Bag Design

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Italian bags is known for sophisticated designs and top-level quality, represented by numerous top brands such as GUCCI or PRADA, to name a few. Especially in Florence is crowded by leather shops and headquarters of many world-class brands including GUCCI and Salvatore Ferragamo.
Such fame of Italian bags with highest quality are maintained by bag making artisans’ insistence on high-level techniques and quality materials.

In Bag Design, Students will study various bag designs with Italian tastes, colors (new combinations, new decoration), materials (avant-garde application, new materials), patterns, functions, as well as researching on the trend and establishing originality. Students will study also geometric design, realistic design, project design, and design using computer. The program puts emphasis on encouraging each student’s uniqueness and to convey it in designs with original, creative, free and rich expression.

Instructors :
Students will learn bag design, color and decoration combinations, materials, patterns, functions and trend research and expression of originality characteristic to Italian bag design, as well as geometric design, realistic design, project design practice, and design development on computer, with ultimate focus on encouraging each student’s uniqueness and expression of originality and free inspirations.

Beginners will start from basic bag design, rough sketch, and acquire indispensable bag design techniques and learn expression of their uniqueness through colorful and free inspirations.
According to the duration and experience, students will finish various bag designs on their free inspirations, performing design development on computer, researching materials and technical functions, color and material variation, for different scenes.

Bag Design Summer Courses:
・Bag Design Summer Course
・Bag Design + bag Design
・Bag Making + Bag Design
・Bag Design Intensive




2 weeks Course Sample Schedule

week day AM PM
1st week Sun. Arrival in Florence
Mon. Orientation, City tour Free time
Tue. Lessons Free time
Wed. Lessons Free time
Thu. Lessons Free time
Fri. Guided art visits Free time
Sat. Cultural Activity
2nd week Sun. Free time
Mon. Lessons Free time
Tue. Lessons Free time
Wed. Lessons Free time
Thu. Lessons Free time
Fri. Guided art visits Free time
Sat. Housing Check-out

Fees and Schedule 2024
(fees - includes accommodation, meal vouchers (2 meal vouchers + 4 drink (coffee/tea/mineral water) vouchers per week), and weekly visits, etc.)

Duration Fees (Tuition Fee + Accommodation, etc.) Credits Check-in (Sun) - Check-out (Sat)
1 week € 1,750 (without housing)
€ 1,900 (Twin Room)
€ 2,150 (Single Room)
1 [ 2024 ]
May 5–May 11
May 19–May 25
Jun 2–Jun 8
Jun 16–Jun 22
Jun 30–Jul 6
Jul 14–Jul 20
Jul 28–Aug 3
Aug 25–Aug 31
Sep 8–Sep 14
Sep 22–Sep 28
2 weeks € 2,620 (without housing)
€ 2,900 (Twin Room)
€ 3,200 (Single Room)
3 [ 2024 ]
May 5–May 18
May 19–Jun 1
Jun 2–Jun 15
Jun 16–Jun 29
Jun 30–Jul 13
Jul 14–Jul 27
Jul 28–Aug 10
Aug 25–Sep 7
Sep 8 –Sep 21
Sep 22 –Oct 5
4 weeks € 4,800 (without housing)
€ 5,200 (Twin Room)
€ 5,600 (Single Room)
6 [ 2024 ]
May 5–Jun 1
May 19–Jun 15
Jun 2–Jun 29
Jun 16–Jul 13
Jun 30–Jul 27
Jul 14–Aug 10
Aug 25–Sep 21
Sep 8–Oct 5
6 weeks € 6,750 (without housing)
€ 7,350 (Twin Room)
€ 7,950 (Single Room)
9 [ 2024 ]
May 5–Jun 15
May 19–Jun 29
Jun 2–Jul 13
Jun 16–Jul 27
Jun 30–Aug 10
Aug 25–Oct 5
8 weeks € 9,000 (without housing)
€ 9,800 (Twin Room)
€ 10,600 (Single Room)
12 [ 2024 ]
May 5–Jun 29
May 19–Jul 13
Jun 2–Jul 27
Jun 16–Aug 10
Aug 25–Oct 19
12 weeks € 12,600 (without housing)
€ 13,800 (Twin Room)
€ 15,000 (Single Room)
18 [ 2024 ]
May 5–Jul 27
May 19–Aug 10
Note:
Due to a SUMMER BREAK, the school will be closed from August 10, 2024, to August 25, 2024.

*1 Due to the summer vacation from August 10 - 25, 2024, the duration of this course will be 2 weeks longer than the lesson period. The price is the price of the regular course plus the cost of 2 weeks accommodation.

Including

Enrollment fee, Tuition,
Facilities fee (no materials),
Orientation meeting,
Welcome kit (city map, pen, notebook, file folder, bus pass, one lunch ticket),
Weekly guided art visits to the best attractions and historical monuments of Florence,
Housing: shared apartment – twin room (single room available, also without housing),
Housing utilities expense,
Meal vouchers (2 meal vouchers + 4 drink (coffee/tea/mineral water) vouchers per week),
Cultural trips. Every two weeks (e.g., a trip to Pisa/Siena),
English interpreter during lessons with the teacher

  • Materials for artworks used or consumed individually by students are not included in the fees above.
  • *Lessons are composed of two parts: class led by the instructor and practice time (Independent Study) where students can create freely after the guidance.
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