ICS has an own style.We select the tutorial lesson style as the best method for cultivating individuality as a professional designer.

Interior Decoration Course

Interior design acquisition two-year course


The Interior Decoration course adopts a weekly group tutorial system. The Interior Architecture and Design course also undertakes the same system. The tutorial system allows students to develop an insight into design by the expression of ideas through presentation and discussion of project work.

Students earn Diploma Associate in Art of Nottingham Trent University

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Capacity 30 persons
Term of study Two years
Requirements for admission Equal to or higher than high school graduates
Lesson time Mon.-Fri.
9:30 a.m.~5:00 p.m.
Acquisition qualification Upon graduation students will acquire a British National Diploma (Associate in Arts ) from Nottingham Trent University. To become a 2nd class registered Architect students must undertake two years work experience within a professional practice along with formal examinations after their completed studies at ICS. Students over 20 years old are able to take examinations that will enable them to obtain registration as an Interior Planner after 2 years work experience.

All classes in the curriculum will be conducted in Japanese.
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ICS strives to raise professional designers that have the ability and skills to design comfortable interior environments.
The First year consists of basic interior To decorate/design principles that familiarise the student with basic knowledge and technical skills.
The Second year consists of practical design projects where the student will learn the basics of construction and other relevant skills. During this year students will master computer skills which are highly recognised within professional interior design firms.
This leads them onto a final Major Design project. Students are given a choice of a residential or commercial space where a brief is given by a design company to include a concept and theme.

JOB FIELD

Interior Decorator/Designer ----To decorate/design functional internal spaces.

A professional Interior Decorator/Designer works to a brief given by a client. They have a good sense of spatial and functional design ideas that will allow them to transform internal spaces.
A Interior Decorator/Designer does not only require skills to construct layouts and interior elements but also the selection of materials, furniture, colour and light elements.

Principal teaching staff
Hirokatsu Fujiwara

Guest Professor of ICS College of Arts
Hirokatsu Fujiwara
Course Leader, Interior Decoration Course
2nd Year Leader/Design Tutor
Interior Architect

Think by yourself, judge by yourself and make decisions by yourself using all of your bold creativity and sophisticated imagination
  • Hirokatsu Fujiwara
  • Completed a master’s degree at Musashino Art University
    (Interior Design)
  • PRATT INSTITUTE (NEW YORK)
  • Completed a master’s degree
    (Interior Design)
  • Established Fujiwara Design Office after working for Mobillia, CASAPPO&ASSOCIATES and Miwa Kankyo.
  • First-class architect, Interior planner
    Member of the Japan Interior Designers’ Association, Tokyo Society of Architects & Building Engineers

As a final goal, I want you to run your own business, create your own work and create designs that give people pleasure. I can assure you that in two years you will the master technical skills that you need to make a living doing work that you love. Even if you have almost no powers of expression now, don't worry. I am sure you will have acquired amazingly advanced skills by the time you graduate.

The content you can learn at ICS is characterized by the fact that it is directly connected to society. It is not enough simply to understand the theory of interior decoration. In order to acquire practical skills, you need to get through appointed tasks one by one and be able to present them to your lecturer and classmates in an understandable matter. This is precisely the job of an interior decorator.

Having said that, I want you to enjoy classes to your heart's content. After all, what you learn in classes is directly linked to your future employment. Unless you enjoy your classes, you will unlikely be able to enjoy your work. If you are someone who likes design and interior, I can promise you that you will spend an extremely enjoyable two years at this school.

Kiwako Kamo
  • Kiwako Kamo
  • 1st Year Leader, Design/Theory Tutor
  • First-class architect
  • Architect, Interior designer.
  • Joined Celavi Associates and MIKAN architectural agencies and engaged in architectural and urban design.
  • Awarded many prizes including:
  • Awarded with the SD Review Award (1992, 1995)
  • Housing Prize from the Tokyo Society of Architects & Building Engineers (1993)
  • Encouragement Prize from the Tokyo Society of Architects & Building Engineers (1998)
  • Excellence Prize, JSD Award
Curriculum
First Year
  First Term Second Term
Design Formative art and representation Interior decoration principles Basics of spatial design
Theory History of interiors and architects
Design theory
Theory of representation
History of interiors and architects
Design theory
Theory of representation
Representation Skills Drawing
CAD
Basics of color and expression
Drawing
CAD
Basics of color and expression
Rough sketching
Modeling
Second Year
  First Term Second Term
Design Designing interiors (houses and shops) Practical interior design and societal design (students can select housing or commercial design)
Theory Design theory
Graduation thesis
Practical design theory
Representation Skills Practical drawing
CAD
CG
Coloration
Modeling