The Home Design Institute (homedesigninstitute.com) is a holding with multiple educational brands, offering a wide range of online courses in the field of Interior Design, Landscape Design, Kitchen Design and many others. The organization became popular specially in the past few years with their highly qualified and unique Free online courses in real-time.
Different programs and courses have been launched since 2014, when the company started to expand. Their training is taught by professional instructors with passion and vision for Interior design and teaching methodology.
For all who are interested in becoming professional Interior Designers, to add more experience in their career, or to expand their knowledge in this field, we are making a neat overview of the upcoming courses and programs at HDI.
The most anticipated course offered by Home Design Institute this year is the Free “Interior design course” starting on 6 th of September 2021. The course will give you the great opportunity to dive into the magnificent vast world of Interior design, even without having any previous knowledge. In this course with the help of a professional instructor, all students will be taken on a journey from Antiquity to the present days. They will be shown the most famous and interesting sides of Interior design in the historical span of million years – from Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Ancient Rome and Greece. All students will gain knowledge about basic concepts of color and lighting theory, then will go into more details about Interior design composition, different materials and their usage: such as solid wood, pressed wood, MDF, composite materials and others. The instructors will lead you how to create a mood board using all colors and how each color affects your mood. This course will help you not only to widen your perspective on Interior Design, but even if you have certain previous knowledge, you can put efforts and obtain the professional Certificate at the end of the course, which you can add directly to your homepage or portfolio.
There are so many benefits of this course, that it’s worth trying it:
- Study in the comfortable and safe atmosphere of your home – all lectures are online in real-time via ZOOM and require just your focus and intention to study.
- You will be able to listen to professional instructors and ask questions.
- You will understand the basics of Interior Design, even if you are new to this field!
- Finally, you will add one more professional path in your CV to consider for your future!
- The courses start at the suitable evening time – 19:00 CET, which makes it perfect for the working people with busy schedules, who still want to study.
- You will gain practical knowledge and be shown how to use specialized designer programs such as 3 D Studio Max and Sketch Up.
Other courses offered by HDI that draw our attention are the 2 Professional Courses in Landscape design and Interior design. They are made as extended online education, following naturally the Free courses. The classes are held online in a small group and have the advantage that anyone can enroll from any part of the world. Forget about being tired of travelling in the harsh weather conditions, heat or rain, also forget about paying additional money and losing time in expensive transportation, being stuck in a traffic jam…Now You have the amazing chance to study from home and have professional qualification of Interior Designer. Even more – if you have missed a lecture for any reason, you don’t have to worry! HDI makes available to all students free Video records and PDF materials after each online lecture – which is something to consider!
In the Spotlight this autumn is another incredible Free course for all passionate in gardening and Landscape Design. This course gives you the great advantage to study, even if you are beginner level, and it’s specially designed to give you a basic understanding about Landscape design in all theoretical aspects. In the time of big industrialization, we often feel isolated and suppressed by the mechanism of all society, politics and work. Therefore, nature and being in nature, can provide us a much-needed safe escape from the world; It’s proven scientifically that all nature, trees and plants have a positive effect of calming and soothing your mind, and taking care of them provides relaxation for the soul. That’s why so many people are drawn to incorporate nature and green plants in their homes and gardens.
If you are one of them, and want to live in harmony with nature, or just want to know more about plants and Landscaping, this is the best time to sign up for this course – for free.
Landscape design, the same as Interior design, is not just a science, but an Art. So, you need to have an approach of imagination, passion and to develop many innovative ideas when you work in the field of Landscape design.
In this course you will be able to learn amazing new things like:
- How to create colorful compositions and what are the best flowers for your garden during each season.
- Gain knowledge about some most common flowers, plants and trees species and basic techniques of planting, watering and taking care.
- You will also have a very practical understanding of what are the most suitable designs and layouts of your garden and yard.
- What is an irrigation system and how to install one?
- What ornamental trees, flowers and shrubs to choose for your own garden?
This course is just for everyone who is passionate about gardening and plants, and non-professionals, who still wonder if this is the right way to continue their career.
There are some incredible and innovative online courses for everyone, who wants to study and improve their designing skills; also, they are suitable for people who just start with Interior designer career and want to gain knowledge. You have the opportunity with specialized practical courses in programs 3D Studio Max, starting on 20. November and 3 D Modelling with SketchUp – on 23. October. In these courses you will become familiar with basic theoretical aspects of these designer programs, as well as gain valuable practical knowledge, how to create objects, environment and elements in design. Also, you will be introduced to use coordinate systems for parameters and learn to modify different objects and lights. It will be quite an exciting experience, as at the end you will be able to create a short animation by yourself!
Over 700 students are expected to participate in the innovative course Kitchen Interior Design by HDI. The starting date is scheduled on 27. October and this course will give you a jump-start in your career as Interior designer and add precious ideas to your current work. Be prepared and ready to renovate and make a completely new look of your kitchen with this course. It focuses on theoretical knowledge on kitchen design like the history of kitchen Interior, importance of cooking area, colors and materials, Natural and artificial lighting, floor plans and sections, sustainable kitchen, rural kitchens, small kitchens and much more! Expect also to gain practical knowledge from this course, such as working on different projects for Urban kitchen, making a personal presentation with mood boards, sketches and diagrams. Also, you will be challenged to create a project for a kitchen in the woods – without connection to electricity and water!
For more information on this course, be sure to follow the link to the Kitchen Design course.
On 8. November you can learn how to design the perfect office with the very trendy course “Office Interior design”. During the last years of the pandemic situation, we all have experienced the need for making a comfortable home-office, which is aesthetic and functional at the same time. You will have the great opportunity to study the theory of Office design, how to make small and large offices, meeting rooms, home offices, storage spaces and green areas in the office.
One very modern and attractive course this year will be the long time expected “Japandi” online course. In recent years all humans have had an enormous impact on nature and natural sources; Environment was affected in a negative way and there is a continued tendency of destruction on the natural habitats, forests, rivers and sea. Because of that many people started to awaken to a new era of sustainable lifestyle, and they became more conscious in their relationship with nature.
If you love to preserve the green areas of our planet and want to have a positive impact for nature and waters, you can enroll in this course. During the 3 months of the course (2 times a week) in online lectures you will receive valuable knowledge on saving of energy, ventilation, how to use the sunlight and water for maximum effect; Moreover, students will learn how to avoid waste of water in kitchen and bathroom, and finally you will be able to gain practical knowledge with drawing designs with SketchUp and creating your personal unique project – a small Treehouse! These are only part of all the exquisite things that are waiting for you!
If you love eco-friendly materials and try to follow the principle “reduce-reuse-recycle” then this course is for you, the starting date is 1st of December.
This is the news-kaleidoscope of all the amazing and anticipated online courses, organized by HDI this year! Be sure to sign up for anything you feel attracted to and follow the updates for more news on the page of Home Design Institute.
