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European Design Labs Scholarships

noreply@ied.it — 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

MUJI / MilMilks European Design Labs 09 Scholarships

European Design Labs is the only Research Study Programme Master course in the field of design which is carried out throught Europe. A unique opportunity to truly boost your creativity and design network with the best international companies and designers.

MUJI and MilMilks/S,C,P,F…(part of WPP communication group) organize in collaboration with IED Madrid a scholarship contest for the 2009 edition of European Design Labs. Two scholarships will be awarded, each covering the course fee (15.300 euros), to the two applicants with the best curriculum and portfolio. Technical expertise, creative skills and motivation will be assessed. The application period will be open from the 14 th of October until the 16th of November, 2008. The scholarships winners will be communicated on the 19th of November, 2008.

For more information on European Design Labs RSP Master and its scholarship program: www.europeandesignlabs.com

Important collaborations for IED Moda Lab

noreply@ied.it — 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

On October 21 and 23, dissertation projects developed in collaboration with PROCTER & GAMBLE and MAXMARA were presented at IED Moda Lab Milan.

PROCTER & GAMBLE, a corporation renowned for its consumer and market approach challenged the students. How to launch a new perfume GUCCI and D&G targeting young people without damaging existing products?

Students supervised by Delphine Dumas, Fashion Marketing lectuter and coordinator of the IED Moda Lab Marketing area, proposed different interesting projects, pinpointing a specific target and proposing various concepts consistent with the brand, showing great skills of analysis and synthesis.

The examining committee underlined the quality of their strategic approach and the pragmatism of their proposals. Various projects were awarded distinction and the students were regarded as prepared and motivated : an excellent first appearance, preparatory to their entrance into the employment world.

MAXMARA, a leading Italian group holding various brands and market segments, challenged students of the Fashion Marketing Management Master course: create a coordinated image for SPORTMAXCODE suitable for a corner or a store. The project was launched by Nicola Berry, Fashion Designer SPORTMAXCODE, who described the mood and perspectives of the brand. Students were supervised by Mario d’Andrea as for brand analysis and by Giovanni Ottonello as for space design and coordinated image.

Once completed the assignment, students realised a video presenting all the phases of the project. The examining committee, composed mainly of professionals from the same companies, positively evaluated ideas and projects, underlining the factuality of each project and their consistency with the initial brief.

The best students will have the opportunity to have an internship in some of the most renowned Italian companies.

IED Arti Visive invites you to play

noreply@ied.it — 6 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

IED Arti Visive takes part in the first edition of Ludica, the Italian festival of games and videogames, a not-to-be-missed appointment for games lovers and an engaging event for all curious people who approach for the first time the world of games and videogames.

Countless initiatives are scheduled: tournaments, shows, contests, prize-giving ceremonies, LAN parties, together with meetings with experts and even a considerable number of conferences held by prestigious personalities of the games, videogames and journalism world. Several side events will also be staged: a special event at Ludica will be the created by the Scuola di Arti Visive of Istituto Europeo di Design of Milan. An interactive space, an experience involving sight, feeling and emotions.

Ludica will take place at DatchForum in Assago, Milan, from November 21 to 23. Opening hours are: On November 21 from 1 pm to 10 pm, on November 22 from 9.30 am to 10 pm, on November 23 from 9.30 am to 8 pm.

IED lands overseas

noreply@ied.it — 5 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

IED takes part in Living (New York, October 27 – December 20, 2008 - 172 Mercer Street, Soho, New York City), an event organised by Lombardia region, Promos and Chamber of Commerce of Milan.

Living aims at promoting the high quality of Lombard design in New York staging a permanent exhibition throughout November and December. Together with the products of several leading companies in the furnishing and design industry, the schedule presents various appointments whose protagonists will be IED and the professionals working with us.

On Tuesday 18 at 6 pm the seminar “Feeling The Body and Soul” will take place, on Italian product design connected to cookery and our cooking habits.

Aldo Colonetti (Scientific Director IED), Elio Fiorucci (designer), Silvio Wolf (photographer and IED lecturer), Paolo Barichella (Food Design ® Studio), Marco Pasanella and Paolo Cravedi (Alessi USA), Laura Guido-Clark (colours and materials expert), will participate in it and be chaired by Deborah Wilk (Senior Editor Interior Design Magazine).

On Thursday November 20, the night will be dedicated to IED: Emanuele Soldini and Rossella Bertolazzi (IED Milan School Board) will take part in it, representing IED and its identity.

Furthermore, Francesca Torri, as art director of the project, will present the interesting initiative Maasai Women Art, developed by the NGO Oikos in collaboration with IED Moda Lab Milan (students in Jewellery Design course were particularly involved).The project set up as a means to provide Maasai women with a permanent and, most importantly, a sustainable source of income. It consists in the design of collections of jewels which are manufactured using technologies and techniques peculiar to Maasai tradition and culture, still can enter the western market and therefore be merchandised.

IED Arti Visive also took care of the photography shooting for the event catalogue.

IED takes part in job fair

noreply@ied.it — 5 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Three appointments await all people interested in the training programmes the European Insitute of Design has offered for more than 40 years.

Three-year post-secondary school courses, Master programmes and Advanced training courses suitable to everyone’s needs in the fields of design, fashion, visual arts and communication.

IED will present:

from November 20 to 22 the three-year post-secondary school courses at the Job Orienta fair in Verona, the XVIII edition of the show-conference which has become a reference point on the themes of career guidance, school, training and employment, even beyond national borders.

from November 27 to 29 the three-year post-secondary school courses in Cremona, at Salone dello Studente, the XIII edition of the appointment with training, employment and free time.

on December 4 the Master programmes at Palazzo delle Stelline in Milan, at Job Meeting. The event is addressed to graduated and final-year university students. It stands out as one of the most significant appointments at national level, capable of connecting the world of university, employment and advanced training.

In these three occasions you will have the opportunity to meet IED staff who are willing to give you information, career guidance and help in the selection of your ideal training course.

We look forward to your participation!

IED and JVC design the television camera of the future del futuro

noreply@ied.it — 4 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

IED Master students in Industrial Design have collaborated with JVC in the study of IED Master students in Industrial Design have collaborated with JVC in the study of use conditions of a television camera, meant not only as a product but also for its influence on user’s behaviours.

Project theme was the television camera of the future, in relation with lifestyle changes, society evolution, spread of web communication modalities.

