Master course in
"Innovation design"

Digital technologies are profoundly changing the business environment, as well as the tools and the opportunities available to companies, organizations, institutions and individuals. The IAAD Master course in "Innovation design" is conceived to help fill some of the current training gaps in this highly strategic area: it aims to develop professional figures able to create, guide, facilitate and manage innovation, combining a global perspective with a deep understanding of the ambient and environmental contexts. Professionals able to identify opportunities for inserting innovation into traditional fields, such as business development, strategy, human resources as well as research and development.

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Mode of study

400 hours full-time course, 9 months duration, in the English language. Compulsory attendance Monday to Friday and a thesis project developed in collaboration with a company in the sector are foreseen.

Master course disciplines

  • The company: what it is, how it works, where to start and why.
  • The market: what it is, how it works, how to measure it and why.
  • Innovation design and branding development, positioning and communication.
  • Innovation and mobilization of ideas in complex contexts
  • Tech and vision
  • Finance for innovation: strategies and tools
  • The new data-driven communication
  • Go-to-market
  • Ethics, sustainability, cultures and opportunities
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Job Placement Service

In order to provide its students with the best opportunities offered by the labour market in the creative professions, IAAD brings students into contact with the professional world, promoting the profiles of graduates and masters holders to the most influential companies operating in the field. Thanks to a network of relationships with the reference industries, IAAD has a database constantly updated available to its placement office for the selection of qualified personnel.

Worldwide Connections

IAAD is characterized by an international atmosphere: 35% of students come from the rest of the world, educators and visiting professors are important international professionals. Our students can attend complementary activities in other locations and countries.

Geoff Mulgan

President of the Innovation Design Department 

Geoff Mulgan

Geoff Mulgan is Nesta Chief Executive, the UK’s innovation foundation that manages a wide range of activities in investment, practical innovation and research. From 2004 to 2011 he was the first Chief Executive of The Young Foundation. He has been a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, University College of London and Melbourne University and is currently a Senior Visiting Scholar at Harvard University.

Gianpaolo Barozzi 

Strategic Director 

Gianpaolo Barozzi

Gianpaolo Barozzi is a Senior Director of Human Resources at Cisco: he designs and develops new HR solutions employing emerging and innovative technologies. Graduated in Physics, he dealt with applied research in both the private and public sectors and has authored over 40 technical papers and registered 7 international patents. His professional experience has developed along an interdisciplinary path that has led him to act different Regional and Global roles, including R&D and HR.

Guido Meak 

Coordinator 

Guido Meak

Guido earned his Master’s Degree at the London School of Economics thanks to a scholarship from the Italian Government, and was a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford University in 1999, at the peak of the Internet hype. He founded two tech companies before turning twenty-eight, and three in total, based in Italy, Ireland, and the USA. As a recognized pioneer in his field, he introduced concepts to the European market that became tech standards, including the idea of end-to-end e-commerce outsourcing.

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