Visual e Interactive Arts - IED

Professions in the area Visual and Interactive Arts

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

IED students are currently working as: 

  • Media Designer
  • Interaction Designer
  • Graphic & Visual Designer
  • Photographer
  • Interactive Art Director
  • Motion Graphic Designer
  • Storyboard & Layout Artist
  • UI Artist
  • Video Designer

Find out who he is, what he does and how to become Photographer, Media DesignerGraphic Designer, Video Designer/Maker and Illustrator, Visual Artist, Director of Photography, Visual Designer

IED Open Day - September 2025

Projects

Interaction Design and User Experience

Cagliari

Final projects / thesis projects
Onirico

Graphic Design and Visual Communication

Turin

Didactic projects
Linkiesta Magazine x IED Torino

Graphic Design and Visual Communication

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Ästhetik des Vergessens

Visual and Interactive Arts

Milan

Young Researchers, Cariplo Foundation

Video, Cinema and Sound Design

Rome

Didactic projects
IED X YoUrbana

Interaction Design and User Experience

Cagliari

Final projects / thesis projects
Baldo - An Experiential Game to Discover Sardinia’s Villages

Graphic Design and Visual Communication

Milan

Cercatore d'acqua

Graphic Design and Visual Communication

Bilbao

Final projects / thesis projects
Matterness

Graphic Design and Visual Communication

Bilbao

Final projects / thesis projects
Sacred Mountain

News

Overhead view of a labyrinth of fabric panels and light

10 February 2026

IED Barcelona bathes Llum BCN 26 in warm light

The lighting design installation “Fabric Maze”, a labyrinth of fabrics, lights and shadows inspired by the textile past of the Poblenou neighbourhood, created warm visual compositions with each visitor’s passage.

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.

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.

A table with various posters and images from graphic design campaigns

30 January 2026

Portfolio Review Day Visual Arts 2026

The third edition of the annual exhibition showcasing the best work by fourth-year students from the Visual Arts School at IED Barcelona brought together the personal perspectives of a new generation of creative talent.

Valentino: Après moi, le déluge!

30 January 2026

Valentino: Après moi, le déluge!

In January and February 2026, a small exhibition will be held in the Franca Sozzani Fashion Reading Room at IED Milan, paying tribute to Valentino, a great master of Italian fashion, who passed away on January 19.

26 January 2026

IED’s campuses in Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona are hosting Valor Ancestral, the travelling exhibition by Latam Creative Talent.

The exhibition will debut in Madrid on February 17 as part of the Madrid Design Festival.

23 January 2026

Linkiesta Magazine x IED Torino

An editorial collaboration with the Bachelor course in Illustration at IED Torino

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) University of Westminster and IED Madrid

22 January 2026

IED Madrid launches two University of Westminster BA (Hons) degrees

The first intake of Creative Media Arts and Fashion Marketing and Promotion begins in September 2026