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Scuola Italiana Design

Scuola Italiana Design is the educational department of the Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico Galileo SCpA of Padua, an organization for higher education accredited by the Veneto Region. Through SID, Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico Galileo offers a three-year academic program, the third year of which is recognized by the Veneto Region.

Scuola Italiana Design is a space for the expression of culture and experience, where concepts and tools combine to build knowledge.

The union between knowing how to think and practical know-how is the path that each and every student takes from day one. They are accompanied by a unique relationship that bonds them to the faculty, other students, and all those who breathe life into Scuola Italiana Design.

We have a “systemic” approach in which design is a journey that develops out from the analysis of needs to cultural changes and lifestyles, to the outpouring of scenarios ushered in by new technologies.

Designers who have studied with us have the ability to imagine, push the boundaries, create and execute.

Mission

Scuola

signifies the remarkable balance between culture and experience, theory and practice, conceptual methodologies and applied tools. This level of training is accompanied by a personal dimension in which the student is supported and valued from day one through a unique relationship that connects him or her to other students, faculty, and staff of Scuola Italiana Design.

Italiana

is at the conceptual and physical root of the institute.

Conceptual because the courses and projects, mainly related to design thinking (and “making”), are approached from an entirely Made-in-Italy perspective, recognized worldwide for its quality.

Physical because SID is the educational department of Galileo Visionary District in Padua, a flagship for innovation and growth of companies and people.

Design

is the specialization of our academic program, which is constantly enhanced as we perceive new trends, listen to the needs of companies, and explore the evolution of design languages and methods. Today, the main experience for college-age students is our Three-Year Course in Product Design and Communication, to which we add short, advanced courses and workshops periodically during the year of study.

History

Scuola Italiana Design (SID) was established as the first specialty school focusing on industrial design in Northeast Italy.

Founded in 1991, SID chose Padua, a university city steeped in art and culture and home to a rich and important industrial area, as its home.
In 1993, SID obtained recognition for its Three-Year Course in Industrial Design.
In 1998, it inaugurated the Workshop format, a key integrative initiative within the curriculum. The workshops take place off-site with a distinct and unconditioned working method that blended educational, experiential and recreational activities to allow students to conceptualize the project from novel points of view.
In 2001, it became part of Galileo Visionary District – Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico di Padova (Science and Technology Park of Padua), which today consists of multiple divisions serving to enrich the designer’s education, such as MaTech, a center of excellence on innovative materials, and Start Cube, a university business incubator in Padua.
2003 – Recognition of Galileo Science and Technology Park SCpA as an institution accredited by the Veneto Region for higher education (R.L. 19/2002).
2015 – In 2015 SID underwent a repositioning, redesigning different aspects of the school. The curriculum was expanded and reconfigured around five disciplinary areas (product, visual, management, multimedia and human sciences) and the spaces, image, and intersections with the other areas of Galileo Visionary District were enhanced, creating a stimulating, interdisciplinary environment, rich in different skills and unique.
In 2020, the new Scuola Italiana Design website was launched.

Manifesto

#1 – Interdisciplinary An interdisciplinary spirit embodies the identity of SID, which fosters thinking that can expand and adapt to a profession that is constantly in flux.
#2 – On a human scale SID differs from other schools in size. Smaller classes and cozy environments where excellence is fostered and pursued. A limited number of enrollments allows for the careful selection of students and tailor-made education, encouraging exchange and debate, which is useful for personal and professional growth.
#3 – Extras Open-mindedness inevitably passes through an opening of boundaries. That’s why SID organizes events in open and challenging settings to foster learning in a variety of different ways. Workshops, Camps, Fuorisalone (Milan Design Week), are the main activities that enrich the curriculum throughout the Academic Year.
#4 – Teamwork. To learn, it is necessary to hone your own beliefs and expand your thinking by allowing yourself to be influenced by the notions of others. SID believes deeply in educational growth through a constant exchange of views, which is why it bases a large part of the courses and activities of the three-year course on collective activities and projects. These provide an opportunity to work in groups where different skills and ways of thinking come together so students can learn how to approach the project in an innovative way.

#5 – Learning by doing. Scuola Italiana Design is a place for the expression of culture and experience, where concepts and tools build “knowledge” together. The union between knowing how to think and practical know-how is the foundation for our curriculum, mixing technical, practical, humanistic, social and economic subjects.
#6 – Companies. Ever aware of the importance of creating close connections with the companies of the production and service worlds, SID believes in collaborating with companies as an educational experience, useful for consolidating tools, testing ideas and abilities, and gaining awareness.
#7 – Placement SID follows the path of its students even after they have finished their studies, helping them to relate to the work environment and placing them in the most suitable settings for their professional growth. More than 90 percent of students find employment in the different areas of design within six months after the end of the three-year course.

Director

Emiliano Fabris

Director Scuola Italiana Design

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Management

Andrea Busato

Head of Marketing and Business Relations

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Sonia Tasca

Art Director

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Cesar Arroyo

R&D Manager

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Didactics

Andrea Maragno

Head of Didactics

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Cesar Arroyo

Teaching Coordinator

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