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001 The Fundamentals
A research-backed beginner-friendly primer that anchors you in your creative identity and teaches you to decode client identity with precision. By the end, you’ll articulate a clear design voice and produce a complete client profile that guides spatial decisions.
Hours 32 Cohort Size 30
Format Self-paced · Cohort-based · Global
Application Deadline Cohort 02 - 15 September 2025
Prerequisites None (ideal entry point)
Ideal For Aspiring interior designers, architects and creatives
Discover your design identity and profile clients with clarity.
This beginner-friendly self-paced foundation course introduces you to your TRESDA Archetype and the discipline of identity-led spatial design, guiding you through reflective exercises, client decoding, and visual grammar.
Your brief: Design Amélie Duval’s living room, a project that becomes your first translation of identity into space. Across structured modules, you’ll move from instinct to intention, producing a complete design concept supported by professional-grade 8K still renders. By the end, you will hold not only your first TRESDA project but a defined creative voice that will anchor all your future work.
£ 297
002 The Method
A hands-on course that transforms your design identity into spatial mastery, guiding you to craft Amélie Duval’s bedroom or ensuite as a professional, VR-ready project.
Hours 40
Format Self-paced · Cohort-based · Global
Application Deadline Cohort 01 - 01 September 2025
Prerequisites Completion of 001TF – The Fundamentals is ideal
Ideal For Interior design students, junior architects, and creatives ready to refine their identity into advanced 3D spatial form
This progression course immerses you in advanced 3D workflows, teaching you how to transform narrative and personality into material, volume, and mood. Building on your foundation from 001TF, you will deepen the discipline of identity-led design while mastering zoning, customisation, and immersive presentation techniques.
Your brief: Design Amélie Duval’s bedroom or ensuite, the most personal layer of her home. Through structured modules, you’ll shape light, atmosphere, and detail, then deliver your project as a VR-ready panorama and professional presentation deck. By the end, you will hold not only a fully resolved interior but the confidence and authorship to articulate your design voice in professional practice.
£ 447 / £ 597 (after BETA)
003 The Mastery
A live capstone that turns your design identity into professional presence, guiding you to refine your portfolio, secure mentorship, and activate your first client or role in the design industry.
Hours - Cohort Size 10
Format Live · Cohort-based · Global
Application Deadline -
Prerequisites Completion of 001TF and 002TM
Ideal For Emerging designers ready to enter the industry, secure their first client or role, and build a professional practice with mentorship and strategic guidance
Launch your practice and step into the industry with confidence.
This capstone course is where design identity meets professional reality. Working live in cohort, you’ll be matched with an industry mentor who will guide you through your transition from student to practitioner, supporting you until you secure your first client or role.
Define your career pathway and translate your portfolio into a market-ready presence. Alongside portfolio refinement, you’ll learn the backend essentials of practice: legal structures, financial systems, branding, marketing, client retention, and strategic positioning. Through guided mentorship and peer accountability, you’ll gain clarity on your goals and the steps to achieve them.
£ 1,200
Hey Student,
TRESDA is a research-backed global school pioneering identity-led spatial design.
At the heart of our methodology is design identity, the discovery of who you are as a creative and how that essence shapes the work you bring into the world.
While our students translate identity into spatial design, the principles they master, self-clarity, client understanding, and the ability to turn story into form, are adaptable to any career path where creativity and human interpretation matter.
Through our cohort-based programs, every designer graduates not only with spatial mastery, but with a transferable framework for leadership, storytelling, and innovation across industries.
Let's Discover your TRA.
Every designer enters the world of space through a different lens. At TRESDA, we call these the The Residency Archetypes (TRA) - four distinct creative industries that shape how you observe, interpret, and design.
Whether sensitive, futuristic, radical or grounded, your archetype is the anchor point of your journey here, guiding how you transform identity into space.
Scroll below, to meet the TRAs, and then click the button to find out your TRA.
For payment plans, The Aura Seat scholarship or full journey enquiries, please email hello@designataura.com
The TRESDA methodology brought to life through the eyes of our alumni.
deadline for 002tm beta: 07.07.2025
SORA
SORA designers are the storytellers of space—gentle souls who translate memory, emotion, and nostalgia into form. Their work is poetic and atmospheric, often layered with personal artifacts, faded tones, and soft textures that evoke the past without being stuck in it. SORAs design with feeling rather than formula, weaving together sensory cues and quiet details to tell stories that are deeply personal. A SORA space doesn’t perform—it remembers. Every curve, fabric, and flicker of light is a thread in a narrative that whispers rather than shouts. Their spaces feel like home to the soul.
