ESDESIGN - Escuela Superior de Diseño de Barcelona
Master in Commercial Space Design: Retail Design
Barcelona, Spain
Master degree
DURATION
12 months
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Apr 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 6,100
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: The Master in Commercial Space Design: Retail Design focuses on preparing students to create innovative retail environments that enhance customer experiences.
This program examines the intersection of design, consumer behavior, and commercial strategy.
Courses cover spatial design, branding, and the integration of technology in retail spaces.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue various opportunities in *retail design, commercial architecture,* and *brand consulting.* Potential roles may include interior designer, retail space planner, and design manager, equipping students with the skills to shape the retail landscape.
''We have proposed that the case studies and exercises to be carried out during the master's degree reflect as much as possible the reality of the professional world''.
Josep Ribas - Program Director
The Master in Visual Merchandising and Window Dressing: Retail Design from ESDESIGN will help you project a brand idea into a physical space (for example, a store window or a shopping center) combining identity and business , in order to boost positioning of the brand and its product with respect to the competition.
Interior design professionals, architectural design, visual merchandising, graphic design and other disciplines in the sector will learn to interpret brands and their values.
Likewise, you will enjoy an annual subscription to INTERIORES magazine , to update your knowledge in the retail and interior design sector and keep up to date with market news and trends.
Titling
People who pass the evaluation of the program will obtain the double degree: ESDESIGN's own title and a title from the International University of Valencia (VIU), which will accredit them as professionals in the specialty studied.
The Master's in Retail Design & Visual Merchandising is structured into 10 subjects, a Master's Thesis, and activities and specialized workshops. The program will also provide you with the knowledge to learn how to use tools such as Autodesk 3ds MAX and AutoCAD, among others.
- Retail marketing and omnichannel: Fundamentals and arguments
- Strategy for designing phygital spaces: physical and digital
- Retail Branding and its application in physical and digital spaces
- Visual Merchandising: Arranging furniture according to the product and service
- Window dressing and revitalization of commercial spaces
- Digital transformation of commercial spaces
- Design of sustainable and healthy spaces
- Commercial project management
- Construction management
- Corporate Retail: Design of ephemeral spaces and workplaces
Master's Final Project
Cross-cutting workshops:
- Open Spaces Classroom
- Business Workshop
- Design Thinking Workshop
Specialized workshops:
- Graphic Design Workshop in digital space related to physical space
- Lighting Workshop
Our ESDESIGNERS have begun to design their own story by developing their professional career in:
- Retail Designer
- Visual Merchandiser
- Window dressing designer
- Brand Designer in Commercial Spaces
- Retail Creative Director
- Retail Experience Consultant
- Pop-up and ephemeral spaces designer
- Director of Visual Identity for Commercial Spaces
- Window dresser
- Freelance professional