch and without any background. This project will be similar to the now popular reality show format, when you can watch real people live. The student's name is Svetlana, and she will share her opinion about studying at the MSD right now and continue in the following articles. - I didn't have an art school behind me or any work experience related to interior design. Therefore, I took the choice of a design school seriously. The following was important to me: the training period is 1-1.5 years, classes are in the evenings, after work, a convenient location, an interesting, useful program, catchy diploma theses of graduates, and at the end - a document on receiving additional education of the established form, and not a certificate of completion of courses. When I came to the SShD for an excursion, I was immediately attracted by the warm, sincere atmosphere. And this is a great rarity. Svetlana
Over the course of 13 academic months, all students at the Modern School of Design will be taught the following set of courses:
- Professional graphics;
- The basis of architectural composition;
- Bases of color;
- Picture on presentation;
- Sketching;
- History of styles and actual interior;
- The basics of ergonomics;
- Interior and its components;
- PR for designers;
- Work with suppliers of finishing materials;
- Architectural and design design;
- Economic feasibility of the project;
- Computer-aided design.
And after the comprehensive assessment, we move on to .The teaching staff is made up of MArchI graduates — professionals working with each other on the same creative and emotional wavelength. A good tradition of the SShD is the open defense of diploma theses with an invitation to potential employers. Svetlana
The training course started at the end of September andbegan with an organizational meeting, where future students were introduced to the program and rules of the school, and at the same time to each other. The author of the course "Interior Design" Lyubov Antonovna Khovanskaya shared her recommendations for successful studies and tried to determine the true motives of each person who came here. These revelations immediately brought us closer together, helped us become a group. The very next day, we were all together in WhatsApp discussing the purchase of stationery. We were told that friendly groups reach the diploma in full force. Perhaps this is why the teachers try in every way to unite us, conduct classes very correctly, support and help. Svetlana
Since several start during the yeargroups at different times, in a difficult situation you can take a break and then continue studying in a group that is appropriate for your level. If you are forced to miss a class, you can always make up for lost time in another group. It is not recommended to use this, but the very existence of such an opportunity is pleasing.
Classes are held three times a week,three hours in the evening. From November, a fourth evening will be added, which students will spend in the computer lab. Detailed recommendations were immediately given on the laptop, the purchase of which will become an investment in the future profession. Time flies during classes, we do not even get distracted by tea-coffee-snacks, although a 15-minute break is provided. The whole point is that the process is very interesting and you do not want to miss anything. The first two months we have four classes on coloristics and composition, as well as six classes on drawing and architectural graphics. Svetlana
Coloristics is, as all students say,full immersion in a school art lesson. Many have not held paints and a brush in their hands since then, but that is what learning is for - to remember, consolidate and bring to perfection. One of the first tasks was to draw a color circle according to Itten from 12 colors, but using only the tempera of three primary colors - yellow, red, blue. The most difficult task was to achieve pure purple. And the reference book from today is "The Art of Color" by Johannes Itten. Homework was to make a palette of 12 or more shades of gray and a combination of borderline yellow-green and red-violet tones with warm and cold colors. I made a color wheel and could not help but have fun: I picked fruits and vegetables for each color, it is not for nothing that all 12 colors are obtained from three primary ones, which means they should be in nature. Svetlana
The architectural graphics are already making my brain boil, althoughwe only sorted out lines and fonts. Georgievskiy's "Construction Drawing" is our everything! An A3 sheet of homework takes four hours of painstaking work. I really hope that things will go faster from here on out. And in composition classes, discovery follows discovery. How to depict a dot on a sheet - is it standing or moving? Our first sketches on contrasts and dominants are kindergarten. But by the second part of the class, flashes of creativity become more noticeable. Svetlana
After the first month of training, the impressionsSvetlana has only the most positive things. The teachers are masters in the professional and pedagogical sense. No "water", everything is very clearly worked out and verified, the theory smoothly turns into practice, there is a result at each lesson. Respectful attitude towards students, a calm working atmosphere. Large volumes of work done in class, no less - homework. But they are all doable. Yesterday before classes I saw a meeting of teachers and managers of the School of Design with last year's graduates. Laughter, joy, hugs - a meeting of good friends, colleagues. Even after graduating from the School of Design and starting their professional career in the field of design, graduates are welcome guests here. Svetlana
