Summer Course Design Made in Italy - IED Florence

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During the course, you'll explore Florence as a city of design and fashion, emphasizing its reinvention, role in global design, and blending craftsmanship with innovation. You'll learn about industrial design, merging cultural factors with product and brand communication to develop innovation-based projects. The course explores Italian craftsmanship's authenticity and history, emphasizing the synergy of traditional skills and modern technology that support the Italian design system. Participants will learn foundational design skills and understand the supply chain affecting product quality. Concepts are applied through modeling and design workshops, ending with a Final Project presentation. The summer course combines theory taught by industry professionals with cultural trips, workshops, ...

Program Highlights

Discover the authenticity and history of Italian craftsmanship, and learn about the success of the ‘Italian design system’.

Study the dialogue between handicrafts and new technology.

Apply theoretical notions acquired throughout the summer course during modeling and design workshops.

Dive into a strategic combination of theoretical lessons (held by designers and professionals), cultural field trips, workshops, and visits to handicraft stores.

Participate in site visits, an integral part of the program’s learning experience and designed to complement classroom theories as well as serve as an ongoing orientation to the field.