Workshops
The workshops are very intensively creative experiences, directed by an European designer of renowned prestige who explores, along with the students, topics, strategies and specific aspects of design throughout the course of a week.
These exercises allow students to discover new work methods that will later be applied to their theses. Each workshop investigates a specific topic related to design and the communication of design, from the analysis of new materials and their application to the public’s implication in design and reflecting on different ways of researching.
The workshops are usually structured in three phases:
1) Presentation of the invited professor and launching a project brief.
2) Conceptual and technical project development, tutored by the invited professor, and coordination of the course.
3) Final presentation before the professor and a professional panel.
Some of the workshops that have been held in the past include:
2010
Conductive Ceramic: An investigation of Future Ceramic Appliances
Pedrita. Industrial designers
www.pedrita.net
Discover new possibilities of ceramics as a material for transmitting electricity and the possible industrial and domestic applications.
14 Local Links
Julia Lohmann & Gero Grundmann. Graphic designers
www.studiobec.com
Research in workshops and companies in Madrid in order to generate new collaboration possibilities for design projects, recycling materials, processes, techniques…
Design Guerrilla Madrid
Doshi Levien. Industrial designers
www.doshilevien.com
An invitation to relate to the city of Madrid through a design intervention, reinterpreting or temporarily transforming an already existing space.
2009
Textile in Movement
Luca Missoni. Designer and owner of the firm Missoni
www.missoni.com/ing.html
Theoretical and practical research on the possibilities of textiles as a form of expression in collaboration with a renowned creator of international fashion.
Communication Design
Marloes ten Bhömer. Product designer
www. marloestenbhomer.squarespace.com
An analysis of the guidelines governing the design of a new object, product or service. Material, public, communications, production and reproduction conditions, usability, accessibility, etc.
VeryRapidPrototyping
rAndom International. Industrial designers
www.random-international.com
An interactive proposal for achieving positive communication between the public and design. A direct intervention in the space of Madrid, where citizens can appropriate the project as their own.
2008
Utopias Design
El Último Grito. Industrial designers
www.eugstudio.com
An open debate regarding the answers to questions that every designer must ask themselves at the beginning of their career. Using design as a tool for achieving utopias.
Structured Flexibility, Geometry and Design
Lidija Kolovrat. Fashion designer
www.kolovratconcept.com
Within fashion, one can work with all types of materials, shapes, colors and meanings. Any designer can create their own “collection” of projects.
Materials and Virus Design
Pieke Bergmans. Industrial designer
www.piekebergmans.com
A reminder that designers do not need the digital world. Physically working only with materials is the sole source of inspiration for invading and transforming reality.
2007
Objects of Light
Jaime Hayon. Industrial designer
www.hayonstudio.com
Diverse proposals for making objects that illuminate and create ambience. Beyond taking care of technological aspects, one has to find ideas and materialize them in products that tell stories.
Audiovisual Design
Bernard Brechet. Graphic designer
www.gedeon.com
Thinking, designing and recording audiovisuals, presenting and representing the Master’s, is a practical experience that demonstrates the complexity of audiovisual design communications.
Contemporary networks for publications
Ricardo Salas. Graphic designer
www.frontespizio.com.mx
Editorial development of publications. Drawing initial sketches, drafts, creating and organizing content, printing, editorial distribution, and public dissemination.
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