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International mentors lead IED Firenze new master courses on fashion creative and strategic professions

IED Firenze, which offers a wide variety of courses in fashion, art, design and communication, has launched four new fashion master's courses in addition to the existing Fashion Business Master's programme, covering creative direction, trend forecasting, brand management, and merchandising and buying. To find out more about the master courses...

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IED shapes diversity

When it comes to fashion, it may be wrong to reduce diversity only to skin color, gender or age. This is a phenomenon that should be considered from the very first point of the design process. To understand the urgency, let's look at 'diversity' in the fashion industry more generally. People tend to think in binary terms, whereas an inclusive...

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IED suggests 3 ways to perform a fashion show

Fashion shows naturally focus on clothing, but their different possibilities of expression demonstrate that presentation is just crucial. With the help of a theme or a peculiar setting, designers can present their whole vision for the collection. A customized fashion show helps the designer highlight pieces from their collection and is a great...

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IED presents Reflect at Pitti Immagine Uomo 102: multiplying faces, reflections and perspectives

On Wednesday, 15 June, on the occasion of the summer edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, IED presented Reflect to the international public, an event featuring ten capsule collections designed by Fashion Design students of the different campuses. A reflection to start all over again from the basics, opening up to others with greater awareness and a...

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IED Fashion Shows 2021 - The fashion movie as ultimate trends forecasting

With the Fashion shows of 2021 in Milan, Rome, Madrid and Barcelona IED brought the full attention back to the essential value of physicality, after all the deprivations of affection, contact and sharing experienced due to the pandemic. The fil rouge of the resulting 4 fashion films was definitely being physical and audacious, in an evocative...

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IED launches virtual platform IED Next

Instituto Europeo di Design (IED) Madrid and Barcelona have launched IED Next, a virtual platform where graduate students can showcase their final projects and creations. IED Next is a collaborative project that focuses on the following areas at IED: Fashion, Visual Communication, Product Development, Interior Design, Transport and Management...

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IED alumni present fashion and design exhibition at Dubai Design Week

European fashion and design school Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) presented its fashion and design installation at Dubai Design Week 2021, an event that celebrates talent in the arts and took place from November 8 to 13. Two projects created by IED alumni were selected for Dubai Design Week and the aim of IED’s presentations were to highlight...

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In Pictures: IED at Fashion Graduate Italia 2021

Private design school Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) has participated in Fashion Graduate Italia 2021 by Piattaforma Sistema Educativo Moda, 24-26 October. The following eight IED graduate students will take part in the ‘Future Starts Slow’ fashion show: Alessia Giacchetta, Andrea De Simone, Chiara Autiero, Dara Silva Bulleri, Gaia Romoli,...

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IED Rome and Albini Group collaborate on two capsule collections

Second-year students of the Fashion Design course at the IED of Rome collaborated with the Albini Group to create a capsule collection to support young designers in their professional career. The collections, called "Amabili resti" and "Ethereal heavy soul", were created with just two fabrics, poplin and cotton gabardine, and two colours - white...

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IED Barcelona graduates show collection in Gaudi’s Casa Vicens

IED Barcelona Design School students celebrated their end-of-the-year fashion show with a total of 25 collections hosted in one of the most emblematic backdrops of the city: Casa Vicens. Students from the Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design and the BA (Hons) in Fashion Design present their final degree collections. According to the university...

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Fashion School Q&A: IED Istituto Europeo di Design

The Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) is a private design school in Italy founded in 1966. The school is organized into four disciplines: Design, Fashion, Visual Communication, and Management and is spread over nine cities - Milan, Turin, Venice, Cagliari, Florence, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, and São Paulo. FashionUnited recently spoke to Veronica...

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The IED Open Days: free workshops for IED students in Spain and Italy

This week from Monday April 26 to Friday April 30, private art school group IED, known for its fashion programs, is hosting its ‘Network Open Days’. The event takes place digitally in line with the International Day of Design, celebrated this week, and includes 30 free workshops for future IED students, design enthusiasts and fashion...