Commercial Interior Design

The commercial interiors industry is booming. And now, with the help of a commercial interiors qualification from Billy Blue, you can be part of it.

The commercial interiors arena

• Bachelor of Applied Design (Commercial Interior)


• Associate Degree of Applied Design (Commercial Interior)

Commercial interior focus

You gain the skills required to create state-of-the art commercial interiors in both the physical and digital world. Digital technology is at the heart of Billy Blue’s commercial interior programs; how it represents spatial environments, and communicates information relevant to designing, costing, evaluating, and constructing commercial interiors.

You explore idea generation and design development through to incorporating technology and the selection and scheduling of materials, finishes, fittings and lighting. You also make commercial environments a reality via documentation, contract management, professional design practice and cross-disciplinary interaction. Digital technology is explored intensely in the commercial interior program; the role it plays in contemporary commercial environment design, its potential for delivering state of the art proposals and its role in communicating information relevant to designing, costing, evaluating, and constructing commercial interiors.

Big opportunities in commercial interiors

Work is abundant in this thriving industry. Imagine working as a commercial interior designer on retail spaces, cafés, restaurants, nightclubs, hotel design, corporate/work environments or the interior design of games, film or animation.

Commercial interiors programs with a difference

Billy Blue’s commercial interior program is streets ahead of the competition. It is the first interior design qualification in Australia to focus exclusively on commercially driven environmental design. What’s more, Billy Blue has a strong and well-respected connection with industry and our commercial interior program reaches globally for inspiration whilst integrating a local context.

What You'll Learn

• Communication Systems
• Culture of Change and Innovation
• Design Culture, Theory and Practice
• History of Commercial Interiors
• Environmental Design, Planning and Visualisation
• Frameworks of Design
• Ideas Generation in Visual Communication
• Independant Design Practice
• Digital Worlds
• Scheduling Interiors
• Systems and Documentation

Commonly-asked questions

Commercial Interior design is still an interior design degree – it just allows you to specialize in ‘your’ area of interest. Instead of studying residential, commercial, public and institutional interiors, you focus on the issues and skills relevant to commercial interior design in just 3 years.

They design and create a range of interior environments relevant to the commercial endeavor, e.g. retail and exhibition spaces, cafés, restaurants, nightclubs, hotel design, and corporate/work environments. Interior design is becoming a more important part of commerce played out in digital environments, so you could also be involved in the design of digital commercial environments.

The Bachelor of Applied Design (Commercial Interiors) at BILLY Blue College of Design has a broad range of design streams, from commercial, residential interior and communications, to digital media design, branded environment and branded fashion. That means you interact with, and will be inspired by, a range of students who are passionate about design. And the first semester is a foundation – so if you decide you want to move into a different area of design, you can.