Introduction
This course is held in English language
Turin, a city with a unique charm, a world-class benchmark for a new culture of food and research into environmental sustainability, is the center of excellence and innovation in the automotive field.
In this context, in line with the themes that characterize the knowledge and research of the territory, IED Turin offers you an education path, lasting three weeks, which is designed to make your curriculum more competitive, enriching it with new skills.
Therefore, our course provides you with an introduction to the basic elements and tools for a future car designer. Also, you will have an overview of contemporary trends, industry challenges, and a deep focus on the car designer’s professional role. The course will furthermore give you the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge, and intellectual abilities to design new vehicles based on a clear understanding of proportion, volume, and surface design principles. Through visits to companies and museums, you will have the opportunity to talk with professionals in the field and experience this career path through practical training and guided tours at Pininfarina, Ferrari, Automobile Museum, Cecomp, and Sabelt.
Schedule
From Monday to Thursday during the 1st and 2nd week and from Monday to Friday during the 3rd week, on a full-time basis (morning and afternoon) the course has a duration of 75 hours spread over 3 weeks.
Methodology and structure
This course is intended to stimulate creative thinking while allowing you to develop technical skills in the car design field.
Following an introduction to the automobile industry from a historical point of view, you will acquire the technical skills to correctly visualize a concept and to explore an object from different points of observation.
You will understand and learn the techniques of volume and perspective in design which will allow you to develop ‘creative concepts’ and translate your own ideas in car design projects. After a general overview of automotive engineering, you will move forward into the modeling lab and, together with your classmates, you will produce your car design model. Projects will be subject to groups and teachers’ critiques.
The course is a synergy between theoretical lessons, visits to companies, and meetings with specialized professionals in the automotive environment. Visits are not passive learning experiences. You will be tasked with diverse assignments for each visit and you are expected to engage with the speakers and tutors as part of your classwork and overall experience.
Ideal Students
This is an introductory level program, designed for creative, flexible, open-minded students or professionals from other fields who want to learn and take on challenges. People who are interested in the world of automotive design and have no prior knowledge or experience in the discipline. Skills such as drawing or sketching can be useful even if not mandatory. Applicants need to show strong motivation and the ability to work in groups.
Study Plan
Introduction to the Profession and Industry
Gives an overview both to industry and profession, especially from the historical Italian perspective.
Sketching
The main focus of the program is to develop and refine your capacity for freehand sketching and drawing. The car designer is between the sculptor and the engineer, he tackles the challenge of fitting together all the components of the car while maintaining its aesthetics and comfort. In terms of sketching and rendering, car design has the final word in the industrial design process and is placed at the top of the design pyramid. By starting from basic elements (parallelepiped, cylinder, etc.), the course provides you with a perspective drawing model for the car sketch. This requires a great deal of time and dedication both in and outside of the classroom.
Car Engineering: Design & History
Focusing on automotive architecture in history, the course is targeted to describe the main steps of the chassis frame and the platform development, stepping into automotive mechanic components innovations.
Digital Car Design
Introduction to digital bidimensional automotive development using Adobe PS, and a first general overview of Autodesk Alias Studio 3D Digital.
Modeling
This course introduces the theoretical and technical elements necessary to produce car design models at different stages of project development. The real 3D view allows you to examine the shapes and volumes and to check their coherence with reference to the physical laws and the processing techniques. Modeling is a key phase of the design process as allows you to verify ideas and refine them, checking volumes, proportions, and connections between the various parts of a vehicle. You will create basic clay models as the final part of this module of the program.
Admission and Enrolment Confirmation
Once documents have been validated and the language and/or motivational interview (where required) conducted, the admission documents will be uploaded in the students’ reserved area. To complete the registration process, students must confirm their registration by returning the admission documents, duly filled out and signed, together with the payment receipt.
Once the aforementioned documents have been received, and if the documentation is complete, students will find the registration kit in their personal area.
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