Interior Meister Trainee Course:Interior design college in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, ICS COLLEGE of ARTS

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
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
Dispatched by the Employment Promotion Corporation to Germany to observe its vocational education. Engaged in research and study of the current status of authentic meister education.
Board Chairperson, SUNTECH Corp.
Involved in woodwork and arrangement of fittings/furniture for the Fuji Xerox Karuizawa Club
carpentry work for the Finance Ministry’s international conference hall
renovation work for the Hoshigaoka-Charyo in Singapore
construction work for the Hotel New Otani

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.

Hidetoshi Tamura
Engaged in furniture design and manufacturing in a workshop located in his home called “WORKSHOP Sakae”.
Woodworking machine operation chief.
Awarded the GOOD DESIGN (2001) Award by the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization for the design of a shelf bench made using Trespa.

Curriculum

First Year

First Term	Second Term
Major Theme： Basic Skills, Construction Practice/Furniture Practice Theory： Construction Theory, Design Documentation Reading, Materials and Processing Exercise： CAD, Coloration, Toning, Formative Art, Sketching	Major Theme： Basic Skills, Construction Practice/Interior Construction Theory： Construction Theory, Design Documentation Reading, Indoor Environments, Materials and Structure Exercise： Coloration, Color Rendering Properties, Sketching, Interior Coordination

Second Year

First Term	Second Term
Major Theme： Applied Skills, Interior Construction/Fittings/Hardware Furniture Design and Construction Theory： Construction Theory, Interior Design Overview, Design and Fitting Materials and Structure Exercise： CAD, Coloration, Formative Art, Sketching Interior Coordination	Major Theme： Applied Skills, Exhibition Space Construction, Off-campus Corporate Training, Graduation Research Fabrication Theory： Construction Theory, Equipment, Quantity Surveys Exercise： Coloration, Sketching

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