The project was coordinated by Jacopo Bargellini, design manager expert in design trends. Simone Ornaghi, JVC Marketing Manager will deal with marketing training.

New job in the fashion world

noreply@ied.it — 4 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The master programme in Visual Merchandiser at IED Moda Lab Milan is about to start. A highly requested figure in the fashion world, a visual merchandiser conceives the “ideal set” for the product, maximising its visual impact and interpreting brand codes.

A real professional able to communicate brand identity in the point of purchase, and add value to collections so as to increase sales.

Master students will be granted the possibility to live a learning experience characterised by intense planning practice thanks to workshops in stores or showrooms and to specific projects (from trend analysis to the actual making of a concept retail).

The course also foresees important collaborations with famous companies in the fashion industry and store furnishing:

- Lee Jeans

- Sturm und plastic/ La Rosa

- Alu

The best students will also have the opportunity to work in team with IED Research Center on a new retail project for a renowned brand of fashion accessories.

IED Research Center is an outstanding example of the connection between Training and Enterprises which characterises IED model, a precious resource for students. the possibility of experiencing the reality of the industry.

To sign up send a curriculum vitae and motivation letter to: info.modalab@milano.ied.it

IED nominated in the Interactive Key Award 2008

noreply@ied.it — 3 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

WEEPR, a dissertation project developed by Roberto Brancolini and Marco Papale, Media Design 2007/2008 (ex Digital Design), got a nomination in the Interactive Key Award 2008, the first national award dedicated to the web and the interactive communication world, aimed at stimulating creativity and technological innovation related to on line and wireless communication.

Project are divided into two main areas: Web Sites and Digital Tools, hosting 15 categories in total. Weepr won a nomination for the area Web Sites and the category "Social marketing", which includes a growing area connected to new communication trends.

WEEPR is a synthesizer built on Flash technology which through a simple and intuitive interface allows everybody to create musical bases or loops. WEEPR also makes it possible to share one’s creations through a viral mechanism such as Widget. The application can be downloaded from the support home page www.weepr.com.

The prize-awarding ceremony will take place on November 24,2008 at 6.30 pm at IULM University, Via Carlo Bo 1, Milan (MM2 Romolo).

International competition "Làpiz de Oro"

noreply@ied.it — 3 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Course One Year Accessories & Shoes Design is coming to an end: students’ final works will be presented in December.

The end of the One Year Course has been accompanied

by an important achievement at the 18th edition of Làpiz de Oro,

a biennial competition organized by the Spanish Institute

“La Torretta” and dedicated to young footwear designers.

The competition is sponsored by the Municipal Authorities of Elda, a town particularly renowned for its footwear handcrafts.

On 26th September in Madrid, five students from the One Year Course - Susanne Kader, Isabel Nielsen, Abigail Panet, Vincenzo Valvo and Aylin Sunucu - were awarded for their projects,

which are now part of a permanent exhibition

at the Elda Footwear Museum.

Particularly, Susanne Kader won the first prize, being awarded 2.000,00 €, a trophy and a diploma for the originality of her designs, all characterised by an original architectural heel study.

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"Planning and design for everyone" contest

noreply@ied.it — 2 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The non-profit Association "lo Spirito di Stella" and Autogrill S.p.A. promote an international ideas contest named “Planning and design for everyone”, open to architects, designers and students of architecture, engineering and industrial design.

On Monday November 3, the contest had been presented to student on their third year of Industrial, Interior and Set Design. Andrea Stella – President of the Association “lo Spirito di Stella” and Emila Wanderlingh – Italy design Manager- Autogrill S.p.A. took part in it.

The goal of this initiative consists in developing a project for a self-service restaurant in free flow mode and the dining room connected to it. The design has to take into account the setting, an Autogrill rest area, and accessibility and usability factors.

The objective consists in acquainting designers with the project philosophy of “Design for all”. Andrea Stella took inspiration from it to build "lo Spirito di Stella", the first catamaran in the world without barriers.(www.lospiritodistella.it)

Open day with Giovanni Soldini

noreply@ied.it — 2 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Open day with Giovanni Soldini

November 25, 2008

4 pm

IED Venice - Isle of Certosa

After winning the Artemis Transat for the second time last May (he won it the first time in 1996), Giovanni Soldini is back to IED Venice to talk about this special regatta, his sailing boat, Telecom Italia and everything the public might be curious about.

This meeting, presenting on purpose a non-defined agenda, aims to be an opportunity to get to know the secrets of this difficult regatta, which presents great environmental challenges on its way from England to Massachusetts.

Also Telecom Italia will play a key-part: any curiosity and question about the reliability and rapidity of the boat will be satisfied. Techniques, strategies, tactics but also sensations and feelings which accompanied the sailor and man Giovanni Soldini.

An opportunity for all people interested in yachting to meet one of the most important protagonists in the world.

In this occasion Sebastiano Rech Morassutti, Yacht Design master programme supervisor, will be at disposal for information about the second edition of the master, starting in January 2009.

Sign up to join the event sending an email to info.venice@ied.it, o calling 041 2771164 (also in order to book an interview for information about the Yacht Design master programme).

IED Venice

Isle of Certosa

Linea vaporetto (water-bus route) n. 41, Certosa stop(on request).

Casa Decor '08

noreply@ied.it — 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Interior Design and Visual Arts Students from the IED present for this new edition of Casa Decor 2008 the thesis projects maded for Zicla company.

We encourage you to visit it!

From the 23rd of October to 23rd of November 2008; from Monday to Sunday, from 11am to 9pm, festive ones included.

Port Fòrum - Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona

Ronda Litoral Direc. Besòs Salida 25

Ronda Litoral Direc. Llobregat Salida 26

Trambesòs: Línea T4

BUS: Líneas 46, 7, 36, 141 y 41

Las Golondrinas – sab, dom y festivos.

Parking gratuíto

IED Moda Lab students for Ferre'

noreply@ied.it — 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

IED named after Gianfranco Ferré and his career the projects designed by 213 students on their second year of IED Moda Lab (Fashion Design).

The initiative, which originally set off as a standard learning practice proposed by teachers, caught the attention of Gianfranco Ferré group’s management.

After a pre-selection, in recognition of the students’ dedication, 45 projects were submitted to Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi, the new creative directors at Gianfranco Ferré donna, in order to be evaluated.

Among the projects submitted on October 14, a winner was awarded for each of the following 5 categories: “Fashion Design”, “Fashion Marketing”, “Jewel Design ”, “Textile Design” and “Textile Design Interior”.

