Interior design
"The course mainly discusses some relationships, viewpoints and material technology that constitute the basic interior design."
This course cultivates students' adaptable thinking mode in the field of interior design, and provides opportunities for students to participate critically in modern design. You will learn how to communicate design, clarify intentions, and learn many problem-solving skills that are widely applicable. The interior design course of Chelsea Academy of Art and Design will encourage students to participate in interior design in different ways, such as design, writing, visual communication and research. Through self-directed learning projects, students will have the conceptual and practical skills that professional designers must have. The focus of the course is on small-scale interior space design, improving the understanding of interior design at the context and cultural level, and exploring new opportunities to improve the existing architectural space. You will need to think about some problems, complete the diary, and make oral statements. Professional communication within the scope of interior design practice is a key learning activity, especially requiring interior designers to have good writing skills.
Important fact: The course provides opportunities for graduates with non art and design backgrounds to learn interior design. The program is equivalent to the third year of the undergraduate degree program, preparing students for employment or master's study. Every year, students will participate in a series of on-site projects, including the design of Christmas themed devices for the national hotel chain City Inn. Most importantly, in the course, you can combine your existing skills (such as business, market and law) with interior design to provide a higher platform for future employment.
Curating and collecting in archives management
Master's curatorial major regards curation as a method that interlaces different practices and spaces, and is not limited to gallery and museum exhibitions. Its key fields include special fields represented by faculty, research centers, public projects, special collections and important external partners. Curatorial exhibitions include:
Events and public projects;
Archives - including artists, exhibitions and institutions;
Practice of social participation;
Workshops, seminars and visiting lectures introduce and discuss the changing definition of curation related to institutions, social policies and technologies.
Seminars and discussions of the course were held not only at the Chelsea Academy of Arts, but also at the Camberwell Academy of Arts and Wimbledon Academy of Arts, providing students with many opportunities to participate in gallery space, public projects on campus, and Peckham space.
After graduation, you can work in art institutions, especially those that value interdisciplinary ideas and are committed to developing critical public projects. In learning, you will gain knowledge, experience, confidence and communication network, which are the key to making you an independent curator and completing your portfolio. The course focuses on exhibition history and curatorial practice. The critical, historical and background research provided will support your advanced doctoral study.
pure art
The art major of the Chelsea Academy of Arts is one of the oldest graduate courses in the UK. Many Turner Prize winners and nominees are our graduates, such as Anish Kapoor, Mike Nelson, Peter Doig, Stephen Pippin, Rebecca Warren, Kimio Tsuchiya, Mariella Neudecker, Andreas Oelhert, etc. This course is a bridge between student identity and professional practice. We aim to provide students with a challenging learning environment. One of the objectives of the course is to promote students' previous exchanges and encourage reevaluation of practice.
Supported by the research methodology of challenging teaching methods of theoretical courses, the course requires high-level independent creative activities. In the course, teachers and classmates will encourage students to reevaluate and fully understand the background of the work. This enables students to position their works in the context of contemporary art practice, enhance their potential as professional artists and conduct further research. The course is aimed at art graduates who want to improve their practice to a professional level in a studio environment.
Graphic Design and Communication
This course is suitable for applicants who want to become authors of their own practice. We recognize the need for different voices and methods. Therefore, we are open to individual definitions of copyright, and encourage the exploration and realization of unique perspectives by providing support and flexible models. This may include the innovative use of processes or technologies or the study of new creative models.
At the same time, students need to explore their practice in a broad cultural context, think about the role and responsibility of designers in social, environmental and moral issues, and learn to challenge and redefine the existing boundaries.
This course is based on studio and practical activities, and is assisted by lectures from experts and scholars in various art fields. In the course, students participate in individual or group counseling, participate in studio projects with writers, designers and artists outside school, and develop skills through personal career development projects and online resources. A series of lectures and conversation projects introduce visiting scholars to students, giving them the opportunity to listen to current practitioners discussing their works.
The cooperation project is carried out together with the Design Museum and E4. The studio partners include Dylan Kendal of Tomato, Billy Bragg and Lizzie Finn of Le Gun magazine, Jonathan Griffin, the former assistant editor of Frieze magazine, Nick Roberts of Wordsalad and Anna Gerber, the writer.
The keynote speakers of the professional lecture series include Nina Chakrabarti, the leader of graphic design, Andy Altman (Why Not Associates),Andy Stevens (Graphic Thought Facility), Emma Thomas (APFEL); Award winning video directors Dawn Shadforth and Nick Goffey (Dom and Nick); Musicians Barry 7 (Add n to x), Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire), A2 Graphics, Mook and "Lee and Dan", etc.
Interior and space design
The characteristics of curriculum development reflect the fact that we are a part of art schools, not an alliance of architectural schools. Our curriculum is renowned for its multiculturalism, questioning the boundaries of disciplines and the traditional definition of what constitutes space. The course understands the concept of "space manufacturing" as a design activity, thus distinguishing it from architecture. It emphasizes how we live in space and develops a perceptual understanding of the intervention of existing architectural space. While mastering the architectural language, we have special experience on how to live in the space environment and interact with it. How to learn space design? The learning content includes indoor and outdoor situations, and design includes structural functional design, art installation, furniture, film and computer animation.
The course is divided into two directions:
Research direction: In this direction, you will develop your own research plan, study highly professional and changing projects, or question the boundaries between architecture, design and art. This direction is suitable for students with artistic or architectural backgrounds who want to explore conceptual space issues beyond traditional interior design concepts.
Professional practice direction: the study in this direction emphasizes site investigation and space problem solving, and brings your research project to the actual site situation. The results pay more attention to the specific design scheme of the intervention of existing buildings and spaces, and the development of challenging social projects in a broader cultural environment. This course is suitable for students with backgrounds in interior design, interior architecture or architecture, art, 3D design, and who want to deeply explore the space of their respective disciplines. We particularly welcome students who want to promote interdisciplinary boundaries and further develop their understanding of practical theory. The course has a direct connection with the Institute's research unit, Spaces and Negotiations Research Group. We encourage students to participate in a series of symposiums and lectures on the theme of architecture organized by them. Shin Egashira, Peter Salter, Public Works, Amikam Toren, Fred Scott, and 6a Architects have all given lectures.
Textile Design
Textile Design, Chelsea Academy of Art and Design The course is based on workshops and practical activities. The course combines a supportive theoretical framework with professional contemporary practical guidance, giving cooperation opportunities to develop pioneering works in the textile industry. The key to the course is to focus on and debate the role and responsibility of designers in environmental issues. It actively responds to the increasing awareness of raw material selection, as well as the impact and life cycle of products, especially the disposal and reuse of products. The course encourages students with proficient textile practical skills and design development methods to apply for the course, and encourages everyone to develop in different directions of the textile industry. In the course, you will participate in individual or group coaching, and develop skills through workshops, online resources and graduate lectures. Chelsea's Textile Environment Design Project (TED) mainly investigates the role of designers in ecological design. This is the resource and contribution of students, researchers and designers. A recent student used TED resources to establish a sustainable process design project in Thailand. This module also encourages graduate students to attend industry conferences and feed back their findings to the college.