Professions in the area Product and Service Design

Working in the creative industries requires passion and curiosity for the world around us: there are endless possibilities.

IED students are currently 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 who he is, what he does and how to become: Product Designer, Service Designer, Packaging designer

Projects

Product and Service Design

Rome

Special projects
Design for Schools

Product and Service Design

Rome

Final projects / thesis projects
Connet

Product and Service Design

Rome

Final projects / thesis projects
EVOluzione

Interior and Spatial design

Rome

Didactic projects
Occhio Specchio

Interior and Spatial design

Rome

Didactic projects
Biblioteche di Roma: designing child-centered libraries

Interior and Spatial design

Rome

Didactic projects
Playgrounds with MAGIS

Transportation Design and Mobility

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
CUPRA Vigia

Product and Service Design

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Lumelia

Product and Service Design

Rome

Final projects / thesis projects
Ventura

News

13 November 2026

Ester Pujol, IED Barcelona lecturer, wins La Rambla terrace design competition

Her project “Areny”, developed in collaboration with her partner Ander Lizaso, has beaten seven other finalists. The jury praised its modularity and integration into the urban environment, as well as its simplicity and elegance.

OPEN CALL· XMAS MARKET IED MADRID · 10 DE DICIEMBRE

13 November 2026

OPEN CALL· XMAS MARKET IED MADRID · 10th OF DECEMBER

REGISTER BY 18th OF NOVEMBER

09 November 2026

José María Fernández Alcalá. Product Design and Ecodesign: What Industry Needs

José María Fernández Alcalá, Director of Circular Economy at Ihobe and a lecturer at IED Kunsthal Bilbao, discusses how ecodesign is transforming industry and opening up new career opportunities. Is industry ready to design more durable, repairable and circular products?

27 October 2026

Keiji Takeuchi: Design between objects and context

Keiji Takeuchi guides second-year students of the Product Design BA Degree at IED Milano through a design journey exploring the relationship between objects, people and their surroundings, combining research, model-making and observation of everyday life.

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.

Young woman showing off her award at the event's photocall

20 October 2026

Pentawards 2026 recognises IED Barcelona’s packaging design with Gold and Silver awards

“SOLMOD”, by Sofía Millán, and “Drop”, by Livia Ylldiz Struga, both second-year Product Design students, competed in the category for student concepts that have not yet been brought to market.

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

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.