ICS College of Arts for interior designers and interior design.
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Interior Meister Trainee Course
The technique of interior design construction two-year course
Interior Meister Trainee course enables students to master techniques and gain further knowledge through hands on practical training. During the second year of study students are required to undertake a months work placement within a professional company. This gives them an opportunity to gain experience and build upon what they have already learnt at ICS.
| Capacity | 20 persons |
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| Term of study | Two years |
| Requirements for admission | Equal to or higher than high school graduates |
| Lesson time | Mon.-Fri. 9:30a.m.～5:00 p.m. |
| Acquisition qualification | After graduation, and test (subject-of-study and practical skill) success, with two-year experience in business, interior planner registration qualification acquisition can be obtained. |
All classes in the curriculum will be conducted in Japanese.
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The Interior Meister Trainee course teaches students how to construct and form interior spaces. The course strives to produce craftsmen/women that later enables them to work within the construction industry. The course not only concentrates on construction but also basic principles of Interior Design including elements of colour and CAD. Students learn how to read, understand and produce technical drawings essential for building architectural interior spaces. By studying the Interior Meister course, students will have the ability to work with clients, designers and architects. They will have the skills to work as builders and administrators, to construct architectural details and interior spaces.
"Employment"
Once qualified students have the opportunity to work in various sectors within the field. In the past, students have acquired jobs in various companies working on all steps of the construction process from sales and marketing, to final completion of buildings. Other possible jobs include administrators for store remodeling, and consultants within workshops and furniture shops.
"Future Opportunities"
Students are able to establish their own business in design and construction. This can be done after sufficient experience within the field and can involve working directly with clients on residential and commercial projects.
Interior design meister ----It is a specialist of construction.
It is a specialist who gets total control over management of construction as well as performing various interior design constructions.
This type of specialist will be in great need in the field of interior design and construction.
Principal teaching staff
Guest Professor of ICS College of Arts
Masahiko Nakamura
Course Leader, Interior Meister Trainee Course
1st/2nd Year Leader
First-class consultant engineer
A craftsman who has a good understanding of what designers talk about and who never says NO
- Masahiko Nakamura
- Mr. Nakamura traveled to Germany as part of the employment promotion group to learn vocational education and training. There he studied and researched the “Meister Training” technique.
- Positions:
Chairman of Suntech Co., Ltd. - Achievements:
Designed and created furniture and wood construction for the Fuji Xerox Karuizawa Club Created the interior for the Ministry of Finance's international conference room Renovation of “Hoshigaokasaryo” in Singapore Construction plans for the New Otani hotel
When I had just started my career as a craftsman, many people told me I was awkward and slow. However, such awkwardness can help you grow up better than otherwise over the long term. That is because if you know you are awkward; you will always try to think about how to do better.
The important thing is that you have to be humble enough to naturally accept your awkwardness. If you have such humbleness, I can assure you that you will be able to stand on your own two feet. We want you to become an all-round worker with superior levels of knowledge. By the time you gradate, you will be a full-fledged all-round worker who can use CAD and draw up plans. After all, that kind of person is someone who is really needed by the renovation industry. Actually, many ICS graduates have been eagerly sought after by a wide variety of companies due to their skills at site supervision. I have seen many students who tended to be slouchy when they just started learning at this school, leave this school with their heads held high with confidence by the time they graduated.
I want to nurture students so that they can think from the perspective of a business manager and become engaged in the creation of products from the viewpoint of a user.
- Toshikazu Yagi
- Interior Meister Trainee Course, Course Leader
- 2nd Year Leader / Design Tutor
- 2nd-class building construction management
- Achievements:
Construction management (Toyo Ito and Assocciates, Architects) of all domestic and global branches of JAL ticket and business counters
Director of Nagano NHK office
Managed the renovation of FM Tokyo studio at Spain-zaka including furniture creation and lobby design
- Hidetoshi Tamura
- 1st Year Leader / Design Tutor
- Work:
Head manager of sawmill and lumber machines
Designs and produces furniture at his business, “WORK SHOP SAKAE” - Awards:
GOOD DESIGN Award (2001) presented by the Japan industrial design promotion organization for his “Trespa” shelf and bench design
Curriculum
First Year
| First Term | Second Term | |
| Construction Training | Basic skills Construction practice Create furniture |
Basic skills Construction practice Hands-on Interior practice |
| Construction Theory | Theory of construction Design Reading design documentation Materials and processing |
Theory of construction Reading design documentation Indoor environments Materials and structure |
| Design・Expression Exercises | CAD Coloration Toning Sketching |
Coloration Color rendering properties Sketching Interior coordination |
Second Year
| First Term | Second Term | |
| Construction Training | Applied skills Interior construction Fittings Hardware Furniture design and construction |
Applied Skills Exhibition space construction Off-campus Internship Graduation research |
| Construction Theory | Theory of construction Interior design overview Design and fitting material and structure |
Theory of construction Equipment Quoting |
| Design・Expression Exercises | Coloration Sketching with color rendering properties |
Coloration Sketching |
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