Course General Description

Managers with both design and management skills are rare. Today companies recognise and acknowledge the way designers ‘think’ as a strategic asset; an alternativeto traditional management methods and approaches toward company growth. This unique one year course encourages creative strategic thinking, forming multidisciplinary profiles capable of working in areas of product development, operations, marketing, R&D, and brand strategy – the mastermind that is designer and manager. For participants with previous undergraduate level study in either design, art, business, management or similar, this course covers multifaceted training in management models, business organisation processes, project management, business strategy, design thinking, and leadership, providing all the necessary skills to successfully head-up and lead a department, or manage a company. It is increasingly important for designers to be involved in the development of new products and communication strategies.

School General Description

The Istituto Marangoni is a private Italian school of fashion and design. It is based in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy, and has branches in Florence, London and Paris, Shanghai and Shenzhen in China, Mumbai in India, and Miami in the United States.