The selected students are: Daria Viganò for the category “Fashion Design”, Francesca Passariello for “Fashion Marketing”, Cosimo Alberto Epifani for “Jewel Design”, Gilda Sancisi for “Textile Design” and finally Mattia Frassinella for “Textile Design Interior”.

The 5 winners will be granted a 3-month internship at Gianfranco Ferré in the interest-areas related to their categories.

A career in Fashion Marketing And Communications

noreply@ied.it — 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

IED inaugurates its new seat in Florence with a new course designed to train professionals skilled in the managerial aspects of the fashion industry.

Marketing and communications are two factors that contribute to deciding whether the firms that compete in the fashion system will be successful or not. The one-year course in Fashion Marketing and Communications trains professionals capable of conceiving and managing integrated promotional strategies:

looking after relations with other market players
handling and monitoring advertising campaigns
maintaining media relations
organizing events and fashion shows

Press Office Manager: manages the communications for a product, a fashion designer or a brand, addressed to the various audiences with whom they relate: journalists, customers, distributors and shareholders.

Public Relations Manager: deals with launching or promoting a fashion label, a brand, a product or a designer and his/her co-ordinated image.

Print Media Journalist: works as a fashion editor and is capable of commenting on fashion shows and trends and explaining fashion phenomena.

Audio-Visual Journalist (television, websites): pieces features together, presenting and commenting on fashion shows, current affairs and fashion events.

Fashion Critic: comments on fashion trends from the point of view of an opinion leader.

Fashion Exhibition, Museum and Archive Curator: organises exhibitions and other events to valorise the clothing, the designs and the accessories that have written the history of fashion.

http://florence.ied.it

Autostyle 2008

noreply@ied.it — 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Emre Husmen, 22 years old, a student at IED Turin has been awarded as many as two prizes in the prestigious Autostyle design competition organised by Berman S.p.A. a leader in automobile component manufacture.

Autostyle was born five years ago thanks to an idea of Roberto Artioli’s, Sole Managing Director of Berman and Fulvio Cinti, the Director of the Auto & Design magazine, that aimed to set up a collaboration with the Design Academies and develop an exchange with young designers on issues such as personalisation and special versions of motorcars.

Husmen, in addition to receiving the creativity award, assigned by the magazine Auto&Design, has also received the special spectator’s price for having presented the most easily achievable project with a special version of the Alfa Romeo MiTO.

In the photo: César Mendoza, Director of IED Turin, receives the Autostyle 2008 prize, on behalf of the student, from Fulvio Cinti

New IED Fashion-Lab Specialization Courses

noreply@ied.it — 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From today on you can choose the most suitable course to make your professional profile more competitive, even receiving a 10% discount on the attendance fee. Evening courses aimed at preparing the main figures of the field start in November.

Courses topics range from creative to strategic fields, from organisational aspects to sales, from marketing to image and communication activities in the fashion area. Outsmart the future!

For information click here and fill the on-line form or contact info.modalab@milano.ied.it

CG Animation students among the best of the world

noreply@ied.it — 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Mr Cropperfield, a short cartoon made by Ivan Primo Peroni, Luca Bigliazzi, Gabriele Coen, Samuele Barbieri and Simone Ghilardotti as a dissertation project for the CG Animation course (ex Virtual Design) in the AY 2007-2008, has been selected for the Puchon International Student Animation Festival.

The Festival will take place in November 7-11,2008, Bucheon, Korea; it is a prestigious event organised by the Korean Society of Cartoon and Animation Studies and aimed at finding new talents in the animation field.

IED Moda Lab in Como for Matrix Natura – 2008

noreply@ied.it — 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Miniartextil, at its 18th edition, is the annual contemporary art event on world fiber art. It will take place in Como from September 27 to October 16, then move to other four locations in Europe.

This year’s edition also includes productions by Milan Ied Moda Lab students. Along the last academic year, students realised pieces of fabric inspired to some mini-textiles exposed during the 2007 edition. They have translated the pure aesthetic character of those works into a project aimed at industrial production.

Students got their inspiration even from non-flexible works of art – made of glass, iron and other hard materials- turning them ingeniously into precious and contemporary pieces of fabric, suitable for fashion and interior design.

The seminar related to this project produced several results. Collective and individual discussion of the various possible translations of pieces of art into a product; experimentations of different techniques of realisation for each single project, with the enthusiastic contribution of all participant; the creation of a small collection consisting of about ten textile samples, matching one another and coordinated with their inspiration source; furthermore, students had the opportunity to approach Fiber Art and understand how languages mix and combine nowadays .

It is possible to see the results achieved watching the video projected in San Francesco’s church. In addition to this, a selection of nine pieces of fabric, presented together with ther inspirational works of art, will be exposed during the event in the shop windows of Via Vittorio Emanuele, the pedestrian street going from Museum Paolo Giovio to Broletto Palace.

Luciano Caramel, a great art critic, will present the exhibition to an exceptional parterre of culture, art and economics experts. The travelling exhibition, considered unique and exciting, will then move to other prestigious towns and locations.

IED Moda Lab's success for Lycra 2.0 award.

noreply@ied.it — 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

INVISTA announced the four finalists of its prestigious international design contest in occasion of the launch of the new clothing technology LYCRA® 2.0. Students from the most important fashion colleges in the world entered the contest and ideated, designed and realised lingerie items using the latest technological innovation patented by INVISTA.

Emanuele Caldarera, a student on the Fashion Design course at IED Moda Lab was selected to take part to the finals in Paris on September 7, 2008 at the Mode City lingerie show. He was awarded the second prize in the international contest LYCRA® 2.0, and, furthermore, he won the honourable mention by the critics.

The jury, composed by an international panel of experts from all over the world including Victoria’s Secret, La Perla, Triumph and MAS, considered Emanuele’s project very interesting and expressed interest in future collaborations with him.

Seoul Design Olympiad 2008

noreply@ied.it — 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Starting October 10, 2008, Seoul will host DESIGN OLYMPIAD 2008, an event organised by the municipality of Seoul which will be design capital in 2010.

Renowned designers and new talents from design schools all around the world will be granted the opportunity to expose their projects and share their ideas in the Jamsil Sports Complex.

IED Design Milan will take part to the show with two dissertation projects from AY 2007/2008.

ABComunity : Self-sustainable Communities Project– in collaboration with Green Cross Italia Onlus – Students: Massimo Cantarelli, Pietro Chiera, Virginia Grandi.

