Posts Tagged ‘academy’

University of studies of Rome “LA SAPIENZA”

Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecology

Since its inception ten years ago, the highly articulated and academically teeming course on industrial design of La Sapienza University in Rome has come to play an important role on the national scene under the direction of its president, Professor Tonino Paris, and with its highly renowned masters and research doctorates is attracting increasing ...

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Muthesius Academy of Arts

Magazine -> #18 Food for the mind

The history of the “Muthesius Academy” in Kiel, Northern Germany, goes back to the beginning of the 20th century: the school’s course concept is based on the ideas of the “German Werkbund”, an organization that was founded in 1907 by a group of artists, architects, writers and industrials and that promoted the idea of combining traditiona...

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Fine Arts Academy of Bologna

Magazine -> #20 Home Made

The Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna is one of the oldest institutions of its kind in Italy. Founded in 1706 to promote the arts and handicrafts in Emilia Romagna, in 1711 it was moved to the fifteenth-century convent of Sant’Ignazio, in the heart of the university district (Bologna has the world’s oldest recorded university) and was later exten...

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Städelschule, Frankfurt Art Academy

Magazine -> #23 Emotion and Surprise

The Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main is one of Germany’s most well known art academies. Founded in 1817 by the Frankfurt merchant and collector Johann Friedrich Städel, it has today developed into an experimental school with an international faculty and with students from across the globe. The school has its own exhibition space, the Portikus,...

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Self-portrait and Haptic Interface Design Workshop

Magazine -> #24 Self Portrait

Since I started working on Haptic Interface Design and especially on the field research into the haptic quality hidden in various textures, my digital camera has been working exactly as my third eye: it automatically focuses on and catch what I do not see exactly with my two naked eyes but I feel by touching, hearing, smelling or by instinct. Ac...

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Estonian Academy of Arts Tallinn

Magazine -> #24 Self Portrait

History of Estonian Academy of Arts goes back to 1914, founded as Tallinn Industrial Art School. After Estonia’s re-independence from USSR, in 1994 Estonia became European Union member state, and in 1996 the institute was renamed as Estonian Academy of Arts and certified as a sole public-low Art University in Estonia. Our institute is member of ...

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