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IED receives Compasso d’Oro recognition during 60th anniversary year

Istituto Europeo di Design is marking its 60th anniversary with recognition from the prestigious Compasso d’Oro, one of the design industry’s most respected awards. The honour comes as IED celebrates six decades of design education and launches a series of initiatives under the theme “Plural Intelligences,” a concept that explores how different...

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Sabato De Sarno funds new scholarships for fashion at IED Florence school

Fashion designer Sabato De Sarno has launched two new scholarships for students enrolled in the fashion design programme at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) Florence campus, organisers confirmed. The awards will cover 50 percent of tuition for up to three years for two recipients who maintain strong academic performance. De Sarno, known for...

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Ied students showcase at Fashion Graduate Italia 2025

Ied students showcased their collections in Milan today, opening Fashion Graduate Italia. The event, which runs until October 30, is organised by Piattaforma Sistema Formativo Moda. This third-sector body is a hub that brings together Italian post-graduate institutions and academies in the fashion sector. It is sponsored by the Lombardy Region...

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And, they also teach… Federico Antelo Granero, Visual Artist, Textile Designer and Educator

What happens when the creative process becomes the central focus of design education? Federico Antelo Granero, visual artist, textile designer, and current director of the fashion school at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Madrid, answers this question from his own practice. Trained in Fine Arts and with professional experience in the...

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IED Roma students create eight looks with Albini 1876 fabrics

Twenty-seven fashion designers from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome, together with Albini 1876, a brand of the fabric and yarn production company Albini Group, have created a series of garments that express their creative spirit. The young talents presented their eight looks at the Albini Group showroom earlier this week. "The workshop is...

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Executive changes at IED: Danilo Venturi to manage Milan office, new director in Florence

Fashion and design school IED has announced changes to the management of two of its main locations. In the context of its development plan, the Italian institution has named Danilo Venturi director of IED Milan, with Benedetta Lenzi set to occupy the Florence office Venturi has been managing since 2022. Danilo Venturi comes from a...

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IED introduces its fashion and design programmes in Portugal with Escola Superior Artística do Porto

The Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) has signed a joint venture with Cesap, the parent organisation of Escola Superior Artística do Porto (ESAP) in Porto, Portugal, to create new academic opportunities in fashion and design and foster international exchange. The two institutions plan to jointly develop undergraduate and postgraduate programmes...

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Top IED Milan graduates 2024 showcase collections in Milan city centre

Ten IED fashion designers took to the catwalk in the centre of Milan on June 26 and 27. ‘Ied Avant défilé 2024’ is the graduate event of the IED Milano fashion school, sponsored by the City of Milan and the National Chamber of Italian Fashion. The young protagonists, selected from among the best graduating students of the current academic year,...

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IED students to present installation at menswear fair Pitti Uomo

The Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) recently chose a select group of students from its eleven campuses in Italy, Spain and Brazil to design an installation for the June 2024 edition of menswear trade fair Pitti Uomo. The fashion and design institute asked fashion photographer and artist Michel Comte to mentor the selected students. On Wednesday...

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IED Milan names Marco De Vincenzo its new academic mentor

Marco De Vincenzo is the new academic mentor at IED’s Milan School of Fashion, where he is set to guide approximately five hundred students from the three-year courses in fashion design and shoes and accessories design. The founder of his eponymous brand and now the creative director of Etro graduated from the IED Rome campus in 2000, and is...

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Fashion Graduate Italia: young designers showcase collections in Milan

Fashion Graduate Italia, a fashion week that showcases the designs of Italy's fashion talents, wraps up its 2023 edition today at Base Milan. The event, which began on 24 October, is organised by Piattaforma sistema formativo moda ente del terzo settore (Ets), a hub that brings together Italian post-diploma training institutions and academies in...

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Former IED Spain CEO joins LCI Education as new head of Europe

The Canada-based global education network group LCI Education has announced the appointment of Alessandro Manetti, who was CEO of IED Group for Spain up until a few months ago, as its new head of Europe. LCI Barcelona announced the news in a press release. Alessandro Manetti is an Italian professional that has been active in the field of...