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Best Thesis 2020

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30 June 2020

Innovative alternatives for mobility, spaces to reconnect with nature, sustainable fashion collections and new services focused on user experience.

One more year, IED Barcelona celebrates the Best Thesis Awards that collect the best projects in each of the four areas of the school. The work done in these theses has been compromised by an exceptional situation: a global pandemic. However, in these difficult moments, creativity and design have helped us on facing new future challenges and creating new solutions to build a better society.

These four theses, for example, propose innovative alternatives for mobility and urbanization in the future cities, spaces that help humans to reconnect with nature, fashion collections that are made in a sustainable way, and new services that reinforce the feeling between user and experience.

The winners from this year’s edition are the following: 

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The Minister of Education visits IED Barcelona’s stand at the Saló de l'Ensenyament

On the occasion of the inauguration of the fair, Josep Gonzàlez-Cambray talked with Andrea Marchesi, Director of the Design School.

13 March 2023

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10 March 2023

Design, light and energy needs under discussion on Italian Design Day

A panel of experts moderated by IED Barcelona analysed the role that design energy has for people and the environment in the round table “Light and Energy: Habitat and city”.
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15 February 2023

IED's "Latam Creative Talent" exhibition opens its doors as part of MDF "Fiesta Design"

The exhibition will be open until next February 26th at Fundación Francisco Giner de los Ríos

07 February 2023

Minimum energy consumption praised at Llum BCN

Slow Light by IED Barcelona is a collaborative proposal that works without electricity and delighted the festival’s jury.

31 January 2023

IED Barcelona, design partner in the Gracia neighborhood

Pasarela, the catering establishment in the Gracia neighborhood formerly known as El Molinet, has a new logo and interior design carried out by IED Barcelona.

30 January 2023

Nautical design racking up awards

De Antonio Yachts, by two IED Barcelona alumni, wins the most sought-after award in the European nautical industry for the second time.

21 December 2022

IED Barcelona’s master’s degrees in fashion and interior design recognized in the Financial Magazine rankings

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16 December 2022

IED Barcelona students aim to revitalise Paseo de Gracia with “Dissenyem comerç”

Its objective is to promote local commerce in the city thanks to the transformative power of design.

20 years of a collective dream through design

02 December 2022

20 years of a collective dream through design

IED Barcelona has been consolidating its position as a driving force behind innovation and social well-being through design education. "A collective dream" is a faithful reflection of this spirit.

24 September 2022

Classically contemporary

Different visual identities for a pilot project at the Palau de la Música Catalana.

15 July 2022

What will the races of the future be like?

Vehicles that compete across different water, air and land environments, and competitions with digital obstacles integrated in the real world are some of the proposals.

30 June 2022

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22 June 2022

Best Thesis Awards 2022-IED Barcelona

The four proposals, from the areas of Design, Management & Design Strategies, Fashion, and Visual Communication, convey the interests and concerns of a new generation of designers.

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21 June 2022

‘Movin’, by IED Barcelona student Dar Rubinstein, wins a Silver Laus Award
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08 June 2022

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06 May 2022

A project paying homage to theatre wins “On the Rise 2022” Graphic Design award at the OFFF festival

‘Llantiol Teatre’ by Thinh Truong, third-year Motion Graphics student at IED Barcelona, has received the Wix Playground in the best Graphic Design category. 

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A journey across world literature through the redesign of book covers

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25 March 2022

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How do we construct and explain stories? How do we use technology to improve new realities and formats? How do physical space and the virtual environment coexist? What aspects define good design in virtual worlds?
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01 March 2022

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IED students will explore alongside members of ONCE possible responses to the difficulties faced by this community with relation to everyday objects.

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25 February 2022

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The installation has succeeded in recreating an oasis of calm and a connection with nature in Poblenou’s Parc del Centre.
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28 January 2022

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Connecting with the mind and body through light

22 October 2021

Connecting with the mind and body through light

‘478’ is the installation with which IED Barcelona was present in the special edition of Llum Barcelona.
From new crafts to virtual identities

14 October 2021

From new crafts to virtual identities

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'Experiential vehicles, the tourism of the future', by IED Barcelona, SEAT and Carnet

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16 July 2021

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25 June 2021

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02 November 2020

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01 September 2020

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20 July 2020

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IED Barcelona has been involved in the new headquarters of the Italian Consulate in Barcelona, with a graphic proposal.
Reconnecting with nature through biophilic design

14 July 2020

Reconnecting with nature through biophilic design

Interior Design and Product Design students explore new concepts of spaces, services and products capable of reconnecting humans with nature.
Lluman: Light and nature to bring Poblenou to life

20 January 2020

Lluman: Light and nature to bring Poblenou to life

The project evokes the evolutive process of the natural world, focusing on the irregularity of the biophilic and organic patterns.
Introducing XR LAB, a new space to modify reality

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21 October 2019

IED talents at Dubai Design Week 2019!

Five multidisciplinary projects were put on display at Global Grad Show and IED Alumnus Ghassan Salameh appointed as guest curator proposing two exhibitions.

18 July 2019

Turian at Hyperloop Pod Competition 2019

IED Barcelona Alumni Federico Abascal led the team of the exterior design of Turian, the Hyperloop UPV prototype designed for the Pod Competition 2019 organised by Space X and The Boring Company.

19 October 2018

IED at Dubai Design Week 2018

IED participates in Dubai Design Week 2018 with Stalactite, a project by Master in Sustainable Design from IED Barcelona, and also offers a workshop in collaborative design.

11 July 2016

IED Barcelona and Seat design the future of mobility

The initial approach was to design innovative transportation systems for 2035.