The challenges of today’s companies are increasingly complex and demand highly specialized skills in terms of communication and management. To operate in the field of communication, it is demanded a whole comprehension of cultural, social, aesthetic and linguistic codes

A capable manager in the creative industry  integrates innovation processes, multidisciplinary decision-making, a human-centered mindset and viable business strategies to create effective products and services addressing challenges such as inclusion, sustainability and diversity.

We have abandoned the era of words in favor of a rapid and concise language made up of images that need to be constructed and inserted into digital media; however, today, more than ever, a single word can have so much power.

Communication processes are central and essential for the strategic development of any new initiative and start-up; for the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, and for the success of large national and multinational companies.

We train professionals who are able to critically read contemporary social and cultural phenomena, consciously build ideas and thoughts, develop innovation and experimentation projects by enhancing multidisciplinarity, transversality and creativity.  Events and PR, advertising, art and creative direction, copywriting, communication and content design are some of the key areas to generate innovation in different media supports.

More and more companies and the consulting business are looking at design as a source of inspiration and a tool in terms of methodologies and innovation processes.

This is why IED offers an alternative model to the traditional schools of communication and management, offering a training in which the design thinking methodology prevails.  Study paths that alternate theoretical lessons, workshops, planning, laboratories, seminars and conferences  allow us to train flexible and versatile  professional figures.

Marketing and brand managers, service designers, digital strategists and entrepreneurs in the creative fields need to be able to face the challenges  that the continuous evolution of the communication and marketing sectors imposes both in physical and digital worlds.

Discover the power of storytelling 

By observing what’s surround us, our students create innovative and creative narratives that can change and shape the way we see the world.
Take a look at our student’s take on storytelling!

Projects

Graphic Design and Visual Communication

Rome

Final projects / thesis projects
IED X Caritas Roma

Marketing and Communication

Rome

Didactic projects
Non vedo l'ora

Marketing and Communication

Rome

Didactic projects
Sei complice

Marketing and Communication

Rome

Didactic projects
Irregular Italic

Marketing and Communication

Turin

Final projects / thesis projects
ZONA — A Space for Independent Spaces

Arts and Restoration

Florence

Final projects / thesis projects
Dominae - A Podcast for Museo Sant'Orsola
Collage with fabric clippings, newspapers and images

Fashion Communication and Management

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Reimagining Traceability and Transparency at Mille Collines
Poster with letters of different sizes and colors and object icons

Fashion Communication and Management

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Brands for Non-believers

Marketing and Communication

Milan

Didactic projects
VASELENS

News

19 December 2025

IED Barcelona celebrates Graduation Day for a hundred students from Master's and Specialisation Courses

The event recognises their successful journey through their studies at the school.

Woman giving a lecture in a room with an audience

18 December 2025

More than Words

Ane Guerra, founder of the content agency Letraherida and one of Forbes’ 100 Most Creative People of 2024, revealed the key insights of her profession in the third instalment of the More than… talk series organised by the IED Barcelona School of Communication.

Green lettering on a blue background with the copy Welcome Event 26

18 December 2025

Welcome event Postgraduate 2025/2026 - IED Barcelona

It will take place on 15 and 16 January for Master's, Postgraduate and Specialization Course students.

14 November 2025

From all over the world to Turin: IED welcomes its new international students

Two days between campus spaces and the city center, where new international students, guided by a treasure hunt, started to find their way, meet each other, and grow as a group

11 November 2025

Adriano Giannini at IED Milan for a Special Lecture

Adriano Giannini was the protagonist of the new Special Lecture organized by OffiCine-IED and IED Cinema, the Film School of the Istituto Europeo di Design.

07 November 2025

ADCI Awards 2025: IED on the podium!

Five award-winning projects, including two Golds in the Student category for the projects SPICY:AM by IED Milano and IRREGULAR ITALIC by IED Roma.

05 November 2025

Call for two 50% scholarships for the Master in Strategic Design Management at IED Barcelona

Application deadline: 20 November 2025, 11:59 p.m. (GMT+1). 

14 October 2025

New January intake for Undergraduate Programmes in Italy

Fashion, Design, Communication, Visual Arts and Cinema: your creative journey starts here

A group of people at the opening of a design exhibition

14 October 2025

IED celebrates creativity and optimistic design at Barcelona Design Week

CREATIVE OPTIMISM, an exhibition filled with positive attitude and enthusiastic pieces originating from international projects within the Istituto Europeo di Design network, was inaugurated on 8 October at IED Barcelona.

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