Members of the IFS

The Interiors Forum Scotland comprises the majority of honours degree Interior Design/Interior Architecture programmes in Scotland, including:

•  Interior & Environmental Design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee
• Interior, Product & Furniture at Edinburgh College of Art 
• Interior Design at Glasgow School of Art
• Interior Architecture at Napier University, Edinburgh
• (see also http://www.napiercreativeshowcase.com/2008/des/)
• Interior Design at Glasgow Metropolitan College
• Interior Design at Glasgow Caledonian University

and,

• Jim Hamilton, Design Director at Graven Images

Jim has been part of Glasgow based design consultancy Graven Images since 1992, working on a full range of projects across the hotel, leisure, corporate and exhibition sectors.

His recent projects including the design of Tigerlily, a multi award-winning boutique hotel for Montpeliers in Edinburgh and the newly opened Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Dublin.

Currently Jim is leading a number of hotel projects in the UK and Europe, including the development and design of a new hotel brand with the Milan-based fashion house Missoni and the Rezidor Hotel Group in locations such as St Petersburg, London and Edinburgh. He is also working on the design of a new hotel in Sofia, the development of a large hotel property in the west end of London and a new 5 star boutique hotel and spa on the site of the former RSAC Club in Blythswood Square Glasgow.

His previous experience spans leisure, corporate, retail and exhibition sectors, as project designer on Tun Ton, Red Lemon, Room at the Top, Cube, Blue Square, Brunswick Hotel, The Sub Club and the award-winning Collage Bar.

Principal exhibition involvement has included UK Style Exhibition for the Department of Trade and Industry, UK Pack Age for the British Council, Football Nation for the British Council, The Goodbuy Girl Exhibition at the Design Museum and The Shape Of Colour Red Exhibition at The Lighthouse.  

Jim was also lead designer on the design of “Lagune” a 500-cover restaurant for Volkswagen AG in Germany.

In complete contrast he managed to sustain a part time professional football career for 12 years with various clubs in Scotland and is currently putting the finishing touches to a book of poetry and drawings that he is hoping to publish.