Three students from IED Barcelona designing with XPPEN digital tablets

Date

25 June 2024

Thanks to the alliance with XPPen, IED will have a fully-equipped laboratory with 10 state-of-the-art Artist Pro 16 Gen 2 tablets

IED Barcelona has signed a collaboration agreement with XPPen, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of graphics tablets, display drawing monitors, and digital pen stylus to provide its students with the latest digital tools. The aim is to provide the institution with new interactive and personalised educational resources, which will also improve students’ learning experience.

Thanks to this alliance, IED will have a fully-equipped laboratory with 10 state-of-the-art Artist Pro 16 Gen 2 tablets that will enable our students to learn more effectively.

In addition, four Artist 22 Plus tablets were awarded as prizes for the best thesis project from each school during the graduation ceremony.

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