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Interior designers plan and supervise the layout and decoration of the inside of buildings.
You could work: evenings / weekends; attending events or appointments
In your day-to-day tasks, you may:
You could work in an office, from home, in a creative studio or at a client's business.
You can get into this job through:
You could take a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in a relevant subject like:
You'll usually need:
You could take a college course to get started, for example:
You may need:
You could do a furniture design technician advanced apprenticeship to get into interior design.
To get onto an apprenticeship, you'll find it useful to have:
You could start as a design assistant with a company and take further training and qualifications on the job.
You can get more details about careers and training in design from the British Institute of Interior Design and from The Society of British and International Interior Design.
You can get information on working in this and other creative careers from Discover Creative Careers.
You could move into related work like theatre set design, visual merchandising, exhibition design or furniture design.