Product and Service Design

User needs as a basis for prototyping a product.

Learn how to develop a product or a service based on a thorough analysis of business targets and customer needs, all the way to product project design and development.
Research activities, service design, 3D modelling and project management will be some of the steps you will go through as you develop the skills you need to manage your projects within a fast changing social and environmental framework.

Professions

Working in the creative industry is about passion and curiosity for the world around us: possibilities are numerous.

IED students are now working as:

  • Product Designer
  • Sustainability Designer
  • Maker
  • Service Designer
  • Social Impact Designer
  • Experience Designer
  • Furniture Designer
  • Light Designer
  • Concept Designer
  • Product Innovation Manager
  • Industrial Designer
  • Packaging Designer

Find out more about them and their profession in the Product Designer profession page.

21 October 2022

Francesco Meda

IED Milano Alumni in Product Design. He's considered one of the most important Italian contemporary designers.

20 June 2022

ADI 2022 Awards: three IED Madrid students win Gold, Silver and Bronze

The IED Madrid course has finished this year, but the good news is still coming in. This time it’s awards for the Design school and students.

01 May 2022

Gabriele Chiave

Gabriele Chiave knows no boundaries. As a lifelong observer of the world around him, Gabriele is driven by the comprehensive nature of design and a desire to ignite meaningful interaction between product and consumer. After Studying industrial design at IED Milano, he has worked in Marc Sadler Studio and the IS European Design Center. These experiences helped Gabriele master the subtle nuances and delightful balance between form and function, industry and art, structure and experimentation. Gabriele exudes this foundation at Marcel Wanders, where he has worked since 2007. Evolving to become Creative Director, he now oversees all projects in product and interior design, and art direction for some of the most renowned international design brands such as Kartell, Poliform, Moooi, Flos, Cappellini and many others.

Innovative, sustainable and committed design to help refugees in Lesbos

15 October 2021

Innovative, sustainable and committed design to help refugees in Lesbos

‘Join it’, a system of sustainable production by IED Barcelona Product Design students has won the 4th edition of the Social Ideas Contest for the Greek island of Lesbos.

15 June 2021

IED Profile: Simone Bonanni - Product Designer

Graduated at IED, Simone Bonanni is now an awarded designer that works for international brands. Find out more about his projects in this article.
The iF Design Talent Award 2021 shortlists the project of IED student Anastasiia Kuliabina

02 June 2021

The iF Design Talent Award 2021 shortlists the project of IED student Anastasiia Kuliabina

The project is one of the designs selected by a jury of 43 international experts in the first round of this prestigious competition.

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.