The Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche (ISIA) in Faenza is a public training institute with currently: a three-year course dedicated to industrial design and design with ceramic and innovative materials and two two-year courses, one in product design and design with ceramic and innovative materials and one in communication design.
Founded in 1980, with the aim of finalising studies oriented towards designers in the ceramic sector, the Institute has broadened its sphere of action, while leaving unchanged its vocation for formal research and attention to technological advancement, in constant connection with the industrial environment and cultural tradition of the city of Faenza.
Direct relations with the world of industry and research are a distinctive feature of the ISIA, also through the intervention of design professionals, sector experts and university lecturers.
The ISIA Faenza has held and still holds collaborations with, among others, Tognana, Richard Ginori, Gamma due, Alessi, Metalplast, FIAT, INDA, Cefla, iGuzzini, and with organisations such as Polo Ceramico and the ISTEC-C.N.R. of Faenza.
Erasmus exchanges are active with 21 European countries, and the works of Faenza students are regularly exhibited in prestigious Italian (Salone Satellite in Milan) and international contexts (Tools for After exhibition curated by Maurizio Corrado for the Institute of Italian Culture in Melbourne).