
Design Foundation Course
Start your design Studies at our highly recognised Marbella Design Academy.
The 12-week Design Foundation Course is the perfect solution for all students that would like to improve their passion for design exploring three different competitive fields:
Interior Architecture & Design
Graphic Design & Media
Fashion Design & Manufacture
The aim of this Design Foundation Course is to introduce the students to the practice of being a designer. It will help them develop their creative expression, their ideas, add meaning and context to their designs and identify where their design skill best lie.
On successful completion of the Design Foundation Course, students are awarded an International Academic - Design Foundation certificate. Additionally, they will be eligible to enrol in whichever of our three-year International Bachelor of Arts Validated programmes you choose: Fashion Design & Manufacture, Interior Architecture & Design, Graphic Design & Media.
Internationally qualified tutors with industry experience will help develop your skills and knowledge, preparing you for the ambitious undergraduate validated programmes with Bachelor of Art (Honours) degrees awarded by our UK partner the University of Bedfordshire.
This 12-week Design Foundation Course is the perfect solution for students that do not fulfil the entrance requirements for entering our three-year Bachelor of Arts Validated programmes or Are in doubt as to which BA (Honours) validated programme in Design to choose.


Our Design Foundation Course is now also available in interactive virtual tuition!
To ensure that all students have the opportunity to access our three-year undergraduate design programmes we will be offering the very flexible opportunity of attending this Design Foundation Course, either at the Academy or without leaving the confines of the home.
The March Design Foundation Course will keep its normal programme and schedule, starting on Monday 15 March, Monday to Friday, and from 9.00 until 13.00, CET time.
The tuition fee for the 12-week Design Foundation Course is 3.500€ for either online, mixed, or presential tuition.
Any student that chooses to attend virtually will still benefit from 100% tutor attention and guidance through an interactive live streaming system. Students will be able to connect with our tutor in real-time and ask any questions they might have as they arise.
The choice is yours: Choose to attend the Design Foundation Course at Marbella Design Academy in house or from home.
The Design Foundation Course is divided into 4 stages:
INTRODUCTION
Basic visual communication and introduction to the design process, covering:
Visual Elements / Composition / Visual Perception / Introduction to Colour Theory
Through interactive lectures and exploratory exercises, the students will be able to understand the basics of visual communication and perception.
EXPERIMENTATION
During this stage the students will tackle a wide range of design and drawing challenges, spanning many areas of design. The students will be introduced to industry-standard software (Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Indesign). This stage aims to enable the students to understand their interests and abilities in different design fields.
The experimental stage is to challenge the creativity of the students; through an established project where they will complete a variety of design work.
Through their research and documented drawings, the students will have the opportunity to design a new brand, create a space and design a fashion item.
students work by our latest Design Foundation Course students.
SPECIALISATION
Students will be involved in several areas of design and engage in self-directed work. This stage aims to enable the students to conduct the project in different design fields.
At this stage, students will know which area of design interests them the most.
Each student will participate in a project covering interior architecture, graphic design and fashion design. The project will give the students an understanding of how design works in the commercial world.
PRESENTATION
The students are expected to present their self-directed project.
They will also build a portfolio of their work to show prospective degree courses.
Project featured Design Foundation Course Final Project by Patricia Chavez, Dec 2020

Next Design Foundation Courses starts:
20th September 2021 to 10th December 2021
14th March 2022 to 10th June 2022
27th June 2022 to 16th September 2022 .
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