Description

Creative, inspiring short courses for beginners, students, designers, artists, and enthusiastic individuals in the arts and design field.

The Dual City Summer Sessions are a series of concentrated international programs specifically created to illustrate world-class cities from different, yet complimentary, art and design perspectives. They build upon the success of the London-Milan program, beginning in the summer of 2005, between Central Saint Martins, NABA, and Domus Academy.

Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in London is collaborating with ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering, to offer a fascinating European design journey over four weeks in Summer 2012.

Starting in the vibrant, global metropolis of London with its wealth of sources of inspiration from the past to the present and ending in one of southern Europes most attractive, design focused cities with great architecture and great weather.

Our courses are for portfolio-builders, current students, new professionals and creative individuals with an interest in advertising, architecture, art history, furniture design, visual merchandising, photography and sporting games legacy design. All courses are taught in English and suitable for all ages (18+) and abilities with no prerequisites.

Summer 2012 Course Programme(45 hours in each city, 10am - 4pm)
25 June - 5 July: Central Saint Martins, London
6 - 9 July: Independent travel from London to Barcelona
10 - 20 July: ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering

Course List (9 available courses)
- Advertising Now
- Architectural History
- Furniture Design for Inside and Outside Spaces
- New Approaches to Product Design
- Where Art Meets Design
- Photography and the City
- Visual Merchandising from Heritage to Mass Market
- Sporting Games Legacy Design (London 2012 vs Barcelona 1992)

The Colleges:

Central Saint Martins
For more than 150 years, Central Saint Martins has pioneered radical innovations in art and design teaching and learning. Its influence feeds into the arts education system, culture, industry and mainstream society. This is felt across the world, contributing to the high international value placed on British culture and creativity.

Generations of internationally renowned artists, designers and performers began their creative journeys at CSM. Their work has defined and transformed our times.

In October 2011, Central Saint Martins' unveiled its new 39,000 square-metre campus, the centre piece of a major redevelopment behind King's Cross railway station in central London. Occupying a landmark Grade II listed Granary building featuring breathtaking design, combining the urban scale of historic industrial architecture with a fluid, modern space with world class facilities where Central Saint Martins will carry forward the best of its history into a new era of high quality arts education.

ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
2011 marks ELISAVA's 50th anniversary. A long history as a pioneering school in the teaching of design and engineering which is still contributing to training professionals. ELISAVA, which is affiliated to Pompeu Fabra University, has over 2,200 students from around the world enrolled in the official courses for Degrees in Design, Industrial Design Engineering, and Building Engineering. The Masters and Postgraduate Degrees on offer relate to the areas of Architecture and Interior Design, Fashion, Graphic and Communication, Product and Strategic and Thought. ELISAVA is strongly aimed at the professional world and collaborates widely with local, nationwide and international companies, institutions and universities.

Highlights

These unique courses are the perfect opportunity for you to develop your skills, sample the environment of these prestigious institutions, make new friends and business contacts and learn latest industry thinking from an impressive role call of tutors, many of whom have their own external art or design practices.

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Minimum Education

High School

Type of Programs

• Cultural Exploration
• High School Study Abroad
• Student Tours

Languages

• English

Subject Areas

Cost in US$:

from 2,500

Program Fees Include:

Tuition.

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Independent living
• Other

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 10

Application Process Involves

• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

4 weeks

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network

London Barcelona Courses (Dual City Summer Sessions)'s Mission Statement

Summer short courses are for portfolio-builders, current students, new professionals and creative individuals with an interest in advertising, architecture, art history, furniture design, visual merchandising, photography and sporting games legacy design. All courses are taught in English and suitable for all ages (18+) and abilities with no prerequisites.

Year Founded

2006