Design Courses in Florence, Italy

Accademia d'Arte e Design Leonetto Cappiello, Florence:
Located in Florence in the Tuscany region of northern Italy, the Leonetto Cappiello Academy of Art and Design provides year-long diploma courses in Visual Design and Interior Design. In addition, we offer a range of short courses and summer courses to students from Italy and around the world.

Design Courses in Florence:

MASTER 1st Level Graphic Design (600 hours)
This course is designed or those who want a professional career in the fields of Graphics, Illustration, Publishing and Advertising or Graphics and Web Design. In two consecutive semesters, students develop the basic skills necessary for starting a career in Visual Planning. Students learn techniques for creating, processing and layout in lessons that range from drawing and computer graphics to photography. The most important graphics and web software are taught with the help of projections and tutorials in a classroom equipped with the latest generation Apple Mac computers. The course provides extensive practice and exercises and students participate in national and international competitions.

MASTER 1st Level Interior Design (600 hours)
A good interior designer is able to subdivide space, recommend appropriate materials and finishes and help clients choose furniture and furnishing accessories for private homes, offices and public areas. This course offers a valid alternative to university education for anyone who wishes to become an interior designer. The course takes place over two consecutive semesters during which the students develop a theoretical and practical foundation for the profession. The principal software programs for design planning are taught in a computer lab with video-projected lessons.

MASTER 1st Level Digital Communication (540 hours)
The course addresses students who wish to combine horizontal competences regarding digital communication with further, vertical and extremely professionalizing, competences. Thus, the course features a common basic module followed by the possibility to select one or more in-depth modules regarding either Marketing and Social Media or Design and development. Each student may define his/her own course of studies by combining the basic module “digital Basics” with one or two of the in-depth modules “Digital Communication” and “Digital Technologies”.

MASTER 2nd Level Interior Design (300 hours)
The Interior Design Master is the natural conclusion of the Annual Course; the students have the possibility to enhance their competences and gain a further certificate.

One semester to extend and complete your skills, learning how to employ the job method gleaned during the Annual Course. Subjects: Design of display spaces, 3D Modelling, Design of decor elements, Advanced techniques of Digital representation, Analysis of types of furnishing, Digital photography, Graphic processing, Lighting Design, Freehand Design, Applied Graphics and Page Layout, Design.


MASTER 2nd Level Graphic Design (300 hours)
Subjects: Page layout, Layout, Illustation, Digital Photography, Printing techniques, Advanced Web Design. Through a targeted programme of practical exercises, laboratory work, participation in competitions, workshops and focus group meetings with writers, editors and illustrators, the skills necessary to gradually approach the world of employment will be developed.

SPECIALIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL COURSES (150 hours)
Exhibition Design, Press Graphic, Interior Design, Web Design, Lighting Design

SUMMER/SHORT COURSES (60 hours: 40 hours + 20 hours of Italian language course)
Interior Design, Press Graphic, Creative Painting

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