Academy of Desing

Academy of Design is a Talent Development School and an Experimental and Research Centre.

The Educational Unit is a modern school that aims at selecting, forming and supporting of individuals that will play an active role in the field of economical and social design-driven innovation. The school is mainly dedicated to postgraduates and professionals.

The Research and Consulting Unit is an independent  design center created to support experimentation, applied research and design projects to favor the social and economical innovation.

The Academy’s headquarters in Milan and London, global capitals of design, and subsidiaries in 16 countries keep in touch with the international community of design, while maintaining its identity as a niche organization.

Among the professors and consultants of the Academy there are designers, researchers, professionals, business advisors, as well as occasional contributors such as artists, critics and entrepreneurs who always offer to the attendants different languages and points of view on the complex activity of projecting the New.

A network of independent laboratories and specialization centres throughout the European territory contributes to the growth of individuals in terms of a continuing education and independent experimentation, research and consulting.
 

news/events

Tokio, November 29-30, 2011
Multibrand Retail Design>>
A three-day seminar to define the most attractive ideas in multibrand retail design. The seminar covers the problem of shops in very central areas and communication with clients. Experts will examine a number of cases offering the...

Moscow, December 7-8, 2011
Lifestyle Design>>
Interactions between art and design, as well as between fashion and food. The seminar will teach how professionals satisfy the 360° needs of clients that are becoming more and more sophisticated. The Aod experts will discuss the...

Shanghai, October 26-27, 2011
Brand Design & Advisory>>
The brand, which on average corresponds to 70% of the intangibles, represents today one of the critical assets of a company’s success. The educational process considers all the aspects of a communication project. A pathway for executives...

Dubai, November 16-17, 2011
Hotel and Entertainment Design >>
Concepts and trends in hotel design that determine a total rethinking of the entire organisation of hotel spaces, features and objects. A new way to create a balanced combination that involves sight, taste and hearing in an...