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When the idea becomes reality: academic projects turned into a brand (IED Madrid edition)

Valencia - Studying always involves dreams waiting to be fulfilled. It doesn't matter whether it's a university degree, a master degree or vocational training. They may be more or less realistic, but the last day of class marks the beginning of a student's important new phase in life: entering the professional world. For many students, entering...

Fashion

IED Madrid alumna wins Vogue Fashion Fund Spain 2023

The biggest fashion prize awarded in Spain has selected the winner of its 2023 edition. Pepa Salazar was one of the three finalists announced for this year's edition of the award, and has now emerged as the winner of the prize, whose cash prize is worth 100,000 euros. The designer has already said that she intends to use the money to promote the...

Culture

Designer Stefan Sagmeister to give talk at IED Madrid, IED Kunsthal Bilbao

Austrian designer Stefan Sagmeister is to give a talk as part of his Spanish tour 'Beautiful Numbers' at the campus of design and fashion school IED Madrid and IED Kunsthal Bilbao. He will also visit IED Florence, as well as Hondarribia and Malaga on a tour of talks between November 29 and December 3, in which, coinciding with the publication of...

Fashion

'Madrid Circular': IED Madrid holds sustainability conference and hackathon

From Wednesday November 15 through Friday November 17, IED Madrid will host Madrid Circular, a conference dedicated to sustainable and circular fashion, which aims to inspire the industry and the fashion world to take action and co-create innovative solutions to improve the fashion of the future. Over the course of three days, the IED Community,...

Fashion

IED Madrid educators among finalists of the National Craftsmanship Awards in Spain

IED Madrid educators Aranzazu Rodrigálvarez and Sofía Nieto have been selected as finalists in the Product category of the National Craftsmanship Awards in Spain with their artisanal textile products company Carmen17, as per a news article on IED's Spanish-language website. The National Crafts Awards are organised by Fundesarte, the national...

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IED Madrid celebrates 150th anniversary of Spanish artist and fashion designer Mariano Fortuny

There are numerous examples of artists or scientists whose work or inventions have played a crucial part in history, but whose names have been forgotten or whose names are actually not known by the vast majority of people. This is also the case for Mariano Fortuny, a Spanish artist for whom the label “multidisciplinary” falls rather short....