Transportation Design and Mobility - IED

Professions in the area Transportation Design and Mobility

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

IED students are currently working as: 

  • Car Designer
  • Yacht Designer
  • Bike Designer
  • Mobility Consultant
  • Color & Trim Specialist
  • Automotive Interaction Specialist
  • Transportation Designer
  • Urban Mobility Manager
Find out who he is, what he does and how to become: Transportation Designer
IED Open Day - September 2025

Projects

Transportation Design and Mobility

Turin

Didactic projects
MOON HIVE

Transportation Design and Mobility

Turin

Didactic projects
HEART CORE

Transportation Design and Mobility

Turin

Didactic projects
GAIA

Transportation Design and Mobility

Turin

Didactic projects
EMBER

Transportation Design and Mobility

Turin

Final projects / thesis projects
Suprema

Transportation Design and Mobility

Turin

Meraki

Transportation Design and Mobility

Turin

Final projects / thesis projects
Icaro
Motorcyclist on an amphibious motorcycle in a beach and rocky landscape

Transportation Design and Mobility

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Ride the coastline
Off-road electric motorcycle with blue details and large wheel volumes on a dark background with parquet flooring.

Transportation Design and Mobility

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Stark Escape

News

10 February 2026

Manik Sharma wins the ASI Grifo d’Oro Competition for Young Designers

IED alumnus Manik Sharma has won the ASI Grifo d’Oro Competition, an international award promoted by the Automotoclub Storico Italiano and dedicated to designers under 30.

09 February 2026

Creativity, design and architecture at the Workshop Week 2026

From 2 to 6 February, 430 students at IED Barcelona took part in this annual multidisciplinary academic activity, which offered 25 multidisciplinary workshops inspired by the Barcelona World Capital of Architecture 2026 event. And, for the first time, it included mobility between campuses.

05 February 2026

IED Barcelona crowned winner of the DVN Vehicle Lighting Design Contest

The project “Prisma”, created by fourth-year Transportation Design students, has won first prize, outperforming 31 projects from five other international design schools.

04 February 2026

punto—trama LAB: workshops for young designers

After its first edition, punto—trama continues its journey as a space for dialogue and experimentation dedicated to young designers.

Poster for the Saló Ensenyament 2026 showing two cheerful young people against a blue background

03 February 2026

IED Barcelona at Saló de l’Ensenyament 2026

From 18 to 22 March, attendees at this event focused on educational guidance will have the opportunity to explore the school’s design training programmes at stand D-453, located at the Fira de Barcelona Montjuïc venue.

30 January 2026

From Japan to IED Torino: automotive brands meet Transportation Design students

A day of company presentations and one-to-one interviews connected Transportation Design students and graduates with six leading Japanese automotive companies

General plan of a design project exhibition

12 January 2026

Portfolio Review Design 2026

The annual showcase of standout projects by final-year students in Interior, Product, Transportation and Business Design at IED Barcelona presented innovative proposals that envision the companies, objects, homes and vehicles of the future.

The mobility experience at the core of automotive design

31 December 2025

The mobility experience at the core of automotive design

User experience drives innovation in transportation: new scenarios, transdisciplinarity, and competencies for the future of mobility within IED’s educational programs.

11 December 2025

IED x CNH: four visions of the future presented under the stars of the Planetarium of Turin

An evening dedicated to design creativity, imagining systems and vehicles capable of generating life beyond Earth