Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design

After getting my vocational school-leaving certificate specialising in visual communications, I applied to Autograf, mainly to study architecture because I loved drawing up plans and perspectives and making models.
To me, the positive aspects of this program are the excellent teaching staff as well as the fact that there aren't too many students in a class. This helped create a good atmosphere among students and it also meant that teachers had more time to dedicate to the students. It was also great for me to have the opportunity to do an internship at the end of the year. It is a key element to this program and it allows you to better understand how a company works. You get to go on construction sites, to familiarize yourself with the various trades that intervene on the site and to take part to real projects where you can put to practice what you've learnt in class.
I then focused on landscaping, because I've always been interested in plants, but also because Magali Fuchs, who's an Architect but also the lead Teacher of the Master's Degree in Interior Design at Autograf, empowered us and gave us the tools to work on landscaping projects. I'm currently enrolled in a Degree in Urban Vegetation Landscape Environmental Management. The work environment is astonishing, we get to work with large vegetation collections, we do many field trips and practical courses.

One day, I went to « Kong », it's a restaurant, decorated by Philippe Starck, and it really struck me. I was really impressed by the restaurant's decor. I can even say that this particular moment awakened my creative self. It was fascinating ! At the age of 28, I wanted to know more about decorating, to stop working jobs to finally learn a real trade. Thanks to my previous work experience, I had managed to put aside some money to pay for my education and I joined Autograf and started with the Intensive Preparatory Course in Arts. During the admissions interview, my motivation made up for the fact that I didn't have a large portfolio.
I was scared that I wouldn't fit in or that I wouldn't feel at ease but in the end, it went really well ! I talked a lot with the other students and the teachers also reassured me greatly. It really helped me be more confident.
I then applied to the Bachelor's Degree in Interior Design. All teachers are working professionnals and most of them are government-certified architects, so they really know what they're talking about and they support us tremendously. I really appreciated the way Pierre-Yves Graffe, my Project Visualisation teacher, pushed me to go even further and really encouraged me along the way. He made us realise that everyone evolves at their own pace and made sure that we would all be working as a team, that we would communicate, share experience and help each other out instead of seeing ourselves as competitors. As students, we bonded, we liked hanging out together, to check out an exhibition or simply to go out!
I am also grateful of the fact that the school remains very much humane and is capable of treating each student individually on a case by case basis. The academic team was always listening to our needs, ready to accomodate us and always considerate.
I'm very pleased with my education choices and in fact, now I'd like to go even beyond interior design. I'd like to focus on architecture and urban planning which is why I'm preparing to take the School of Architecture's entrance exam next year.
Autograf really opened doors to future opportunities for me.

After having worked in international trade for years and following an experience in visual merchandising where I had the opportunity to let my creativity express itself on top of some spatial design projects I carried out for some relatives, I felt the need to focus on my first loves. That is, architecture and design, both very tangible.

As such, the Bachelor's Degree in Interior Design offered by AUTOGRAF is particularly relevant, especially when followed within a work-study program. It helped me get a first-hand experience of this trade, essentially because an intership is required at the end of the degree. More importantly, it gave me the opportunity to keep working throughout my education.
This programme taught me the foundations that define space and that allow me to come up with a coherent solution to the customer's problem. I was also able to hone my technical knowledge in perspective drawing and technical visualisation.

My vocational retraining not only changed but also expanded my vision, thanks to the support of my architecture teacher, M. Pierre-Yves and my plastic arts teacher, Nathalie. Together, they made sure I would go all the way till the end. Today, I still want to pursue my training and to be equipped with all the tools I'll need for this trade.