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February 20th, 2010 Admin
The Italian language School for foreigners Leonardo da Vinci suggests new and interesting ways to learn the language, by offering courses which fulfill all young foreign students’ needs.
One of these is “Italian Plus Art and Design Semester Courses”, the course focused on art, graphic design and fashion, organized by the school of Milan in collaboration with NABA – “Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano” (New Academy of Fine Arts Milan).
The course offers to all the students who decided to study art, the opportunity to attend the lessons at Accademia delle Belle Arti for a whole semester, with the chance to freely choose their kind of studies according to their own ambitions, among ‘Visual Arts’ (painting, sculpture, photography..), ‘Fashion Design’, ‘Graphic Design & Art Direction’.
To attend the course “Italian Plus Art and Design Semester Courses” is necessary that students already have a good knowledge level of Italian language, so that the school suggests the guys to attend some intensive Italian courses which last 4 or more weeks, and during the semester they will have the chance to improve their knowledge attending one of the extensive courses in groups of the School Leonardo da Vinci.
The programme of the course Art and Design counts 144 lessons subdivided into 12 weeks. The lessons usually take place in the afternoon, to give the students who have to improve their Italian, the chance to attend in the meantime the courses of Italian language.
The next course of “Italian Plus Art and Design Semester Course” will start on April 20th.
Further information are available on the website of the School Leonardo da Vinci of Milan.
School Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most important Italian language schools for foreigners in Italy, and organizes Italian courses since 1977. It is present in the most beautiful cities of Italy (Florence, Milan, Rome, Siena), and each year the company welcomes thousands students from 60 different countries in the world.
Originally posted 2009-07-31 01:07:42. Republished by Old Post Promoter
February 8th, 2010 Admin Are you planning to move to Italy and enter one of prestigious Italian Fashion and Design Academies?
If you are a creative person, interested in having a high quality education in Fashion or Design field, Italy is the right place to go. The cradle of a modern Design, Italy represented in the last 60 years the synonymous of interesting, new, creative and trendy.
Every year many students from all over the world come to Italy to study the Italian secrets of fashion and design, and the first thing that these students have to learn is Italian language. The language is the base for every further step that they wish to take during their artistic and professional path.
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci is famous for being interested in helping students to find their own way and taking their needs and wishes as the primary goal of its educational program and courses.
This is why Scuola Leonardo da Vinci in Florence and Milan, decided to activate a specific language and cultural program that will prepare students to face without problems and concerns their first and hardest year in one of Italian Art, Fashion and Design Academies such as: NABA, Domus Academy, Istituto Marangoni, Polimoda, Istituto Europeo di Design, etc.
It is not important if the students will have to take the entrance exam, if he or she will be requested to elaborate a project or make a presentation (of course everything in Italian), our Preparatory course for Fashion and Design Academies, will train students to be secure and well prepared to face any task or assignment.
The course is designed to be accessible to students with different language levels, form absolute beginners that will take a longer 16 to 24 weeks language preparation course, to those that are already good in Italian and need just to improve and take confidence with the specific terminology that will attend just 4 to 8 weeks course.
Course syllabus in fact is divided in two parts, the fist one is manly focused on language preparation while the last 4 weeks of the course are completely dedicated to specific subjects related to Italian Fashion and Design such as: Language of Fashion, History of Fashion and Design, Italian Art History, Free Hand Design, Italian Fashion Trends, etc.
All of our teaching staff are highly qualified and experienced in teaching our courses and no matter what your Italian language level is, they will be able to provide you with the attention and support that you need.
Scuola Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most important Italian language schools for foreigners in Italy, and organizes Italian courses since 1977. It is present in the most beautiful cities of Italy (Florence, Milan, Rome, Siena), and each year the company welcomes thousands students from 60 different countries in the world.
Originally posted 2009-08-18 03:06:40. Republished by Old Post Promoter
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No Comments » January 25th, 2010 Admin Fashion design is an upcoming career which is authenticated by many universities. You get a proper degree for it. Fashion design is not an abstract thing, it needs appropriate training and necessary acquaintance with the work required from a fashion design school. A fashion design school can be understood as an institution where people become skilled at creating exclusive designs with fabrics.
Choosing the right place.
There are several factors associated in choosing your future career institute. Same holds in case of a fashion design school. In the recent times, India has seen so many fashion design schools, that you can not take each one of them on similar grounds. These vary in their reputation, fee structure, course structure etc just as you would do in case of your engineering or medicine schools. Before joining a fashion design school, one needs to take care of the following things. Firstly, think on your area of specialism in the fashion world.
To a common man, fashion might seem a piece of cake, but actually it has many branches associated to it. After deciding, look for the fashion design school offering it. Secondly, find out the facts like location, course offered, fee structure, degree level, placements and the total cost associated. There is a difference between the fee structure and the total cost required.
Fashion being a practical thing, inculcates huge cost of accessories and fabrics. Thirdly, collect all information and make a list of all the fashion design schools. Apply to them, check out id there are any scholarships or merit distinction. There can be different criteria for admission to different fashion design schools. Lastly, also try to check these institutes personally. After receiving responses to your applications, start considering the best ones.
How to get your foot into the door?
Getting into a fashion design school requires as much work as would been have been for an engineering college. To get an idea of the essential work that needs to be done in a fashion design school, you should talk to the people who are already in this industry for years. The first step towards fashion is the skill of being able to draw it on a piece of paper. Many people might wonder that art and fashion are two different things. Without the drawing, fashion is an abstract thing.
You need the aptitude to outline your ideas on a piece of paper, to communicate it to other people before developing it actually. The very basic requirement of your portfolio depends upon your designs. After that, to make samples of your complete work, you should be able to sew yourself. You will also need a basic knowledge of the use of computers for using several fashion design software’s. You might also need references of your mentors in order to find work in large fashion houses.
As we know that a fashion design school is just like a normal school, so getting good grades is also very important. And then you finally see yourself at a fashion design school, you will gain knowledge of many innovative things new marketing tools and fashion design software’s.
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