Bachelor's Degree in Interior and Product Design
Florence, Italy
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English, Italian
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 11,600 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Please contact us for specific information on fees (EU, Non-EU), scholarships and payment plans
Key Summary
The Bachelor's Degree in Interior and Product Design at Accademia Italiana’s Florence campus combines space and product design, bringing together creative vision, materials research, and attention to user experience. Studying in Florence means being immersed in a city that embodies art, design, and visual culture, enriching the academic journey with strong aesthetic awareness and an international outlook.
Every year Accademia Italiana promotes excellence and access to its programs education through the award of study scholarships to partially cover the tuition fees.
The scholarship award is given on a merit-based evaluation that can include school grades, curricular and extracurricular activities, etc.
The scholarship announcements are published annually on the Accademia Italiana website, providing information on the application procedure and process.
1st year
- Contemporary Art History 1
- Architecture for Interiors 1
- Architectural Design & Interiors
- Model Building
- Design 1
- Product Design
- Latest Trends in Visual Arts
- Theory of Perception and Psychology of Forms
- Elements of Information Technology
2nd year
- Contemporary Art History 2
- Architecture for Interiors 2
- Applied Arts and Technology of Materials
- Design 2
- Graphic Design
- Techniques of Digital Modelling - Computer 3D
- Aesthetics
- Foreign Language
- Elements of Cultural Marketing
- Law, Legislation and Economics of Show
- Business
- Web Design
3rd year
- Architecture for Interiors 3
- Design 3
- Photography
- Virtual Architecture
- Exhibition Spaces
- History of Design
- Elements of Architecture and Urban Design
- Workshops, participation in academic events
- Final Project (thesis)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Design research analysis
- Knowledge of materials and their use
- Survey and restructuring of spaces
- Design of interior furniture (private homes)
- Design of furniture for commercial and public spaces (restaurants, museums, hotels)
- Design of external spaces (redevelopment of public squares and gardens) and outside furniture
- Product design (market trends analysis; study of the history, functions, morphology, production and types of industrial materials; ideation and development of the concept; design of a new project, creation of prototypes);
- Graphic and visual communication of the design
- Ideation of the layout and creation of the final portfolio
To encourage the professional development of the graduates, Accademia Italiana offers a free Job Placement Office. Besides establishing contacts with companies in the field, the Job Placement Office organizes internships and helps students and ex-students find employment.
Introducing young designers in the world of production
At present, designers work internationally in totally different fields one to another. Flexibility, competence and ability to innovate are essential qualities to become such a professional. In order to develop this attitude, we believe it is very important to align class education while keeping the pulse of producers, which allows to fully understand the market requests. This is a school open to the outer world, in constant contact with businesses from this field. We facilitate access to the business world to our students who graduated, providing them with a series of experiences and contacts developed during their learning period. In the latest years, our students, together with their professors, were involved in projects cooperating with important businesses which operate into different fields by participating into workshops, internships, international contests, where they often were awarded prizes and rewards.
Every year, the best students’ projects are displayed in an exhibition: this is the chance for them to become visible to businesses and professionals from the field. Andrea Branzi, Alessandro Mendini, Riccardo Dalisi, Cristina Morozzi, Cini Boeri, Denis Santachiara, industrial professional Alberto Alessi, Poltrona Frau, Kartell, Artemide are only some of the meetings with professionals and businesses leader in the design field, which took place at Accademia.