Language

Spanish

Start date

January 2026

Frequency

Weekend

Fruition

On campus

Duration

3 Months

Course Coordination

Idoia García de Cortázar

This course is ideal if you want to explore the various disciplines of design, develop your own personal projects, expand your professional opportunities, or follow your passion.

In a world where design can be found in every aspect of our lives, understanding its principles is essential.

Global Design Senior is an introductory 50-hour course in which you’ll learn the ins and outs of graphic, product, fashion and interior design, laying solid foundations, discovering how to use new tools in the most effective way, and developing your creative talent. Through a combination of theory and practice, you’ll experiment with both analog and digital techniques, stimulating your creativity and learning to apply it in different contexts.

For people over 18 years of age, this course is more than just a first taste of design, it opens the door to future specializations.

Information to decide

An immersive experience to take your first steps in the world of design, exploring graphic, product, fashion and interior design in a hands-on, practical experience, learning to use essential tools, developing your own creative talent with the help of experts.

The course focuses on four fundamental areas: graphic design, product design, fashion design and interior design.

The Project-Based Learning methodology is the most effective way to put the know-how you’ve acquired immediately into practice in a real context. By taking a hands-on, practical approach you’ll explore fundamental techniques and develop key skills to enhance your creativity with the help of expert designers.

If you’ve got a healthy interest in design and want to explore its different disciplines, this is the course for you. Whether you’re looking to take your creativity to the next level, apply new know-how in personal projects, or open the door to professional opportunities, this course gives you the resources you need and helps you take your first steps in the world of design.

Explore the foundations of graphic, product, fashion and interior design with a practice-based learning method that lets you apply the new skills you’ve learned from day one.

Learn first-hand from a team of experts, putting theory into practice in a dynamic environment that stimulates creativity.

Live an immersive experience in the world of design, developing key skills and discovering new tools to take your talent to the next level and open the door to future specializations.

Syllabus

Design fundamentals

●      The history of design

●      Design theory

●      Basic design principles

●      Creativity

●      Communication and presentatio



Interior design

●      An introduction to graphic design

●      Graphic design tools

●      Developing a graphic design project



Product design

●      An introduction to product design

●      Product design tools

●      Developing a product design projec



Fashion design

●      An introduction to fashion design

●      Fashion design tools

●      Developing a fashion design projec

Faculty

Idoia García de Cortázar

News

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

14 November 2025

This was IED MUSES Talks: Quayola

In the first episode of the second season of the inspirational talk series by IED, the renowned multimedia artist revealed the key elements of his work at the intersection of art, design, and technology.

06 November 2025

Casa IED opens in New York: a new space for design culture and creative exchange

In Williamsburg, the creative heart of New York, Casa IED has opened as the first of the spaces that IED will dedicate to cultural exchange and collaborative design.

06 November 2025

Two alumni from IED Barcelona design the award for the 18th ‘Premi Dona i Esport’

Mina Barchi and Stella Ferrazo, graduates in Product Design, have created a sculpture through which the Barcelona City Council recognises this year the transformative power of women in sports.

A bottle of craft beer next to dried artichoke waste

04 November 2025

‘Santa Carxofa’, awarded at NEXT GEN DESIGN 2025! “Redesign tomorrow, today”

The project by Justine Vargas, alumnus of the Master in Sustainable Design at IED Barcelona, is one of the winners of this competition that promotes innovative solutions aligned with the European Green Deal.

03 November 2025

2 IED Barcelona alumni bring their brands to the Barcelona Fashion Forward pop-up

Until 22 November, Guillermo Justicia and Laia Canales's firm, Alaire, two of the four winners of the 6th edition of this fashion entrepreneurship program, are presenting their collections in a pop-up shop at the Trent space.

29 October 2025

Inclusive graphic design to transform society

For the third consecutive year, IED Barcelona has collaborated with Fundació Setba within the framework of the “Magistrals/Premi Setba” program.

28 October 2025

Elna Solans, IED Barcelona alumnus, triumphs in the 13th edition of the Rec.0 and 080 Barcelona Fashion emerging brands competition

With her brand D’Ars, she has won this award recognizing her as the best emerging fashion proposal in the region.

28 October 2025

IED in China for the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year at Sichuan Normal University

IED Roma strengts its international cooperation with Sichuan Normal University by taking part in the event “Shaping the Future: Product Innovation in a Global Perspective.”