IQbrochure - English Version

prologue

in a world that is changing generations mature quickly what to expect from them seriousness reliability a dash of fantasy one of courage willingness determination an ability to improve the world in a word a project knowing how to project looking ahead foreseeing is rare and precious it is born from individual talent it grows and develops if cultivated

scenario

on the threshold of the third millennium reality and the virtual coexist and permeate each other passing continuously from one level to another environment and experience expand in multiple dimensions both levels can and must be creatively modified both are the object of aesthetic operations

a project

the designer brings about transformations invents situations environments figures and objects interpreting and responding professionally to the social demand for environmental quality in the laboratory school of the Quasar Institute experienced professionals and young talents through research and experimentation in design prepare the protagonists of the near future

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Storia

Istituto Quasar 5

StoriaThe Quasar Institute laboratory school where theory and practice interweaveto guarantee training excellence for an effective insertion into the world of work

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History The Quasar Institute was born in Rome in 1987, thanks to a group of professionals and university teachers, as a research and training structure focusing on the stu-dy and planning of the environment, products and new forms of communication.

Today, with over twenty-five years’ experience, the Quasar Institute continues on its mission as a com-pletely self-financing and independent private facility. It selects its teaching staff from renowned professionals and experts. It is the original author of teaching program-mes that it applies in training that is constantly updated to respond effectively to the changing world of work. It has a dedicated staff to guide and direct the work of its students.

It has its base in the centre of Rome that comes with efficient and up-to-date equipment, which welcomes students from all over the world. The desire to always maintain the high quality of training has encouraged

Design University

Excellence

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the concentration of its activities in a single centre for teaching and development that integrates the culture of design in its various expressions.

Alongside its principal educational activities, the Quasar Institute lines up an ongoing work of cultural research and promotion aimed at raising public awareness of multidisci-plinary themes. Promoting Italian culture and “made in Italy” abroad, participating in national and international design competitions, organizing exhibitions, conferences and wor-kshops, and publishing; more than three hundred events have had the Quasar Institute as their protagonist since 1987, and have contributed to spreading knowledge and aware-ness on the themes of the real and virtual environment. Merely by way of an example, we recall the publications on urban space Alberate a Roma and Lessico Cittadi-no; the preliminary projects for eco-sustainable housing created in full-scale prototypes La Casa New Age and La Casa Armonica, all the way up to QOS - Quasar Ou-

Cultural and research activities

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Operating fields

ter Space, a multidisciplinary cycle of lectures, a periodic meeting that is open to the public, but also an integral part of the training course, which sees as its protago-nists important artists and visionary explorers of what lies beyond the contemporary. Professionals, artists and operators from the sector are invited to contribute to the training of students, both through contributions in the classroom and participating with students and teachers in visits or important events. For a complete overview of the cultural activities and research of the Institute go to: istitutoquasar.com-archive-eventi.html

Within the macro-sphere “design and visual communi-cation”, research and training focus on these areas:

• interior and garden design;• restructuring and renovation of buildings;• product, furniture and exhibit design;• advertising, publishing and multimedia graphics;

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Types of course

Qualifications issued

• digital photography and videomaking;• web & interaction design;• 3D computer graphics and animation;• yacht design.

Training is carried out in programmes of different inten-sity and duration:

• For school leavers (3 years)• Professional qualification (15 months)• Master (12 months)• Open (of varying duration)

The Quasar Institute has been operating for over twenty years as an officially authorized facility for professional training. The qualifications and specializations awarded at the end of the three-year and professional training courses are legally valid for employment purposes. In addition, the courses allow the acquisition of university

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Certifications

credits (ECTS) in accordance with the educational regu-lations of the host institutions in Italy and abroad.

Lazio RegionAll the post-school training courses are authorized by La-zio Region and issue qualifications that are valid profes-sionally throughout Europe. The School is also accredited, having achieved specific quality standards.

Quality certificationThe international institute of certification TUV SUD has certified the compliance, on the part of the Quasar Insti-tute, with quality standard ISO 9001.

Autodesk Authorized Training CenterThe Quasar Institute became one of the first Autodesk Authorized Training Centers in Italy in 2002. The software suite is constantly updated and is used for training on high-performance PCs and Macs, with certified teachers.

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Each student has at their disposal an educational licen-sed and personal version of the software being studied.

Apple Authorised Training Centre for EducationThe Quasar Institute is the only AATCe in the Centre-South of Italy: a guarantee of certified teachers and faci-lities directly from the IT firm.