ABComunity aims to give an answer to socio-economical issues of people in the African Sub-Saharan urban areas. The project consists of educational tools providing concrete answers in order to satisfy basic needs of local people (water and energy supply, easy access to toilets). At the same time it provides means to start a sustainable development process in the long term.

LIFE SURCE : Eco on board Project – In collaboration with CLAC - Centro Legno Arredo Cantù - and MaterialConneXion – Students: Han-Gwe Ahn, Claudia Freddi, Vittorio Pieroni.

LIFE SURCE is a design of a 47m yacht, whose interior design and the materials used, together with the energy and water saving systems, comply with sustainable principles.

Tecnargilla 08

noreply@ied.it — 2 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The 4th edition of "CERAMIC WORKSHOP: ideas for the future of ceramics" ended with an exhibition in Rimini Fiera's CERAMILIGHTS area of Tecnargilla 2008.

The Award Ceremony performed on October 1st has seen Milan's IED Design students as winners of the 3 prizes assigned by ACIMAC.

1st prize went to HAND POT designed by Leonardo Acquaviva and Lee Kyong-Ah, a cooking system that has abolished classical stoves in place of an electrical contact plug in element.
2nd prize was assigned to CERAMIC WALL SYSTEM, designed by Matteo Chemel, Federico Pagetti and Andrea Perici: sound absorbing/reflecting panels for disco clubs, auditoriums, cinemas and outdoor events.
To KIKLOO, designed by Alessandro Adamo, Biagio Fontana, Luca Molinari, Paola Polini and Roberta Siciliano, series of acoustic "rings" that create private and intimate isles for discos, restaurants and Privè, went the 3rd prize.

Professor: Barro De Gast

Coordinator: Marta Dal Vecchio

Salone Nautico Internazionale 2008

noreply@ied.it — 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From Saturday October 4th to Sunday 12th, Genoa will host the 48th edition of International Boat Show, the most important and impressive event for sea and sailing lovers.

Some designs from the dissertation projects ECO A BORDO developed during the AY 2007/2008 in collaboration with CLAC - Centro Legno Arredo Cantù and MaterialConneXion will be exhibited at the BARCHE magazine stand – Pavilion B stand G2.

IED Moda Lab takes part to Milano Vende Moda

noreply@ied.it — 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

High quality pret-a-porter is back at MilanoVendeModa .

From September 25 to 28 FieraMilanoCity hosts the exhibition formula already successfully experimented in the past, which connects operators’ needs with the diversified offer of the pret-a-porter of fashion and accessories. MilanoVendeModa’s character is shaped by its attention to innovation and by its capacity of anticipating trends.

On the same occasion and sharing the same spirit, Piattaforma Sistema Formativo Moda, an association joining educational institutions and schools offering advanced studies in Milan, presented Container - Loaded with creativity. In this new stand students from fashion schools in Lombardy can meet companies who might turn their designs into real products.

Amongst the young designers who have come to meet the market is Marta Forghieri. Winner of the 2007 edition of My Own Show, she has presented a new project for IED Fashion Lab to Container.

A dream car for the future

noreply@ied.it — 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From the 19th of September the Dream exhibition will be open to the public: a journey among dream and concept cars designed by Car Manufacturers, Style Centres and Freelance Design workshops in the Turin area from the Fifties to the present day.

The exhibition, first suggested by the Turin Automobile Museum, next to the great names in Italian car design, will also feature three projects created by IED students.

- BeON Emotional Hybrid, full scale model projected by students of the IV edition Master RSP in Transportation Design – Work Experience a.y. 05/06;

- BMW ZX6, thesis project realized in collaboration with BMW by Jai-Ho Yoo e Lukas Vanek, three year post-diploma Transportation Design – Car Design course students. ZX6 has been chosen by Organizing Committee as leading image of the exhibition;

- FIAT PANDA winner project of “Best Italian Design per il Brand FIAT” in the contest “ Design The Italian Way ” (2007) realized by Danilo Tosetti, Luca Seren Gay, Enrico Vercelli, third year students of three year post-diploma Transportation Design – Car Design course.

Dream – September 19th/ November 23rd

Museo dell’Automobile

C.so Massimo d’Azeglio 15 - Torino

Italy

IED Moda in Paris with Lycra

noreply@ied.it — 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

INVISTA will announce the four finalists of its prestigious international design contest during the launch of the new clothing technology LYCRA® 2.0. Students from the most important fashion colleges in the world have entered the contest and have ideated, designed and realised lingerie pieces using the latest technological innovation patented by INVISTA.

The selected finalists come from the De Montfort University of Leicester, the European Institute of Design – IED Moda Lab of Milan, the Hong Kong Polytechnic and the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York.

Students from those schools used the new LYCRA® 2.0 technology emphasising with their projects its creative and commercial potential. A jury will award the design which, more than anyone else, will add effective value to the exclusive benefits of the new LYCRA® 2.0 technology: high elasticity, perfect shape recovery and the extremely smooth and flat appearance due to its seamless design.

Mike Simko, Business Director of LYCRA® 2.0 Garment Technology says, ”The design contest is an excellent international stage for young and resourceful stylists. We were swamped with the enters, enthusiasm and different interpretations students gave LYCRA® 2,0. We are looking forward to announcing the winning design!”

The four finalists, including Emanuele Caldarera, Fashion Design student at IED Moda Lab of Milan, will present their designs at the INVISTA stand at Mode City 2008 in Paris, on September 7. In such prestigious context, a high profile judging panel consisting of international experts from all around the world like Victoria’s Secret, La Perla, Triumph and MAS, will announce the winner during an exclusive event. High-profile brands from the sector, world-renowned retailers, manufacturers and companies will take part to the event.

In addition to a money prize the winner will have the opportunity to publish his/her creation in the most important trade magazines of the sector. The four finalists’ creations will then be exposed at Mode City from September 6 to 8, 2008.

Triumph Inspiration Award

noreply@ied.it — 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The international final of the Triumph Inspiration Award 2008 was held in Beijing at Factory Hall 706, in the art district of town.

A judging panel of internationally renowned experts in fashion, design and media, consisting of Viktor & Rolf, top model Helena Christensen, German photographer Ellen von Unwerth, Jan Rosenberg (Triumph International’s global sales and marketing director), Chinese top model and actress Lv Yan and Colette’s buyer and creative director buyer, had difficulty selecting the winners because of the high-quality of all projects.

Mattia Frassinella, on his second year of Textile Design at IED Moda Lab Milan, ranked in the world top ten after coming first on the Italian list.

