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One year course in interior design - academic year IED – Istituto Europeo di Design Milan
Introduction
This course is held in English language
In the last years, the field of Interior Design has witnessed continuous growth, for this reason, professionals in the field need to be more flexible and in touch with the new technologies, methods, and materials.
Through the Interior Design Academic year program, students get an in-depth and practical introduction to Italian design and the ‘Made in Italy’ concept with particular attention to contemporary trends while being equipped with all the necessary instruments to enter this field. Students will learn to design interior spaces both for commercial and residential use, from the initial concept and first sketch to the 3D view, and to realize a public space model. Furthermore, the course develops students' awareness of color, shape, and form and gives them the necessary skills to choose interior finishes.
The program is structured around the major international trade shows in Italy which provide insight on the latest contemporary trends and become a starting point for a broader debate on design and its current language: formal and expressive.
Schedule: Lessons are held from Monday to Friday, morning and/or afternoon.
Interior and Spatial Design – Fall semester
During this semester you will acquire the basic skills connected with drawing techniques and software to represent interior design projects. At the same time, you learn the design process and the basic knowledge of the different materials to be used in order to characterize a space.
Italian Contemporary Design and Trends – Spring semester
The spring semester explores contemporary design trends and design languages, through visits to showrooms and lectures. New trends in furniture, various types of houses, different lifestyles, and people's needs and desires will be analyzed from a practical and emotional point of view.
Visiting trade shows and showrooms, as well as active participation in lectures, discussions, and confrontation with faculty and peers will allow you to raise your cultural awareness, while the project-based experiences will provide the analytical, technical, and technological skills and competences to develop design concepts and execute them into a project proposal.
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Ideal Students
Target: This course is especially oriented towards high school graduates and university students or professionals from other areas of study, wishing to learn the fundamentals of interior design.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
In order to support participants in the coverage of the participation fee, IED has activated an articulated system of facilities: partial or total Scholarships on tuition fee; Early Bird are facilitations for students finalizing enrolment by given deadlines.; Financings with the possibility to pay the tuition fee by instalments thanks to agreements with mortgage companies.
Curriculum
Structure and Methodology: The Academic Year is structured around the major international trade shows in Italy, including [email protected], SAIE ( International Building Exhibition ) in Bologna, Salone del Mobile furniture show and the Design Week that follows, Salone Satellite, Euroluce, International Bathroom Exhibition, and the International Home Furnishings Expo.
The program offers you an in-depth and practical overview of Italian design and the ‘Made in Italy’ concept. It enables you to experiment and master the basic design tools and to identify and analyze current trends in interior design in terms of forms, colors, materials.
The Academic Year is divided into two distinctive semesters, the Interior and Spatial Design Fall semester and the Italian Contemporary Design and Trends Spring semester, each of them with specific objectives and focuses. Students have the possibility to take the whole Academic Year or to enroll only in one of the two semesters.
Rankings
IED strives to build a supportive environment and collaborative relationship with partners. That’s why IED delivers the necessary tools to support prospects students in exploring opportunities, making informed decisions, and designing their future. Thanks to the innovative methodology and the professional success of IED students, the Ministries of Education and Research of the countries where IED operates directly – Italy, Spain and Brazil – have officially accredited the majority of IED Undergraduate and Master courses.
IED is an international network of education with a 100% Italian DNA. IED has been operating in the fields of training and research, in the disciplines of Design, Fashion, Visual Arts, Communication and Management of the creative industries for over 50 years. IED mission is to offer young talents a thorough training – both theoretical and practical – and hand them the ‘Design Knowledge and Mindset’ that will be the key success factor in their careers.
According to the IED philosophy interaction between cultures generates creativity, which turns into innovation: paying attention to the continuous changes happening in the ways we think, communicate, build. This is why the IED education represents an opportunity to approach a more conscious future. IED is far more than a school: thanks to its unwavering commitment to innovation, it is the melting pot where new generations of professionalism are constantly unfolded. IED forms a truly unique network of encounters, experiences, people and cultures. Our students develop a deep sense of belonging and their drive to innovate and share resources, ideas and contacts forges a tight-knit Alumni community.
Program Outcome
Structure and Methodology: The Academic Year is structured around the major international trade shows in Italy, including [email protected], SAIE ( International Building Exhibition ) in Bologna, Salone del Mobile furniture show and the Design Week that follows, Salone Satellite, Euroluce, International Bathroom Exhibition and the International Home Furnishings Expo.
The program offers you an in-depth and practical overview of the Italian design and the ‘Made in Italy’ concept. It enables you to experiment and master the basic design tools and to identify and analyze current trends in interior design in terms of forms, colors, materials.
The Academic Year is divided into two distinctive semesters, the Interior and Spatial Design Fall semester and the Italian Contemporary Design and Trends Spring semester, each of them with specific objectives and focuses. Students have the possibility to take the whole Academic Year or to enroll only in one of the two semesters.
Interior and Spatial Design – Fall semester
During this semester you will acquire the basic skills connected with drawing techniques and softwares to represent interior design projects. At the same time, you learn the design process and the basic knowledge of the different materials to be used in order to characterize a space.
Italian Contemporary Design and Trends – Spring semester
The spring semester explores contemporary design trends and design languages, through visits to showrooms and lectures. New trends in furniture, various types of houses, different lifestyles and people's needs and desires will be analyzed from a practical and emotional point of view.
Visiting trade shows and showrooms, as well as active participation in lectures, discussions and confrontation with faculty and peers will allow you to raise your cultural awareness, while the project-based experiences will provide the analytical, the technical and technological skills and competences to develop design concepts and execute them into a project proposal.