Interior trim part and method of manufacturing the same

A process for producing an interior trim part with a decorative layer situated on a first side thereof and forming a decorative pattern for the interior of a motor vehicle, the process comprising the following steps:

• (a) forming at least one cutout configuration, defined by a predetermined decorative pattern, in a protective layer situated on a first side, which is situated on a first surface of the shell-shaped base body made of a metallic material,
• (b) depositing a sinterable decorative material on the first side in such a way that the decorative material, as an intermediate layer, covers at least the area in which the cutout configuration defined by the decorative pattern is formed in the protective layer,
• (c) laser-sintering the intermediate layer inside the cutout configuration defined by the decorative pattern in order to produce at least one hardened portion of the intermediate layer situated inside said cutout configuration,
• (d) removing the sinterable decorative material that is situated outside the cutout configuration defined by the decorative pattern, so that the at least one hardened portion of the intermediate layer and the protective layer outside the latter form the decorative layer with the predetermined decorative pattern.