20 year-old Japanese Midori Matsuo won first prize. She convinced the jury with her “Under Skin” project, was awarded the 15,000-euro price and the production of a limited edition in her name inspired to her creation.

The international panel judged all entries according to precise criteria: innovation and creativity in interpreting the design theme "female fascination", individuality and uniqueness of design, concept, aesthetics, quality in design and execution and the final catwalk presentation. Victor & Rolf said: "What we love most is the fact that the students were asked to free themselves of the commercial side of things - almost no restraints were put on their creativity".

The Triumph Inspiration Award proved to be a constructive and stimulating opportunity for all finalists in Beijing. Coming from all around the world (Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, Oceania), they had the opportunity to compete and exchange ideas and visions, thus approaching an increasingly complex and globalised market.

Koizumi Competition winnings

noreply@ied.it — 1 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

It’s Djordje Cukanovic, newly-graduated in Industrial Design at IED Roma, the bronze winner of Koizumi International Lighting Design Competition, with his project Light or Toy.

Koizumi have been holding this competition since 1987, focusing on light and its eco-compatible utilisation. This year’s competition theme was “ Maximum Light with Minimum Material ”, i.e. how to use as little and simple materials as possible while maximising the results in terms of lighting and environmental protection.

Djordje designed a lamp provided with a little key to autonomously recharge its bulb: his project shows a didactic approach too, since it’s meant to be used for children lessons on sustainable energy.

Other two students were also awarded. Camillo Vanacore won the Encouragement Price for Italy with Bulled, a project that received particular appreciation from Umberto Donati, Director of Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Vanacore modified a common light bulb with the introduction of LED technology, providing an interesting solution to replace common white-hot bulbs.

Special Mention for Claudio Serio’s project Ologram, combining material research and pleasant aesthetic effects: a light crosses a transparent plexiglass plate inserted on an aluminium base provided with a luminous source, creating magnetic light effects on the surface while also maintaining constant luminousness.

IED for Museums and the corporate world

noreply@ied.it — 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Nowadays several people still hold a traditional vision of cultural institutions. Their modern idea of museums corresponds to mere art “containers”. According to this view, individuals and their sensitivity are responsible for the level of involvement and immersion they experience during a museum tour.

On a practical level, innovation is gradually pervading this sector, too. Museums, foundations or, in general, institutions dealing with culture, are increasingly becoming similar to actual corporations.

Museums necessarily have to deal with people exposed to countless stimulations, therefore increasingly demanding and selective (if able to understand differences in what they are experiencing). In order to reach this goal, structures and services similar to the ones offered by companies are required in this sector, too.

Therefore, highly qualified and specialised institutions are becoming necessary. On one side, they will present an increasing need for funding to realise high quality exhibitions. On the other side, they have to be able to propose interactive tours, series of conferences, and even actual professional training.

At the same time, corporations need to communicate with their public in terms of sensitivity and values. This is why some “enlightened” companies have taken on the commitment on art: they have decided to participate to art and culture in order to gain an added value, an aura which helps them “humanise” and communicate using the same language of values their public understands. This way they can reach their target, through the universal language Culture speaks.

The final result is the tendency museums have to approach companies in all ways: becoming partners, and also assimilating their structure and functions. On the other side, corporations tend to support museums, or even develop one inside themselves (as corporation historical archives, foundation, art collections – like some bank collections). But even more: where a permanent association of corporations inside cultural institutions happens to exist, an actual circle can come into being and bring about reciprocal collaboration. Exactly what museums aim to create among their supporters in the name of the protection, preservation and transmission of Culture. This is becoming increasingly necessary to the Bildung of individuals and society.

Alessandra Bonetti Rubelli

Arts Management coordinator

IED Venice Master programmes – Art area:

Course of Arts Management - Museum Director
Course of Arts Management – Corporate Foundations
Cultural events and show management

IED Venice

Isle of Certosa - Venice

Tel. +39 041 2771164

The Master season is opened

noreply@ied.it — 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A new study and research season is starting for all IED Master holders wishing to add more value to their professional path.

The offer includes Masters and advanced training courses with a busy calendar and a wide range of training in all four IED disciplines. Find out more on available courses for the academic year 2008/2009:

For further info please contact:

Information and Orientation Services

Tel. +39 06 7024025

master@roma.ied.it

Ph Paolo Terlizzi

IED presents final projects to Versace Home

noreply@ied.it — 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

IED Master students in Interior Design have presented the last 18th of July their projects realized for Versace Home.

It’s a work in relation with interior design of a luxury environment supervised by the US teacher Mark Anderson.

Versace Home was born in 1992 with the realization of first pottery collections reaching to create interior design for luxury environment. In 2000 Versace group in partnership with the Sunland Group launched Palazzo Versace the first branded resort.

Students have developed an experimental project for the interior design of a luxury environment with a special focus to the textiles.

For further information:

Master Department

IED Design

Tel. 02.45495352

IED website: www.ied.it

Belma Salhiovic in London to Vivienne Westwood

noreply@ied.it — 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Following the huge success of IED Moda Lab’s project presented at the “Taking the Tradition into the Future” contest sponsored by Vivienne Westwood, Belma Salihovic, the project’s author, will be heading to London in September for a six-month internship at Westwood’s design office. This is the first time a foreign student has been accepted as an intern at the London headquarters.

Belma Salihovicwon first prize, presenting her study of a bridal veil and a video documenting the project.

The project was born of a meeting between two women: Belma herself, aged 20, and Marina, 90. Both women’s lives began with a flight from their homelands at war: Bosnia and Russia. After seeing photos of Marina’s bridal veil and hearing its story, Belma began research which led her to rediscover the memory of her own family and its traditions, transforming her identity as a designer. The result of the research is a new veil, born of the conclusion of a historical and human trip through the entire 20th century.

IED Moda Lab goes to China with Triumph

noreply@ied.it — 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

After winning first prize in the national ” Inspiration Award ” contest sponsored by Triumph, world leader in women’s lingerie, Mattia Frassinella, a second-year student in IED Moda Lab’s Textile Design program, will be heading to Beijing for the international finals on the afternoon of 31st July 2008.

The final event will be held at “Factory Hall 706” in Beijing’s Da Shan Zi Art District, a “bohemian” neighbourhood, and the artistic and cultural heart of the city. The neighbourhood will also be hosting the “House of Switzerland” during the Olympic Games.