AERO
AERO designers are clean-cut visionaries who operate where minimalism meets innovation. Their spaces are conceptual, structured, and often futuristic—built with symmetry, tension, and restraint. But beneath the control is a quiet pulse: AEROs intuitively sense what’s next. Their use of light, form, and spatial rhythm creates environments that feel alive yet composed—like stepping into a moment suspended between now and next. They don’t just follow technology; they design with it. Precision becomes poetry in their hands, and simplicity becomes a site for transformation.
NOVA
NOVA designers are playful boundary-breakers who treat design as an evolving experiment. Their work is colorful, textured, and full of unexpected juxtapositions. NOVAs aren’t afraid to clash styles or remix references—they turn chaos into charm, and memory into surprise. These designers often draw from culture, heritage, and everyday rituals, but always twist them into something fresh. Their spaces feel vibrant, soulful, and delightfully unpredictable—like a home that makes you smile, think, and feel all at once. NOVA doesn’t design for perfection—they design for presence, joy, and reinvention.
ONYX
ONYX designers hold power in their restraint. They speak through sculptural form, grounded materiality, and dramatic contrasts—never flamboyant, but always unforgettable. Rooted in structure and symbolism, ONYX spaces often feel like sacred chambers or modern cathedrals, designed with reverence for depth, heritage, and the unseen. Every object carries weight, every shadow is intentional. These designers disrupt softly but with force, inviting people to feel more than they can articulate. In a world of noise, ONYX stands tall in silence—anchored, assertive, and radically refined.
Now that you've discovered your TRA, let's explore our courses to see how your learning journey will unfold.
Every designer’s journey unfolds step by step. At TRESDA, we structure this journey through three courses — The Fundamentals, The Method, and The Mastery. Each stage builds on the last, moving you from discovering your creative identity, to translating it into space, to preparing for your first client or professional role. Whether you join us at the beginning or continue toward mastery, these courses are designed to shape not only your skills, but your career. Scroll/slide below to explore the courses, and choose where your journey begins.
AERO designers are clean-cut visionaries who operate where minimalism meets innovation. Their spaces are conceptual, structured, and often futuristic—built with symmetry, tension, and restraint. But beneath the control is a quiet pulse: AEROs intuitively sense what’s next. Their use of light, form, and spatial rhythm creates environments that feel alive yet composed—like stepping into a moment suspended between now and next. They don’t just follow technology; they design with it. Precision becomes poetry in their hands, and simplicity becomes a site for transformation.
AERO
ONYX designers hold power in their restraint. They speak through sculptural form, grounded materiality, and dramatic contrasts—never flamboyant, but always unforgettable. Rooted in structure and symbolism, ONYX spaces often feel like sacred chambers or modern cathedrals, designed with reverence for depth, heritage, and the unseen. Every object carries weight, every shadow is intentional. These designers disrupt softly but with force, inviting people to feel more than they can articulate. In a world of noise, ONYX stands tall in silence—anchored, assertive, and radically refined.
ONYX
SORA designers are the storytellers of space—gentle souls who translate memory, emotion, and nostalgia into form. Their work is poetic and atmospheric, often layered with personal artifacts, faded tones, and soft textures that evoke the past without being stuck in it. SORAs design with feeling rather than formula, weaving together sensory cues and quiet details to tell stories that are deeply personal. A SORA space doesn’t perform—it remembers. Every curve, fabric, and flicker of light is a thread in a narrative that whispers rather than shouts. Their spaces feel like home to the soul.
SORA
NOVA designers are playful boundary-breakers who treat design as an evolving experiment. Their work is colorful, textured, and full of unexpected juxtapositions. NOVAs aren’t afraid to clash styles or remix references—they turn chaos into charm, and memory into surprise. These designers often draw from culture, heritage, and everyday rituals, but always twist them into something fresh. Their spaces feel vibrant, soulful, and delightfully unpredictable—like a home that makes you smile, think, and feel all at once. NOVA doesn’t design for perfection—they design for presence, joy, and reinvention.
NOVA
The three courses form a progressive learning model, designed to unfold in stages: from self-discovery, to spatial translation, to professional activation. Each course stands on its own, but together they create a complete design journey.
Students can enter at different points depending on experience, but the full arc is where the deepest transformation happens. Identity without method can remain abstract; method without mastery risks feeling directionless.
