Bag Design

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Italian bags is known for sophisticated designs and top-level quality, represented by numerous top brands such as GUCCI or PRADA, to name a few. Especially in Florence is crowded by leather shops and headquarters of many world-class brands including GUCCI and Salvatore Ferragamo.
Such fame of Italian bags with highest quality are maintained by bag making artisans’ insistence on high-level techniques and quality materials.

In Bag Design, Students will study various bag designs with Italian tastes, colors (new combinations, new decoration), materials (avant-garde application, new materials), patterns, functions, as well as researching on the trend and establishing originality. Students will study also geometric design, realistic design, project design, and design using computer. The program puts emphasis on encouraging each student’s uniqueness and to convey it in designs with original, creative, free and rich expression.

Instructors :
Students will learn bag design, color and decoration combinations, materials, patterns, functions and trend research and expression of originality characteristic to Italian bag design, as well as geometric design, realistic design, project design practice, and design development on computer, with ultimate focus on encouraging each student’s uniqueness and expression of originality and free inspirations.

Beginners will start from basic bag design, rough sketch, and acquire indispensable bag design techniques and learn expression of their uniqueness through colorful and free inspirations.
According to the duration and experience, students will finish various bag designs on their free inspirations, performing design development on computer, researching materials and technical functions, color and material variation, for different scenes.

Bag Design Summer Courses:
・Bag Design Summer Course
・Bag Design + bag Design
・Bag Making + Bag Design
・Bag Design Intensive




2 weeks Course Sample Schedule

week day AM PM
1st week Sun. Arrival in Florence
Mon. Orientation, City tour Free time
Tue. Lessons Free time
Wed. Lessons Free time
Thu. Lessons Free time
Fri. Guided art visits Free time
Sat. Cultural Activity
2nd week Sun. Free time
Mon. Lessons Free time
Tue. Lessons Free time
Wed. Lessons Free time
Thu. Lessons Free time
Fri. Guided art visits Free time
Sat. Housing Check-out

Fees and Schedule 2025
(fees - includes accommodation, meal vouchers (2 meal vouchers + 4 drink (coffee/tea/mineral water) vouchers per week), and weekly visits, etc.)

Duration Fees (Tuition Fee + Accommodation, etc.) Credits Check-in (Sun) - Check-out (Sat)
1 week € 1,750 (without housing)
€ 1,900 (Twin Room)
€ 2,150 (Single Room)
1 [ 2025 ]
May 4–May 10
May 18–May 24
Jun 1–Jun 7
Jun 15–Jun 21
Jun 29–Jul 5
Jul 13–Jul 19
Jul 27–Aug 2
Aug 24–Aug 30
Sep 7–Sep 13
Sep 21–Sep 27
2 weeks € 2,620 (without housing)
€ 2,900 (Twin Room)
€ 3,200 (Single Room)
3 [ 2025 ]
May 4–May 17
May 18–May 30
Jun 1–Jun 14
Jun 15–Jun 28
Jun 29–Jul 12
Jul 13–Jul 26
Jul 27–Aug 9
Aug 24–Sep 6
Sep 7 –Sep 20
Sep 21 –Oct 4
4 weeks € 4,800 (without housing)
€ 5,200 (Twin Room)
€ 5,600 (Single Room)
6 [ 2025 ]
May 4–May 31
May 18–Jun 14
Jun 1–Jun 28
Jun 15–Jul 12
Jun 29–Jul 26
Jul 13–Aug 9
Aug 24–Sep 20
Sep 7–Oct 4
6 weeks € 6,750 (without housing)
€ 7,350 (Twin Room)
€ 7,950 (Single Room)
9 [ 2025 ]
May 4–Jun 14
May 18–Jun 28
Jun 1–Jul 12
Jun 15–Jul 26
Jun 29–Aug 9
Aug 24–Oct 4
8 weeks € 9,000 (without housing)
€ 9,800 (Twin Room)
€ 10,600 (Single Room)
12 [ 2025 ]
May 4–Jun 28
May 18–Jul 12
Jun 1–Jul 26
Jun 15–Aug 9
12 weeks € 12,600 (without housing)
€ 13,800 (Twin Room)
€ 15,000 (Single Room)
18 [ 2025 ]
May 4–Jul 26
May 18–Aug 9
Note:
Due to a SUMMER BREAK, the school will be closed from August 9, 2025, to August 24, 2025.

Including

Enrollment fee, Tuition,
Facilities fee (no materials),
Orientation meeting,
Eco-friendly bag,
Welcome Kit (City map, pen, one lunch ticket),
Weekly guided art visits to the best attractions and historical monuments of Florence,
Housing: shared apartment – twin room (single room available, also without housing),
Housing utilities expense,
Meal vouchers (2 meal vouchers + 4 drink (coffee/tea/mineral water) vouchers per week),
Cultural trips. Every two weeks (e.g., a trip to Pisa/Siena),
English interpreter during lessons with the teacher

  • Materials for artworks used or consumed individually by students are not included in the fees above.
  • *Lessons are composed of two parts: class led by the instructor and practice time (Independent Study) where students can create freely after the guidance.
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