The creations of students from schools around the world will be presented at a fashion show to a jury composed of prominent experts from the fashion world, including fashion designers Victor & Rolf.

Mattia will be presenting a brassiere made of an innovative material called the 'Fleximirror'. The neck bears a medallion made of materials capable of capturing light which activate three small LEDs on a bracelet containing a battery charger. This visionary and futuristic project is striking for its ability to take cold, technological materials and to use them to create a feminine and precious woman.

Triumph’s “Inspiration Award” is an international competition which aims to find the most inspired and inspiring lingerie designs imaginable. In its first edition this year, the Award puts young design students to the test from Milan to Tokyo to Munich, from Brisbane to San Paulo, and from Antwerp to London.

UPS Fashion Design Contest 2008

noreply@ied.it — 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Once again, through events linked to its recent 74th edition, and following the success of its collaboration with Style–Corriere della Sera in January 2008, Pitti Uomo is offering talented young Italian designers and fashion designers the chance to make a name for themselves at an international event.

IED Moda Lab participated in the event, presenting a new project of 27-year-old graduate Marta Forghieri, the 2007 winner of “My Own Show”.

The second edition of the “UPS Fashion and Design Contest”, created by Pitti Immagine and UPS, global transport and shipping leader, was based on the theme “Free Mobility”. Marta created a unisex, urban and minimalist uniform that is functional, rational, layered, breathable, light, enveloping and comfortable and which protects, follows and facilitates movement in its infinite and unpredictable forms. The custom, transparent packaging containing the outfit is a contemporary version of the paper and string parcel.

Marta Forghieri’s project won third prize.

Marc Jacobs And Julia Vergara

noreply@ied.it — 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Julia Vergara, went on to study accesories at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid.

Apart from their seasonal collections, the Marc by Marc Jacobs shops also sell a selection of items from other brands, many of them discovered while traveling around the world.

A few months ago, the Spanish companies SuTurno and peSeta decided to collaborate and transform a few timeworn sacks they had found in an old warehouse into something different.

A modern take on the classic tote, the "bolsaco" was created. Its name is a combination of the Spanish words "bolso", bag, and "saco", sack. These totes are simple and beautiful bags that respect the original charm of the plain sacks they were created from.

IED Madrid

Palacio de Altamira

Flor Alta, 8

Madrid

28004

IED Rome's scholarships

noreply@ied.it — 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

There are plenty of budding talents among the creative young candidates aiming at the ten scholarships offered by IED Roma for 2008-09 three-year courses. Over three hundred young men and women managed to participate by sending their projects in by the deadline of midnight on 17th July 2008. In just a few days, all projects sent within the deadline will be pre-selected and published on the website www.uncreativoalgiorno.com.

All works judged as suitable for publication will be promptly evaluated by a jury of experts to choose the best works and their authors will be called in for an interview by 31st July. Interviews will take place in the institute’s offices in Rome at the beginning of September. Selection interviews will lead to the individuation of the ten winners.

Project publishing on www.uncreativoalgiorno.com will continue until the end of August. More than one hundred projects have already been published on the website and are voted and commented on every day by hundreds of visitors. Candidates can therefore directly verify whether their projects meet the public’s approval and read opinions on their creativity.

Nikon COOLPIX Design Competition

noreply@ied.it — 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

On April the 9th Nikon Italy has launched to Istituto Europeo di Design’ students of Milan, Turin and Rome a competition on restyling of design for COOLPIX compact digital cameras.

After a first selection of nine best proposals, the winner has been chosen: he’s Gianmauro Vella RSP Master student in Industrial Design at IED Milan.

The prize consists in an economical grant and an internship in the company.

For further information:

Master Department

IED Design

Tel. 02.45495352

Nivea meets IED

noreply@ied.it — 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Last 16th of July IED Master students in Packaging Design have presented their final project to Nivea.

Nivea is a brand leader in skin and beauty care from over 130 years, with the largest skin research in Europe.

It’s the second project of the year consisting in packaging in beauty care field in particular linked with brand new facial care products.

During the development of the project students have been supervised by Marco Maggioni winner of Red Dot Award in 2002 with a grater for Gio’ Style with whom he collaborates from 1996 and named for Compasso d’Oro.

Final presentation for Graphic Design Management

noreply@ied.it — 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Master in Graphic Design Management concluded its 2007/08 edition last 15th of July.

Students have presented thesis project consisting in the graphic realization of the visual communication for Five Continents.

Five Continents, founded by Eric Ghysels thanks to his passion for visual arts, it’s an independent and international publishing house specialised in high quality illustrated books focused on art, design archaeology, photography, fashion, and the decorative arts.

Students have been supervised in the project by the course coordinator Massimo Pitis and the professor Pasquale Volpe.

Master course next edition: February 2009

IED Moda Lab launches a course in Costume Design

noreply@ied.it — 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

For the first time, two major institutions are combining their know-how to create and offer a prestigious and unique course in Costume Design.

IED Moda Lab and Milan’s Piccolo Teatro wanted to create synergy, making their own professionals available to offer students an educational/emotional curriculum which educates them in both the fashion world and theatre world, by creating stage costumes at the laboratories of the Piccolo Teatro di Milano and learning an art based on different rules and rhythms.

Lessons will be a time to learn technical and historic concepts and to discover the various people who work in the theatre, all elements of consideration for design.

The course will also an opportunity to visit the three theatres which make up the Piccolo Teatro (Teatro Grassi, Teatro Strehler and Teatro Studio) and to attend live plays.

The course is open to anyone interested in joining this world and having strong pattern and dressmaking skills.

Applications are now being accepted! To apply, send in your CV, a covering letter and your portfolio.

For more information, contact:

IED Moda Lab

+ 39 02 583361

The BMW of 2015

noreply@ied.it — 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An outstanding trademark and an exciting challenge: this year the III year students of the Three Year post-high school Transportation Design – car design Course (a. y. 2007-2008) of the IED of Turin were faced with a new challenge launched by BMW, whose philosophy, always aiming at combining aesthetics research for innovative designs with the best technologies, impresses people all over the world.

Designing the BMW of 2015, interpreting the language evolution and the trademark essence, in view of the company’s future perspectives: this was the thesis objective involving students, for the first phase of the project, in the research of a product and a style projected towards the future, for their subsequent application to actual scenarios of a close tomorrow.