The curriculum was built to balance independence with integration. Concepts introduced early are revisited and expanded later, allowing each course to deepen the impact of the one before it.
This structure ensures that students grow not just in skill, but in clarity—emerging as designers who create with purpose, precision, and presence.
Begin with who you are. Design from there.
001: The Fundamentals
Self-paced
Discover your design identity and profile clients with clarity.
This beginner-friendly self-paced foundation course introduces you to your TRESDA Archetype and the discipline of identity-led spatial design, guiding you through reflective exercises, client decoding, and visual grammar.
Your brief: Design Amélie Duval’s living room, a project that becomes your first translation of identity into space. Across structured modules, you’ll move from instinct to intention, producing a complete design concept supported by professional-grade 8K still renders. By the end, you will hold not only your first TRESDA project but a defined creative voice that will anchor all your future work.
Hours 32
Cohort Size 30
Format Self-paced · Cohort-based · Global
Application Deadline Cohort 02 - 15 September 2025
Modules
Prerequisites None (ideal entry point)
Ideal For Aspiring interior designers, architects and creatives
Equipment Needed Desktop, Laptop + Internet Connection
002: The method
TRA
ONYX
MENTOR
In this beta version, I’ll guide you through my full method while you help shape the future of the course.
We’re building this together — in real time.
DESCRIPTION
This is where your identity takes shape.
002: The Method is the second chapter of The Residency, a deeper immersion into spatial storytelling.
Now that you’ve uncovered who you are in 001: The Fundamentals, it’s time to interpret that identity in three dimensions, with clarity, precision, and emotional resonance. This chapter is where design becomes a language. You’ll learn to shape interiors that don’t just look good, they mean something.
Partnering with a fellow student, you’ll create a space that holds memory, atmosphere, and narrative.
What you’ll explore:
— Translating identity into spatial form through real and fictional client briefs
— Core principles of layout, scale, proportion, and flow
— Storytelling through light, materiality, and architectural gestures
— Giving and receiving spatial critique to evolve your design voice
— Collaborative design through peer pairing and reflective dialogue
Time Commitment
4 weeks total
Level
Intermediate (Course 001 recommended)
Access
Global, digital
Outcome
1 fully designed ensuite bedroom (8K stills + VR + written concept)
Open Access To
Course 003: The Mastery
DETAILS
002: The Method is currently in its Beta phase.
This means you won’t just be a student — you’ll be a co-creator.
As a beta tester, you’ll move through the self-paced content at your own rhythm, while giving light feedback that helps us shape the final version of the course.
What Beta Testers Receive:
— Early access to all lessons, briefs, and guides
— The opportunity to influence the course’s final structure
— Permanent discounted rate on the course once the beta ends
— Early access to 003: The Mastery
Self-paced
BETA TESTING 002
Translate your identity into form.
003: The MASTERY
TRA
ONYX
MENTORS
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You won’t walk this alone.
In 003, you’ll learn from both me and a select group of design industry professionals who live this every day.
DESCRIPTION
This isn’t the end. It’s the emergence.
003: The Mastery is the final chapter of The Residency — a live, guided course designed for identity-rooted designers who are ready to lead, launch, and live out their creative direction with full alignment.
This course isn’t about completing a curriculum.
It’s about becoming undeniable — in your portfolio, positioning, and professional presence.
You’ve remembered who you are (001). You’ve built from it (002). Now it’s time to be seen, positioned, and established.
You’ll leave with:
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A professionally designed, identity-rooted digital portfolio
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An aligned offer suite or mapped career direction
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A clear brand and online presence strategy
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Foundational tools to run your practice (contracts, rates, structure)
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Deepened clarity around your voice, vision, and value
Time Commitment
4-6 hrs/week
Level
Advanced (only open to 002 alumni or full-program students)
Access
Global, Digital, By Application Only
Outcome
Portfolio + brand presence + career/practice direction + graduation
Status
Coming Soon – Applications open to eligible students only
DETAILS
WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT
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Crafting a soul-aligned, portfolio-ready design narrative
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Offer clarity: defining your design niche, pricing, and practice
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Personal brand refinement: visuals, language, and digital presence
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Legal + financial foundations for launching your studio or freelance career
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Career support for employment-seeking designers (CVs, interviews, proposals)
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Presentation mastery and storytelling for clients and collaborators
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Career mapping across freelance, consultancy, studio, and hybrid pathways
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Live mentoring with guest professionals in the interior design industry
Live 4-week cohort (guided sessions + assignments)
Design with clarity. Show up with authority.
