Your portfolio of designs is your passport into Interior Design. It tells us about your passion, style and creative flair.

Interior Design is all about designing and executing inspired, yet functional, interior spaces. You learn all about creating pleasant, appealing and exciting designs, while working within the challenges of budgets and time. You learn to create original design concepts and to express them expertly, using the right materials, finishes, colours, lighting and atmosphere.

Your interior design skills can be applied in a variety of building environments:

• hospitality
• public space
• residential
• offices
• retail
• commercial
• exhibition design

Some tips for creating your portfolio

Your portfolio says a lot about you - your creative thinking process, your style and so on. It supports your application to study interior design at Raffles. So make sure that your portfolio demonstrates a diversity of work and your ability to develop ideas.

We’d like a minimum of 6 to 8 pieces of work, but not more than 20. You could include drawings, artwork, textile design, photographic work or anything else you feel is relevant. But these works should not be isolated pieces. Your submitted work should have a theme and follow a design process.

Most importantly

We do recommend that your portfolio be A3-A2 format (not compulsory). Keep your portfolio simple, let the work speak for itself.

Your portfolio must be all your own work and is to be recent (completed within the last 12-18 months). Work should have headings or descriptions, which will assist in the assessment of your work.

We enjoy seeing portfolios that explore design possibilities and demonstrate a willingness to learn.

How to submit your portfolio

Applying in Australia

When possible, we require all local applicants to come in for an interview. This is when you will submit your portfolio. You will generally take it with you after the interview, but if we need you to leave it with us, we will advise you when and how we will get it back to you. You should label everything with your name and contact details so that if you need to leave your work with us, it can be returned to you safely.

When interviewed, you can expect to be asked questions about the pieces of work in your portfolio. We are eager to hear about what inspired you to create your work, the themes that have emerged and the techniques you used. This is your chance show us how passionate you are about the work you have done and the area of design you wish to pursue.

Applying from interstate or overseas

If you are unable to attend an interview in person to show your portfolio, you will need to send us your work either by post or electronically. You can send some photographs or a CD of your work. Please label everything clearly with your name and contact details so that it can be returned to you. You are also able to email your work to us or send us a URL of work you have online.