Onsite Courses
This intensive hands on course is designed to prepare students for a professional career in interior design and decoration. Students are expected to be creative and should have the capacity to draw or learn how to draw as the course is mainly a design course.
Module 1: Introduction of Interior Design
Module 2: History and Style
Module 3: Design Process
Module 4: Space Planning
Module 5: Lighting
Module 6: Colour
Module 7: Wall Finishes
Module 8: Fabric and Window Treatment
Module 9: Air Conditioning
Module 10 – 12: Entrepreneurial Class
The emphasis of this course is to create a versatile interior designer who can decorate and lay the foundation necessary to practice interior design.
Our certification provides a wealth of different career opportunities. Students may go on to work with an interior design and/or decoration practice or in a showroom and, after obtaining appropriate experience, graduates may ultimately work as freelance interior designers and decorators, operating on a project basis for residential, corporate, retail, educational or commercial projects or they may specialise in decorating show houses, flats for property developers, become interior stylists, property refurbishers or perhaps even use their skills to enter into journalism.
Whatever career path students choose to follow, on-going career advice is available from Maven SIDD and through our active job register they can be kept informed as they arise.
- Full time: 3 months
- Part time: 4 months
- Expedited: 1 month
- First week of every month
The Certificate in Skills for Soft Furnishings is the ideal course for students who wish to tackle individual projects or alternatively those choosing to add a professional accolade to aid their career in the curtain making and soft furnishings industry. The core elements covered in this course range from measuring & design of window treatments to sewing, construction techniques, right through to business advice for starting your own business.
A
- Introduction to soft furnishing
- Components of soft furnishing.
1: curtains/ drapes
2: Beddings (Duvet, Bed sheets & pillowcases)
3: Throw pillow / cushions
- The importance of soft furnishing in interior design.
- Learning to use the sewing machine. 1a. Curtains :
- The different designs of curtains.
- The different types of curtains materials and how they fit into an interior space.
- Curtain accessories
- Beddings : The different kinds of materials available for bed sheets and bed sizes.
- Throw pillow : The various types of materials for throw pillows. : The various throw pillow designs
B.
- Practical class on curtains
- Working with different materials and how to use them.
- Taking window measurement.
- Calculating the yardage.
- Making a curtain and how to dress your curtain.
- Class work and Assignment.
C.
- Practical class on Beddings
- Knowing yardage for each size of bed and pillow cases.
- Making a Bed sheet and pillow case.
- Packaging your bed sheets and pillow cases.
- Packaging your duvet.
- Class work and Assignment
D
- Practical class on Throw pillows.
- Learning to make the (2) sizes of throw pillow.
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge, qualification and confidence that they require to start up their own practice, work in employment at a decoration company or alternatively, offer them a pathway to further study
- Six (6) Weeks
- First Week Of Every Month
This course is designed for individuals who wish to or are involved with the architectural, interior design and engineering design fields and for those interested in computer aided design. Students will be introduced to both traditional and computer aided drafting skills.
Please send us an email to request for the syllabus of the specific 3D modelling software you are interested in
The aim of CAD is to introduce students to basic information, skills, and concepts related to drafting and design. Special attention is given to: sketching, measurement, room planning, multi-view drawing, auxiliary views, working drawings, sectional views, orthographic drawings along with AutoCAD tools and commands. Current and future trends in the architectural and engineering fields will be examined.
- One Month
- First Week Of Every Month
This course is designed for individuals who wish to or are involved with the architectural, interior design and engineering design fields and for those interested in computer aided design. Students will be introduced to both traditional and computer aided drafting skills.
- Getting Started with AutoCAD
- Basic Drawing & Editing Commands
- Drawing Precision in AutoCAD
- Making Changes in Your Drawing
- Organizing Your Drawing with Layers
- Advanced Object Types
- Getting Information from Your Drawing
- Advanced Editing Commands
- Inserting Blocks What are Blocks
- Setting Up a Layout
- Printing Your Drawing
- . Text
- Hatching
- Adding Dimensions
- Working Effectively with AutoCAD
- Accurate Positioning
- Parametric Drawing
- Working with Blocks
- Creating Templates
- Annotation Styles
- Advanced Layouts
The aim of CAD is to introduce students to basic information, skills, and concepts related to drafting and design. Special attention is given to: sketching, measurement, room planning, multi-view drawing, auxiliary views, working drawings, sectional views, orthographic drawings along with AutoCAD tools and commands. Current and future trends in the architectural and engineering fields will be examined.
- Two (2) Weeks
- First Week Of Every Month
A prospect gets a discount of ₦10,000 only if tuition payment is made for interior design and both CAD courses at once!
