London Barcelona 2011: Dual City Summer Sessions in Art & Design

Jan. 31, 2011 - PRLog -- The Dual City Summer Sessions are a series of intensive international programmes specifically created to present world-class cities from different yet complimentary art and design perspectives, they build upon the successful London Milan courses, now in their sixth successful year.

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London is again collaborating with Elisava, Escola Superior de Disseny in Barcelona, to offer a fascinating European design journey over four weeks in Summer 2011. Starting in the vibrant, sprawling metropolis of London with its wealth of sources of inspiration from the past to the present and ending in one of southern Europe’s most desirable, design focused cities that continues to be at the vanguard of innovation.

Courses are for portfolio-builders, current students, new professionals and creative individuals in advertising, architecture, art history, furniture design, visual merchandising, photography and theatre design. No previous specialist knowledge is required

Course dates and titles for 2011:
27 June - 7 July at Central Saint Martins, London
8 – 11 July independent travel from London to Barcelona
12 – 22 July at Elisava Escola Superior de Disseny, Barcelona
(45 hours in each city, 10am - 4pm)

Advertising Now: thinking and creating digitally
Architectural History of London and Barcelona
New Approaches to Product Design
Furniture Design for inside and outside spaces
Where Art Meets Design
Smart Tools Design: consumer electronics and phone apps
Photography and the City, Art and Architecture
Visual Merchandising from Heritage to Mass Market Brands
Experience Theatre: performing arts in London and Barcelona
   
During these four weeks students will be exposed to the latest, most relevant design thinking in their chosen subject from local and visiting English speaking tutors who are specialists in their fields, both as teachers and external practitioners often with their own businesses.


The Colleges

Central Saint Martins
From the iconic design of London's red Routemaster buses and the chopper bike to exquisite fashion at Dior and Chloé, Central Saint Martins' alumni have made a profound impact on people’s lives. CSM staff and students continue to build on the success of the past by pushing the boundaries of the practice and education of art and design from 3 main central London locations. Central Saint Martins is the complete Arts College, providing unrivalled opportunities to enable students to realise their potential and make a significant contribution to the 21st century.

Elisava Escola Superior de Disseny
ELISAVA is the leading design school in Barcelona with a quality driven, international and professional focus. Created in 1961, Elisava delivers an innovative, cross-disciplinary range of education and research services that are closely aligned with the professional world. Being part of ELISAVA means being part of a dynamic, creative environment and learning from the school’s fresh perspectives and contrasting Mediterranean culture as well as enjoying it’s key location in a new 10,500m2 campus on the emblematic Ramblas street in the historic centre of Barcelona, close to the sea.  The perfect base for the concluding stage of this fascinating art and design journey through Europe.

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London Barcelona Courses are a joint production by two of Europe's most prestigious schools of Art and Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London and Elisava School of Design in Barcelona, Spain.