THE RESIDENCY
CIRCLE
Alumni Spotlight:
Student Reflections
Hear from Amy (SORA), Bukky (SORA), and Nana (AERO) as they reflect on what The Residency unlocked for them — not just in their design process, but in how they see themselves.
Alumni Spotlight:
Olivia Ziregbe & Ember Spaces
After completing The Residency, Olivia Ziregbe, an ONYX, founded Ember Spaces — an identity-led interior design practice rooted in emotional warmth, spatial storytelling, and cultural presence.
Her time in The Residency gave her the tools to refine her offer, master her design language, and step into her career with clarity. Visit Ember Spaces here.
Alumni Spotlight:
Student Reflections
Hear from Amy (SORA), Bukky (SORA), and Nana (AERO) as they reflect on what The Residency unlocked for them — not just in their design process, but in how they see themselves.
Alumni Spotlight:
Olivia Ziregbe & Ember Spaces
After completing The Residency, Olivia Ziregbe, an ONYX, founded Ember Spaces — an identity-led interior design practice rooted in emotional warmth, spatial storytelling, and cultural presence.
Her time in The Residency gave her the tools to refine her offer, master her design language, and step into her career with clarity. Visit Ember Spaces here.
Nana Mensah, AERO - 001: The Fundamentals
The introduction was clear, covered the main aims of the course and broke down interior concepts in a digestible way (e.g. What is interior visualisation, and why is it important?).
I especially loved how it jumped into the visualisation interface early on, and I found the initial introduction into using the software really helpful.
Nali - 001: The Fundamentals
The most valuable part was being part of a group of community with similar interests and are likeminded. Seeing everyone’s designs and ideas was very insightful!
Wanjavwa - 001: The Fundamentals
I think for me it was the topics on design identity and language. These really helped me understand that though my designs may not be the same as others, there is still room for my designs somewhere out there!
Grace - 001: The Fundamentals - SORA
The software was a bit tricky and a little overwhelming to use at times but being guided by Aurelie really helped me understand how to utilise the software.
Activations Along The Way
We've designed a sequence of moments designed to build identity, community, and presence at every stage of your TRESDA journey.
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For Courses 001 & 002
Each cohort connects through regular online sessions designed for live discussion, feedback, and creative connection. These calls provide space to align with your process, share progress, and build quiet familiarity with your cohort.During Course 003, each cohort meets in person once, in the majority city.
This is a grounding moment in the journey — an opportunity to connect physically with the creative community you've been walking with and to mark the final chapter with presence.
The Circle is your central hub throughout the journey.
It includes cohort-based chats, resources, announcements, and TRA-specific groups — giving you a quiet, focused space to grow with others who share your design rhythm.Held annually or bi-annually, this public gathering invites students, alumni, and the wider design world into The Residency’s philosophy.
The summit explores design identity and tech integration through guest speakers, panels, and immersive sessions and concludes with the official graduation ceremony.
SELF-PACED • OPEN TO ALL
001: The Fundamentals
£ 297
Cohort size: 30
Learn your design identity
Understand your TRA
Design a narrative living room
Output: 8K visual
SELF-PACED · BETA ACCESS REGISTRATION OPEN
002: The Method
£ 447
£597 after Beta
Interpret identity using real & fictional briefs
Learn spatial flow, proportion, and materiality
Final outcome: Ensuite bedroom, 8K visuals + VR tour
LIVE COHORT · APPLICATION ONLY
003: The Mastery
£ 1,200
Cohort size: 10
Career strategy + portfolio refinement
Legal + financial guidance for your studio
Guest mentors + branding support
In-person meet-up + graduation access
ALL THREE COURSES · PRIORITY ACCESS
The Full Journey
£ 1,800
Lifetime access to all 3 courses
Full entry into The Residency Circle
Priority admission to 003
Guaranteed seat at Graduation Summit
Need Support?
Payment plans are available for Courses 002, 003, and the Full Journey.
To explore flexible options, please reach out to us at hello@designataura.com
The Aura Seat
One gifted place. Every cohort.
The AURA Seat is our sacred offering — a fully funded place awarded to one individual per cohort who is spiritually and creatively aligned with the vision of The Residency.
It’s not based on merit, need, or application performance.
It’s for the one who’s meant to be here.
If you sense this work is part of your calling — not just a next step, but a divine assignment — you’re invited to apply.