The aim of this department is to train professionals capable of working methodically and consciously in order to improve living environments through the design of innovative, practical and functional solutions/products of great industrial scope. The training takes into account the culture of the environment, the tradition of applied arts, the culture of industrial design and the applications of new technologies on design. It leads the student to enter the world of business with full intellectual awareness and the indispensable operative instruments; to make creative designs and realisations of modern design products; to set up the development of new lines and products that are strongly oriented towards innovation. The design and development of 3D products explain how to translate concepts into digital designs, manufacture them using 3D printers and transform them into finished products.
The department foresees a wider conceptual field of action, whether as part of a creative team in companies with high-design potential, or as an Art Director in different sectors of goods production. Internships in local companies complete the training.
In the first three years of the Professional Degree, the teaching units are as follows:
FIRST YEAR
First semester |
Second semester |
Course |
Credit |
Course |
Credit |
Introduction to the history of Art and Design |
3 |
Artistic creation and language of visual forms in Africa |
3 |
Technology and type of materials |
3 |
History of Modern Art |
3 |
Introduction to aesthetics and philosophy of Art |
3 |
Introduction to Photography |
4 |
Artistic anatomy |
5 |
Introduction to Design: product-environment-space |
5 |
Basic computing: Adobe Photoshop-Illustrator-InDesign |
5 |
Introduction to Illustration |
5 |
Introduction to the Design of colours |
5 |
Plastic Arts and introduction to CAD |
5 |
Italian/English 1 |
2 |
Geometrical Design |
5 |
SECOND YEAR
First semester |
Second semester |
Course |
Credit |
Course |
Credit |
Design Concepts and Methodologies |
4 |
Color theory and conception |
3 |
CAD 1 |
4 |
Introduction to the Anthropology of Art |
3 |
Digital Modeling Techniques and 3D Rendering 1 |
3 |
Analytical drawing (illustrated definition of a product from his drawing forms) |
5 |
Technical drawing and prototyping 1 |
3 |
Territorial analysis and project design 1 |
6 |
Geometrical drawing 2 (axonometry) |
4 |
Artistic creation and Design in Africa 1 |
3 |
History of Design 1 |
3 |
Aesthetics and philosophy of Art |
3 |
Technology and typology of materials |
3 |
Stage 1 |
5 |
History of Modern and Contemporary Art 1 |
3 |
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|
Italian/English 2 |
2 |
|
|
THIRD YEAR
First semester |
Second semester |
Course |
Credit |
Course |
Credit |
CAD 2 |
3 |
Digital photography/ still life |
4 |
Digital Modeling Techniques and 3D Rendering 2 |
3 |
Territorial analysis and project design 2 |
6 |
Technical drawing and prototyping 2 |
5 |
History of Modern and Contemporary Art 2 |
3 |
Interior Design |
6 |
Marketing and Management |
2 |
Industrial Design |
6 |
Ecodesign |
5 |
History of Design 2 |
3 |
Copyright |
5 |
Artistic creation and Design in Africa 2 |
3 |
|
|
Italian/English 3 |
2 |
Thesis |
6 |