ID4A: Industrial Design for Architecture

Politecnico di Milano unveiled first level university Master program organised by the polytechnic's POLI.design Consortium in collaboration with Giugiaro Architettura.

The master program has been set up to bring together expertise from two sectors of excellence in Italy: design and the production of building components.

It enables students to combine product aesthetics and functionality with production efficiency in industrial and installation terms by offering them the opportunity to acquire skills specific to Industrial Design based on Italian design/production quality and applicable to the international market, which are fundamental to dealing with the evolution of the sector.

The course of study consists of up-front lessons, talks by experts from the various professional sectors, workshops, team and individual designing activities, visits to partner companies and participation in events and fairs proper to the sector.

The program will end with a final design workshop and an internship with an Italian or international partner company or professional firm.

The program is due to start in April 2010 and lessons will take place at POLI-design (Milan - Italy).

The Master program will be conducted in English.