(Jul. 31) – Istituto d’Arte Applicata e Design (IAAD) and the Écoles de Condé announce the signing of an important strategic partnership which will result in the integration of these two units within a wider reality. Through this partnership, unique in its kind, the two institutions will give a new dimension to their educational projects which will give a truly European value: at the beginning of 2013, the courses France-Italy and Italy-France will be accessible to students of both schools. Among the joint projects, new courses, new teaching models and new locations will be considered in order to increase opportunities for students. After the announcement of the change of venue within the new headquarters of Lavazza – ready for August 2013 with approximately 2,500 square meters available for educational activities, exhibitions and conferences – IAAD will then have another home in Paris as much prestigious and functional: 3,000 square meters close to the headquarters of UNESCO and fully dedicated to design, visual communication and applied arts. “This approach is one of the first real project of building a European dimension of teaching and reflection of many voices around the issues of higher education in Design,” said Laura Milani, IAAD director. “If there are groupings of schools or episodic collaborations between institutions, no attempt to structure built so far has come true”. (red)
