Date

25 September 2023

Learn about all the events of IED Square Fest and sign up for the ones you’re interested in.

This year’s IED Square Fest marks the 11th edition of the event. 

It will be a chance to welcome new students, greet those who are already part of our community, including staff, lecturers and colleagues, and invite the whole city to contemplate the principal trajectories of the modern world.

A series of online and in-person talks, featuring notable guests and representatives of institutions from 19-21 October 2023.
These three days will be devoted to exchanges between generations on the subjects of work and civic, social and environmental engagement.

Go to this page and read about the organised events, then register for the ones that interest you.

The IED seats of Milan, Rome, Turin, Florence, Cagliari and the Accademia Aldo Galli will open the academic year 2023-2024!
A defining moment for the entire IED community - students, lecturers, staff and colleagues - to share talks, award ceremonies and presentations that will help become familiar with our reality and its key figures.

The program for the opening of the academic year of all IED seats and the Accademia di Belle Arti Aldo Galli Como will be available shortly.

IED Milano
19-21 October
Institutional welcome to students and the start of IED Square Fest

IED Firenze
17-18 October
Institutional welcome to all students, talk and guided tour of the city for Italian and foreign students

IED Torino 
17-18 October 
Two occasions dedicated to the institutional welcome for Italian and foreign students

IED Roma
30 October
The Design Awards event, which hands out annual prizes for the best projects, and the opening ceremony of the academic year. There will be an occasion specially set aside for international students.

IED Cagliari 
17 October
Institutional welcome to new students and introduction of the staff. After class: "Afternoon Tea Party" with students, lecturers and staff

Accademia Aldo Galli - Como
13 October
Welcome to students and talk on creative professions

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Keiji Takeuchi: Design between objects and context

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26 October 2026

Architetture mutevoli del corpo: IED at FGI 2026

A fashion show exploring the ever-changing architectures of the body

21 October 2026

IED Torino at Torino Art Week 2026

IED Torino at Torino Art Week with a series of collaborations and projects involving students from different courses, from Photography to Communication Design.

16 October 2026

The Word for Border is Water

IED participates for the third time at the Class of 26 exhibition during Dutch Design Week

16 October 2026

From Zero to Future 2026

Opening of the Academic Year in Visual Arts and Communication with a Three-Day Workshop for New Students

16 October 2026

The three IED projects selected for the ADI Design Index 2026

Textile Refugee (IED Milano), EVOluzione and Sei Complice (IED Roma) are in the running for the 2028 Compasso d’Oro in the Targa Giovani category.

15 October 2026

(AB)NORMAL STUDIO and IED Milano rethink workspaces

Davide Masserini, co-founder of (AB)NORMAL Studio, will teach second-year students in the Product Design course at IED Milano.

14 October 2026

Il Canto di Alina Hits Cinemas

The film by Federica Oriente and Ilaria Braccialini, developed from their IED graduation project, is now screening in cinemas across Milan, Rome, Bologna and Turin, distributed by Lo Scrittoio

13 October 2026

Public Spiritualism: rethinking public space through design

IED Milano hosts the danish artist Thomas Poulsen for the workshop Public Spiritualism addressed to 3rd year Product Design students.