The challenges of today’s companies are increasingly complex and demand highly specialized skills in terms of communication and management. To operate in the field of communication, it is demanded a whole comprehension of cultural, social, aesthetic and linguistic codes

A capable manager in the creative industry  integrates innovation processes, multidisciplinary decision-making, a human-centered mindset and viable business strategies to create effective products and services addressing challenges such as inclusion, sustainability and diversity.

We have abandoned the era of words in favor of a rapid and concise language made up of images that need to be constructed and inserted into digital media; however, today, more than ever, a single word can have so much power.

Communication processes are central and essential for the strategic development of any new initiative and start-up; for the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, and for the success of large national and multinational companies.

We train professionals who are able to critically read contemporary social and cultural phenomena, consciously build ideas and thoughts, develop innovation and experimentation projects by enhancing multidisciplinarity, transversality and creativity.  Events and PR, advertising, art and creative direction, copywriting, communication and content design are some of the key areas to generate innovation in different media supports.

More and more companies and the consulting business are looking at design as a source of inspiration and a tool in terms of methodologies and innovation processes.

This is why IED offers an alternative model to the traditional schools of communication and management, offering a training in which the design thinking methodology prevails.  Study paths that alternate theoretical lessons, workshops, planning, laboratories, seminars and conferences  allow us to train flexible and versatile  professional figures.

Marketing and brand managers, service designers, digital strategists and entrepreneurs in the creative fields need to be able to face the challenges  that the continuous evolution of the communication and marketing sectors imposes both in physical and digital worlds.

Discover the power of storytelling 

By observing what’s surround us, our students create innovative and creative narratives that can change and shape the way we see the world.
Take a look at our student’s take on storytelling!

Projects

Marketing and Communication

Rome

Final projects / thesis projects
Forever Road

Marketing and Communication

Rome

Didactic projects
Sud Vivo

Arts and Restoration

Florence

Final projects / thesis projects
Bones of Tomorrow

Fashion Communication and Management

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
PÁLPITO

Fashion Communication and Management

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
The Hallyu Capital

Marketing and Communication

Turin

Final projects / thesis projects
Archivio del reale

Marketing and Communication

Turin

Final projects / thesis projects
Nikon Method

Marketing and Communication

Turin

Final projects / thesis projects
Niklock

Marketing and Communication

Turin

Final projects / thesis projects
Nikon Passport

News

28 October 2026

National Portfolio Day Milan 2026

In its 60th anniversary year, IED hosts the Milan edition of National Portfolio Day, the international event for anyone who wants to study or specialize in art, design, fashion and visual communication.

Side view of a presentation with the audience seated and five panelists

28 October 2026

“Strategic Design Clinic” explores disruptive futures at IED Barcelona

Held to mark 20 editions of the Master in Strategic Design Management and as part of Barcelona Design Week, the clinic brought together professionals, innovation leaders and students to tackle real-world challenges through strategic design thinking.

Poster with the program of activites for a two-day conference

28 October 2026

The IED Barcelona community takes part in the conference that brings together the world’s leading figures in Design Management

“Service Design Disrupted” explored the future of design with contributions from lecturers Alessia Rullo, Mabel Lazzarin and Markel Cormenzana, Business Design student Fer Herrera, and Manuela Procopio, Academic Manager at IED Barcelona, who moderated a panel discussion.

Man with glasses showing a yellow pen cap

28 October 2026

Marc Stickdorn at IED Barcelona for a Service Design Disrupted satellite workshop

The founder and CEO of Smaply explored service design, innovation and organisational transformation in an additional workshop held ahead of the international conference at DHub as part of Barcelona Design Week.

28 October 2026

Italian Female Filmmakers in the Sixties and Seventies: Book Presentation as Part of Lo Schermo dell’Arte

As part of Lo Schermo dell’Arte 2026, an event at IED Firenze dedicated to the film and video work of women artists active in Italy during the 1960s and 1970s.

Art and design exhibition featuring two central rocks sewn with printed fabrics

23 October 2026

“Valor Ancestral: Latam Creative Talent 2026” makes a stop at IED Barcelona

Following its presentation at IED Madrid and ahead of its move to IED Kunsthal Bilbao, the latest edition of the international exhibition, an initiative promoted by IED since 2022, was on display to coincide with the Barcelona campus’s activities as part of Barcelona Design Week.

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 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.

06 October 2026

150 students begin the 2026–2027 Academic Year on IED Barcelona’s Master’s, Postgraduate and Foundation Courses

The Welcome Event for Master’s and Postgraduate students took place on 1 and 2 October, featuring a new edition of the “Designing for the Many” workshop and the opening lecture. Foundation students received their welcome on 5 October.

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