Spatial and Interior Design

Spatial and Interior Design

Spatial and interior design is an expanding field that offers rewarding and exciting careers for innovative creatives who have the skills to transform the spaces we live, work and socialise in.

You'll study all aspects of spatial and interior design, working in design studio spaces to develop your own style. You'll learn how to thrive in the digital age, developing a responsive practice and gaining experience in 2D, 3D and 4D - with moving images. You'll develop your own style, discovering which creative and practical areas you want to specialise in. You'll graduate with an extensive portfolio that not only showcases your creative, technical and problem-solving skills, but one that makes employers sit up and take notice.

Whether your future lies in working in the fixed spaces of retail and urban environments, designing temporary structures for festivals, or using your imagination to transform existing spaces for advertising and marketing campaigns, at Kent you'll gain the skills you need to realise your ambitions.

Your future

As a Spatial and Interior Design student at Kent, you’ll be part of an inclusive and supportive creative studio culture, working alongside your peers, industry professionals and academics, building your future network. Our studio mirrors the industry environment you’ll work in, easing your transition from student to professional.

Spatial and interior design is a rapidly growing field and a field of growing importance in all industries. The ability to conceptualise and reimagine spaces, vital to interior design, is also key in related careers such as experience and events management. You could be working in a gallery or contributing to an Olympic opening ceremony, whatever your ambitions, this course gives you the skills to build a career in an exciting field where ideas take shape.

Our Spatial and Interior Design programme is the first step to wherever you want to go.

Our Careers and Employability team offer a comprehensive programme of workshops, alumni talks and careers events to help you succeed when you graduate.

Location

Our city, your time.
It has never been a better time to study in Canterbury. Our high student population creates a vibrant, diverse and student-friendly atmosphere.
We are a hub of exciting new ideas emerging from a stunning historic city - join us and get involved!

The following modules are what students typically study, but this may change year to year in response to new developments and innovations.

Stage 1:

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Design Perspectives;
Fundamentals and Visual Communication;
Responsive Design;
Digital Experimentation;
Sustainable Design;
Time Based Media and Representation.

Stage 2:

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Adaptive Design;
Critical History;
Design Intervention: Research and Exploration;
Building Technology, Light and Material;
Design Intervention: Design Implication;
Career Paths.

Stage 3:

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

The Big Project (Research);
Interior Futures: Immersive Technologies;
The Big Project (Experimentation);
Thesis Research;
The Big Project (Capstone);
Dissertation.