Events

Dubai Design Week 2017

Date

22 September 2017

IED was present in the Dubai Design Week 2017 with different projects by current students and alumni.

A total of four students projects are displayed in three different locations: Yulia and Hydra by IED Barcelona are present at the Global Grad Show, the exhibition of students works from the world’s leading design schools; Bisu by Matteo Congiu at Downtown Design – Italian Luxury Interiors, an annual exhibition held in Dubai to celebrate the excellence of Italian furniture and furnishings in the Arab Emirates; Arthropod by Ghassan Salameh at D3’s Middle East: Design Now.

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22 January 2021

Cross Cultural Chairs by Matteo Guarnaccia

Cross Cultural Chair is a project that blends anthropology with design and draws on the importance of seating and ways of sitting according to different cultures.

15 January 2021

Marianna Poletti

Founder & CEO of Just Knock

21 December 2020

Marco Inselvini

The best laser designer worldwide

04 December 2020

MUSA | EUROPEAN YOUNG MUSICIANS SOFT SKILLS ALLIANCE

IED is a partner of the European project of professional training aimed at the development of entrepreneurial skills and competences in young musicians who work in string quartets.
Stations of a near future: Experience within a Hyperloop station

20 November 2020

Stations of a near future: Experience within a Hyperloop station

A project focused on the current needs of cities and their citizens, the integration of technology and respect for the environment. 

17 November 2020

IED triumf with a double win at the ADCI Awards 2020

IED Roma and IED Milano are the undisputed protagonists in the Students category - winning first and second place respectively - at the ADCI Awards 2020, which is the most important prize for creativity in advertising communication.

04 November 2020

IED presented two projects at Sónar+D CCCB

IED presented the MixCities and 2020+20 projects at the extraordinary edition of Sónar+D, which took place on September 18th and 19th at the CCCB.

29 October 2020

Max & Douglas

Photographers

08 October 2020

IED x Re-FREAM

IED joins forces with Re-FREAM towards a sustainable future of fashion
IED Next and Amaze Project

01 September 2020

IED Next and Amaze Project

Due to the pandemic on 2020 the digital exhibitions took the place of the classic end-of-year physical showcases: IED has made a virtue of necessity.

31 August 2020

Gaia Anselmi Tamburini

Photographer, content creator and product designer
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.

30 June 2020

Best Thesis 2020

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

20 April 2020

New graduates compete at the Annecy Animation Festival

The short film '3 minutes to live', with which Emanuele Motti and Vittorio Ascolani graduated in Illustration and Animation, is competing at the prestigious 2020 Annecy Festival in the 'graduation films' category.
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

11 January 2020

Introducing XR LAB, a new space to modify reality

Virtual innovation is gaining increasing importance, and for creatives, it is a great tool to transform and improve society.
NEW SPECIAL COLLABORATIONS FOR THE THESIS PROJECTS IN TRANSPORTATION DESIGN

13 December 2019

NEW SPECIAL COLLABORATIONS FOR THE THESIS PROJECTS IN TRANSPORTATION DESIGN

Suzuki, Honda and Azimut deliver the brief to the students.

11 November 2019

IED supports Yellowdot Design at Paris Design Week 2019

IED supported Alumni Bodin Hon and Dilara Kan - the duo founder of Yellowdot Design studio - in their participation at Le Off - Paris Design Week

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.

01 July 2019

Designing for the many

Within the framework of the IED Master Barcelona School courses, Designing for the many is an educational innovation project created with the aim of investigating the capacity, strategies and repercussions of design in the construction of our society, questioning its cultural, productive, economic and political aspects.

12 June 2019

IED presents two projects at Sónar+D 2019

Sono by IED Barcelona students and A Swarm of Corrupted Seed by Federico Russo from IED Milano at Sónar+D

14 March 2019

Madrid Creativa

IED is involved in the urban activation of neighbourhoods and districts through design

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.

13 September 2018

Cross Cultural Chairs by alumni Matteo Guarnaccia

Cross Cultural Chairs by Matteo Guarnaccia is a project that blends anthropology with design

03 September 2018

IED at London Design Festival 2018

London Design Festival celebrates and promotes the city as the design capital of the world.

07 November 2016

Transdisciplinary Design Network Launched

IED and the University of Liverpool (UoL) in UK, the Hochschule Anhalt/DIA at the Bauhaus in Dessau/Germany, and MVADV in Rotterdam/Netherlands launched a Transdisciplinary Design Network to initiate and spearhead a leading-edge debate on emerging models of transdisciplinarity with the aim of exploring cross-sector impact pathways.

16 December 2015

Perú Design Net

Design as an innovation tool for transformation of a country

19 November 2010

Mexico Design Net

Experience the city with IED Madrid in Mexico