The 35 students involved were subdivided into 18 teams, all coordinated by Fulvio Fantolino, Coordinator of the Transportation Design – car design Course and owner of F&F Design Studio. Students were also followed throughout the internal stages of project development by a BMW Commission including Thomas Plath, Director Model Techniques and Process Management, and Anders Warming, BMW Exterior Design Director, under the supervision of Chris Bangle, Chief of Design for BMW Group.

The proposals elaborated by all student teams were later evaluated with the selection of 12, out of which 8 were developed in 1:4 models, in collaboration with Cecomp, and the remaining 4 turned into virtual models.

Models will be displayed at the IED of Turin, in Via S. Quintino 39, within the “Apriti IED” event, until the end of September 2008 (visiting hours: 09:00 – 13:00 and 14:00 – 18:00). Admission is free .

Quale futuro per il design italiano?

noreply@ied.it — 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

On 8th August IED Master Milano in collaboration with Mont Blanc Cultural Forum organizes an event on new Italian design.

The location will be Courmayeur (AO), one of most important tourist ski resort, placed in the heart of Western Alpes.

Mont Blanc Cultural Forum is as cultural organization born in 2004 thanks to the will of a group of members to share and spread passion for culture and progress. It works without superstructures, limits or specific bonds, mostly in Courmayeur, an international prestigious location able to stimulate development and improvement of intellectual training. It’s based on the belief that progress without culture is not sustainable and that culture without progress is often not enough.

Themes of the event are borders and trends of new Italian design: by participating at this event you’ll be in touch with Design and can take a look to the state of art in design and creativity in Italy and abroad.

More information coming soon

at www.ied.it

Check it out!

Be there, Be the sign

Freddy chooses IED creativity

noreply@ied.it — 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Lorenzo Vitturi , holder of a diploma in Photography gained at the IED Rome, won the Professional Photography Creative Quality Award founded by the TAU Visual Professional Photographers National Association.

The Competition was open to all Italian professional photographers and judged by a very high-levelled jury.

Particularly, Lorenzo Vitturi ranked first in the “best advertising shot” section by presenting a new campaign for Freddy aimed at the forth-coming Olympics to be held in Beijing.

Master and advanced training programmes

noreply@ied.it — 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

IED Communication

Management e Comunicazione per l'Industria Discografica is the first complete answer to the increasing need for new managing professionals in the fields of communication, advertising, marketing and events.

It is a highly dynamic and innovative school with a wide international approach. Integrated communication is the key element in an increasingly globalised and media-dominated market where differences among products are largely based on brand identity and on the strength of its image.

IED Communication masters and advanced training courses aim at preparing professionals of the future , cross–disciplinary figures capable of interpret market trends, spot and define winning strategies and design successful advertising campaign. Professionals able to conjugate creativity, management, design and communication skills.

Starting in autumn:

The IED Brigade is born

noreply@ied.it — 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

"Our name is IED BRIGADE. Our mission consists in freeing ideas, projects and creativity constrained in IED talents’ Macs and spreading them around the world.

We want to reveal and make finally public confidential contents that might upset the creative world.

Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr and WordPress are the networks we launch our creative missiles from to invade the net.

Find out about our stories, aims and campaigns. Take part in our daily activities and watch our itch to express ourselves and reverse rules.

Flick through our pages, check out our videos, move among our pictures and track down our posts. Get your mouse, IED Brigade doesn’t wait!”

IED BRIGADE is a WEB 2.0 editorial staff that eplores, exposes and recounts projects, people and disordes made in IED, a participatory environment in constant evolution and in viral diffusion through socials networks.

IED BRIGADE consists in a team of 8 young talents from L’HUB, IED Communication creative lab, and has a cross-discipline connection with the other IED schools’ creatives.

Join IED BRIGADE on iedbrigade.wordpress.com.

Venice Open IED 2008

noreply@ied.it — 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Wit and creativity led the first day of Open IED 2008 in Venice, on June 26.

The isle of Certosa, IED Venice "floating lab", turned on the occasion into a synergic meeting point for young talents and for the whole town.

An opportunity to admire projects and works originated by the creative impulse of the IED students who are about to finish or have just finished their course.

Two events were the day’s hits. A workshop on "polka dots" held by Luca Sacchi, Art Direcor, Creative and set designer, and Elio e Le Storie Tese’s class, whose underlying themes were coarseness and irreverence.

A cocktail with a musical background provided by the 2 guys in Venice ‘s dj set successfully accompanied all participants towards the end of the event.

IED Venice

Isle of Certosa

30100 Venice

info.venice@ied.it

Tel. 041 2771164

Workshop on light technology at IED

noreply@ied.it — 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

On the 3rd and 4th of June IED master students in Interior Design have deepened light theme, from the interior design view point, in realizing the second main project.

Paola Belloni is the professor of Lighting workshop, Lighting techniques professor at University of Heidelberg in Germany and member of German lighting association and the European Association of Applied Optics.

The workshop is conceived within a special attention focused on light related with interior design that is evidenced by the update of the contents for the organization of the Research Study Program Master in Light Design for 2009.

For further information:

Master Department

IED Design

Tel. 02.45495352

IED at Kartell

noreply@ied.it — 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Kartell company was created in 1949 by Giulio Castelli with the mission of producing plastic objects, it has collaborated with most famous designers such as Philippe Starck, Piero Lissoni and Vico Magistretti.

Kartell museum includes over one thousand objects showing the history of Italian design, its building has been realized by Ignazio Gardella and Anna Castelli Ferrieri in occasion of the 50^th anniversary of the company’s creation.

For further information:

Master Department

IED Design

Tel. +39 02 45 495352

Scholarships – Special Project 2008/2009

noreply@ied.it — 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, IED Milano, launches a special project for the assignment of 7 partial 50% scholarships for the academic year 2008-2009 to students wishing to attend IED Design, IED Comunicazione and IED Moda Lab Milan RSP Masters.

The theme of the special project is

“IED FOR SUSTAINABILITY”

Participants in the special project will have to show they are able to face environmental challenges in innovative ways.

The authors of the selected works will be offered a scholarship to the following Master Courses:

IED Comunicazione

RSP Master in Brand Management and Advertising Communication (starting April 2009)

IED Design

RSP Master in Industrial Design (starting April 2009)
RSP Master in Lighting Design ( starting January 2009 )
RSP Master in Packaging Design ( starting January 2009)
RSP Master in Interior Design (starting January 2009)

IED Moda Lab

RSP Master in Fashion Communication and Stylist / RSP Master in Fashion Communication and PR ( starting January 2009)
RSP Master in Fashion Marketing and Product Management / RSP Master in Fashion Marketing and Retail Management (starting January 2009)

Candidates are to submit papers with their interpretation of the various briefs defined by IED schools by September 15. Information and regulations at the website: http://sp.ied.it/master-milano/

Ied and Zucchero

noreply@ied.it — 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

For only one unforgettable night the San Siro stadium turned into the greatest theatre in the world in order to hold the only Italian concert-event in Zucchero’s world tour: “All the best World Tour 2008”.

