Heart of Design

in class

29th & 30th January 2025

9.30am-4pm

£360

  • Identify your own style, notice which drivers of design you tend to lean to using
  • Explore how you can use the principles and elements of design to enhance your work
  • Explore how colour works and impacts on your design
  • Explore how open outcome schemes work to find new directions and inspiration
  • Explore how to use placement in design to create impact and movement
  • How sketching can develop your design process ten times faster

About the course

Have you ever wanted to understand your floral design style better? Why some designs work really well and others don't ?

Well this course is perfect for you either if you are a beginner or you would like to improve your designing skills In this course we will be exploring a wide range of elements, design principles and design inspiration to show you how you can use then to enhance your own style and flair.

The course also gives you some hands-on practical tasks so that you can visually see how the changes implemented can effect your designs and develop your understanding.


What we will cover over the course;

We will be studying the elements of design including colour, how colour is formed and see the effect of lighting on colour plus how texture form, space and line play different roles in designing.

Explore direction of movement/ rhythm of the line through design and the mood it creates.

Explore the placement within a design, including focal areas/focal lines, how to use them and create impact within a design.

The styling of an arrangement and the feeling of the design.

Design direction and proportion/scale of design including fibonarcci sequencing and traditional use of proportions.

Touch on exploring open outcome schemas eg Gregor Lersch, looking at Decorative, Form Linear and Vegetative.

Explore and develop the role of sketching for fast development of designing skills


Book now to start understanding your own personal style and direction, what works for you and how you can shape your designs to flex to utilise current trends.


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