Foundation - Total Design
- 1 year
- Duration
- 16,100 EUR
- Price
- Sep 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Foundation
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Madrid / Spain
- Location
Program description
An introductory course covering all of the primary design and communication disciplines is called Total Design. This Foundation year is intended for students who wish to advance their education through an enriching experience that fosters creativity and soft skills, as well as for those who wish to get ready for future studies in product, interior, graphic, and fashion design.
Through workshops and group projects, it covers a broad range of artistic, visual, conceptual, technological, and projective aspects, including applied design practice and design culture. The program integrates a theoretical and practical framework, incorporating subjects for creative practice around a core of learning by doing.
Additionally, all of our classes and workshops are taught by working professionals in the field of design, who provide our students with genuine guidance on the various creative approaches used in the design process.
Program structure
- Design Fundamentals
- Design Process
- Drawing
- Volume
- Artistic Thinking
- Sustainable Thinking
- Systems Thinking
- Digital Tools
- Drawing Expression
- Ideation and Creative Process
- Fashion Design
- Product Design
- Graphic Design
- Interior Design
- Personal Portfolio
Price
Fee for 9 months education is 16100.00 EUR for international students
Requirements for applicants
About the university
Since 1966, we have been the largest Higher Education Network in the creative area to keep both a worldwide perspective and a strongly Italian cultural matrix.
Our educational strategy has evolved over time, but at its core remains the same: we mix theoretical study with hands-on experience and the expertise of working experts. One of the things we emphasize in our classes is always thinking ahead, in the here and now. We are a diverse, multidisciplinary institution that views design as a tool for social transformation.
Among the many international academic networks in which we participate are Cumulus, Elia, and WDO, just to name a few.
Campuses
In the 1970s and 1980s, we expanded to Rome (1973), Cagliari (1984), and Turin (1989) in Italy.
Beginning in 1994 with the Madrid campus and continuing on to Barcelona in 2002, Spain's modern era began in the 1990s.
The Group also spread internationally, establishing a presence in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2005, and then in Venice, Italy, in 2007, Florence, Italy, in 2009, and Como, Italy, in 2009, with the acquisition of the Aldo Galli Academy of Fine Arts. The Group expanded its footprint in Brazil in 2014 by renovating the Cassino da Urca and opening a campus in Rio de Janeiro; in 2020, the Group will expand its presence in Spain by purchasing the Centro Superior de Diseo Kunsthal in Bilbao.
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