Rome Rome ISIA is Italy's oldest institution in the field of industrial design. It was founded in 1965 as
Industrial Design and Visual Communication Course for architects and engineers, and changed its name in 1973. It follows the European tradition of the
Bauhaus and the
Hochschule für Gestaltung of Ulm, grafting their methodologies onto
Italian creative culture. Rome ISIA has received many prizes and acknowledgements, and is the only European institution to have won the
Compasso d'Oro by
Associazione per il Disegno Industriale ADI (
Industrial Design Association) twice (1979 and 1987). Rome ISIA is a member of the Cumulus, the International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Media and Design. Rome ISIA offers a three-year
undergraduate program leading to a
Bachelor of Arts in
Industrial Design (180
ECTS-credits), a two-year
Master's program in Systems Design (120 ECTS-credits), and a two-year
Doctor of Philosophy in
Interaction Design. Thirty new students are admitted to the BA and MA programs each year.
Subsidiaries Rome ISIA has a subsidiary in
Pordenone (since 2011) offering a Bachelor and a Master of Arts.
Florence Florence ISIA was founded in 1975 is a member of the Cumulus as well. Florence ISIA offers a three-year undergraduate program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design, and two two-year Master's programs: an MA in Product Design and an MA in Communication Design.
Faenza Faenza ISIA was founded in 1980. The structure of its course was formerly different from the other ISIAs as the experimentation was mainly focused on
ceramic products. By the end of the 1990s, its attention moved towards product design in general. Faenza ISIA offers a three-year undergraduate program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Product Design and Design with Advanced Ceramic Materials, and two two-year Master's programs: an MA in Product Design and Design with Advanced Materials and an MA in Communication Design.
Urbino Urbino ISIA was founded in 1974 and trains students in the field of
graphic and editorial design. Urbino ISIA offers a three-year undergraduate program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design and Visual Communication, and three two-year Master's programs: an MA in Communication, Design and
Publishing and an MA in
Illustration and an MA in
Photography.
Pescara Pescara ISIA was established in 2009 as a subsidiary of Rome's ISIA. It became a separate institution in 2015. ==References==