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What kind of spatial designer am I? #4 Grant Armstrong

Posted: 14/05/21 09:22 | 1 Comments

Studying Interior Design, Spatial Design, Interior Architecture – or any kind of design of the built environment – can lead to many different careers. In this series of blog posts we are looking at the experience and careers of different design professionals and finding out what inspired them to study in the first place. Our fourth design professional is Grant Armstrong, an experienced supervising art director and production designer for film and television.

What kind of spatial designer am I? #3 Tansy Hargan, artist.

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Posted: 01/04/21 09:02 | 3 Comments

What kind of spatial designer am I? #2 Ian Rudolph, Architect.

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Posted: 17/03/21 09:27 | 0 Comments

What kind of spatial designer am I? #1 Christopher Hartiss, Architect.

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Posted: 08/02/21 12:39 | 0 Comments

Studying Interior Design, Spatial Design, Interior Architecture – or any kind of design of the built environment – can lead to many different careers. In this series of blog posts we look at the experience and careers of different design professionals and find out what inspired them to study in the first place. We’re starting […]

Suitable role models in spatial design?

Posted: 03/02/21 09:27 | 0 Comments

In traditional spatial design education there are many well known figures who you could describe as role models. Designers and architects who have inspired students over the years; individuals who are tiny jigsaw pieces in the vast picture that makes up the history of the built environment. But how many of these people look like […]

Digital assessment for Interior Design

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Posted: 20/08/20 09:00 | 0 Comments

Interior Design assessment at OCA is in its infancy. The degree and foundations courses are relatively new; we are only just starting to see completed units, and getting the first trickle of students submitting for assessment; these are our trail blazers!

First past the post. Part 2

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Posted: 30/03/20 09:28 | 0 Comments

A continued conversation between Programme Leader Catherine Byrne, and Interior Design student, Lee Anderson, who has just completed the first HE4 degree unit on the OCA Interior Design BA Hons course.

First past the post: Part 1

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Posted: 23/03/20 09:58 | 0 Comments

It is an exciting moment for Interior Design studies at the OCA as we have recently had our first student complete the initial HE4 degree unit and submit for assessment!

Interior Design and the use of model-making.

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Posted: 01/07/19 09:08 | 0 Comments

As a way of exploring the use of model-making in Interior Design Tutor Mike Fairbrass – a very experienced professional model maker, and Programme Leader Catherine Byrne – a spatial designer, have had a conversation about their own experiences of the uses of model-making in spatial design.

New Programme Leader: Introducing Catherine Byrne

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Posted: 12/06/19 12:36 | 3 Comments

As the new programme leader for the OCA Interior Design course I’d like to give you a bit of background to my own education and career, and also a little insight in to what you can expect from the course – as a student of Interior Design at the OCA.