The Milan stadium enveloped the public in a unique and evocative atmosphere: numbered parterre and seats created a different and refined atmosphere, which didn’t ease at all the public’s boundless enthusiasm.

Among the people attending the show there were the lucky 200 ones who had the opportunity to get a complimentary ticket thanks to the partnership between IED and the Artist.

Zucchero will in fact hold a conference during next academic year at IED, thus creating a not-to-be missed meeting between two creative worlds!

IED Moda Lab and Triumph for new talents

noreply@ied.it — 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Inspiration means a lot of things: a creative explosion, a sudden idea or the great result of a long and difficult process, but certainly a new and fresh idea. In lingerie inspiration comes from care for detail, passion for design and deep love for fashion.

With this philosophy Triumph goes looking for a great innovative idea.

Triumph “Inspiration Award ” is an international contest created in order to spot the most inspired and inspiring lingerie design ever imagined. At its first edition this year, it challenges young design students from Milan to Tokyo and Munich, from Brisbane to Sao Paolo, from Antwerp to London.

The award moves through two stages, a national and an international final trial. The first one has ended with the selection of the best project spotted in the design by Mattia Frassinella, a young talent at the second year of the textile design course at IED Milan Fashion Lab.

Mattia Frassinella has won the Italian final trial of the international competition launched by Triumph, a leading company in the lingerie industry. TheTriumph Inspiration Award. Mattia in fact will stand for Italy at the finals to be held in Beijing on July 31, 2008. Mattia has presented a bra created with innovative materials: the 'Fleximirror'. Around the neck a medallion containing material which captures light and activates three small leds on a wrist band which, actually, hides a battery charger. A visionary and futuristic project that struck for the image of a sexy and precious woman coming out from cold technological materials.

Master in Marketing will end in june.

noreply@ied.it — 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Our Master in Marketing: communication and competitive strategies (at its 5th edition) will finish at the end of June with the presentation of the project works.

“ Bringing sound to life”

Amplifon: integrated marketing and retail planning

The company who involved IED’s Master students this year is AMPLIFON, world leader in hearing aids.

Daniela Pighini, Head of New Business Development, outlined the project on which the students will have to work on over the next few weeks. It will consist of finding the ideal visibility for Amplifon’s brand in relation to other competitors, developing a retail plan and new distribution methods.

For dates and times please contact Dipartimento Master di Ied Comunicazione.

tel 0039 + 02-55230369

Tokidoki

noreply@ied.it — 29 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

On 10 May a prize was awarded to the winning project of the competition “Tokidoki meets IED”, presented inside the Jam Store at the Gallery Colonna, among a wealth of colours, designs and Japanese motifs of all kinds.

This collaboration with Tokidoki really enthused the students of the IED Fashion and IED Communication, whom the competition was designed for. Numerous students participated in the workshop and attended the meeting with Simone Legno, an ex-IED student who is today the founder and creative director of Tokidoki, who spoke about the history of the brand using his most well-known partners.

On 9 May the students, divided into mixed groups, worked on the design of a gadget, a piece of clothing and a promotional event, including installations and strategy.

The winning group, composed of three students of the IED Fashion Karen Maghen, Francesca Metta and Aurelia Calmieri and one student of IED Communication, Alan Dindo, was given their award by Simone Legno during an informal meeting with his fans.

Photo of Angelo Di Pietro

Art again at IED Venice

noreply@ied.it — 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

ART IS THE PROTAGONIST AGAIN AT IED VENICE

ENROLMENTS ARE OPEN FOR THE NEW ART AREA COURSES

OPEN DAY JUNE 26

Next autumn the new master and advanced training courses of Art Area IED Venice will start. They are addressed to graduates or professionals working in the art field at institutional or corporate level.

The Master in Art Management aims at providing students with a comprehensive overview on art and culture management and on professional careers dealing with some specific aspects (Museum/Foundation Director, Marketing Director, and Corporate Foundation Manager).

The duration is 700 hours (450 hours of classroom work and 250 hours of internship)

Master supervisor is Alessandra Bonetti Rubelli, legal issues and corporate development manager for Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Starting in November 2008, in English/Italian.

The Master in Cultural Events and Performing Arts Management is addressed to graduates, final-year university students and/or professionals working in cultural production and show business who wish to acquire specific expertise in design and realisation of events in the fields of music, theatre, cinema, literature and culture in general.

The duration is 400 hours, in Italian.

Master supervisor will be Marco Conforti, marketing and commercial adviser in the arts and music industry, founder and director of Casi Umani srl, partner and director of Hukapan spa (Elio e le Storie Tese’s company).

Starting in October 2008.

In addition to the masters, new advanced training courses are scheduled:

The Arts Management – Museum Director course will provide students with a full- immersion extensive experience, so as to let them grasp both the aspects of professional careers in the reality of museums and foundations, and the way these institutions deal with their artistic heritage managers.

Starting in November 2008, 120 hours, full time, in English/Italian.

Supervisor: Alessandra Bonetti Rubelli.

The Arts Management – Corporate Foundations course takes a start from the experience of successful companies in the area of Venice and in the Italian territory. It consists of a historical and theoretical frame integrated by a practical and operational analysis applied to every company. By means of a communication strategy targeted at arts, the analysed firms have been successful in overcoming the initial national boundaries to conquest the international scene and markets at social, economic and cultural level.

Starting in January 2009, 120 hours, full time, in English/Italian.

Supervisor: Alessandra Bonetti Rubelli.

The course in Cultural Production Marketing is intended for graduates, last year university students and/or professionals working in the marketing and communication fields who wish to gain in-depth expertise in the use of cultural and show contents in the development of projects and activities aimed at promoting non-cultural products and brands. It is also addressed to cultural production and show business professionals interested in getting a hang of ways to market and sell their production in partnership with companies outside the sector.

Starting in March 2009, 120 hours over weekends (Fridays and Saturdays) twice a month, in Italian.

Supervisor: Marco Conforti

For information and booking an interview during the open day:

info.venice@ied.it