Rhinoceros Authorized Training CenterRhinoceros: the best-known NURBS modelling softwa-re is taught by certified McNeel teachers.

ADIThe Quasar Institute is a member of the ADI training schools, the Italian Association for Industrial Design.

AiapThe Quasar Institute is a member of Aiap, the Italian Association for Visual Communication Design.

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Sponsors

Guidance

The Order of Landscape Planning Architects and Conservationists of Rome and its ProvinceThe Order of Architects of Rome and its Province, in addition to cultural activities, sponsors all the Masters: highly specialized training courses run for the Quasar Institute by leading experts in various fields.

AS.PRO.NA.DI.The Master in Yacht Design enjoys the patronage of the principal Italian association of nautical designers: the Associazione Progettisti Navi di Diporto (Pleasure Craft Designers Association), for whom the Quasar Institute is also an accredited training centre.

Chaos Group Recommended CenterThe makers of V-Ray, the well-known rendering software, recommend the Quasar Institute as a centre of excellence.

The Quasar Institute’s method of guidance has as it aim

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pointing students towards choosing the most suitable trai-ning course for the development of their individual skills. This is achieved through a personalized meeting during which the utmost attention is paid to the candidates’ atti-tudes. The Quasar Orienta days - which take place throu-ghout the year - involve participants in stimulating creati-ve workshops and offer a detailed picture of the training courses available. With the Schools Project the Quasar Institute has a presence in high schools with dedicated guidance days. Through its participation in international guidance exhibitions, everyone has the possibility of beco-ming aware of the quality of training at the Quasar Institute.

Each year interesting facilitations are reserved for those who choose courses that the Quasar Institute intends to promote, considering them to be of particular interest for future developments in the labour market or because they constitute promising professional niches in the field of the new media, fast-growing, but still not widely known among

Facilitations

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Q-Agency placement

Graduate careers

the general public. Thanks to agreements with public and private bodies, and companies, students at the Quasar Institute can take advantage of special facilitations.

The Q-Agency is present inside the Quasar Institute: a facility that operates professionally on important positions in the architecture, design and new media sectors. Placements for the most promising graduates are managed by the Institute through their insertion into the Q-Agency or other studios, businesses or important institutions that require new graduates.

The already large number of graduates from the Quasar Institute with whom contact is maintained constitutes a network not only nationally, but in many countries of the world. A number of former students have accomplished significant achievements which confirms the validity of the Quasar method. The Institute often welcomes them back to share their experience with their younger col-

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Partners

leagues who are still training, showing them their work and providing interesting case studies.

The Quasar Institute, since its foundation, has collabo-rated in various ways with public and private institutions and major companies through activities such as: the development of projects for industrial production, the restructuring and restoration of architecture and open spaces, temporary stagings, planning institutional com-munication and company events and training.

• 30 ore per la vita• Accademia d’Egitto a Roma• Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia• Acea• Aeronautica Militare• ASI Agenzia Spaziale Italiana• Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma• Barilla

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• Bioparco di Roma• Camera dei Deputati• Caritas• Casa del Cinema di Roma• Centro de Estudios Superiores Diseño de Monterrey• CIES ONLUS Informazione e Educazione allo Sviluppo• Colegio y Universidad Eurodiseño en Guayaquil• Comando generale della Guardia di Finanza• Comune di Roma• CTS Centro Turistico Studentesco• Design + (Sapienza Università di Roma)• FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano• Ferrarelle• Ferrovie dello Stato• Fondazione Musica per Roma• GNAM Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna e

Contemporanea di Roma• Greenpeace• IKEA

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• International Design Academy Okinawa• Istituto Mides Roma• La Repubblica• LAV Lega Anti Vivisezione• Macro Museo di Arte Contemporanea Roma• MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo• Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali• Museo Miraikan, Tokyo• Palazzo delle Esposizioni Roma• Polizia di Stato• Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri• Provincia di Roma• Regione Lazio• Rotary Club Golfo d’Anzio, Anzio e Nettuno• Salone Satellite• Slamp• TECHNOGATE project • Unicef• Università di Tor Vergata

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MASTER

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

COURSES FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS OPEN

ATC

AATCe

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AG - Garden architecture AI - Interior decorator

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GCV - Graphic and Visual Communication HD - Habitat DesignW&I - Web & Interaction

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Single-topic courseSpecialist course

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Autodesk Authorized Training Center.................121ATC

....129Apple Authorized Training Centre for EducationAATCe

AVR - Virtual architecture HYG - HypergraphicsID - Industrial DesignYD - Yacht Design

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three-year course The Quasar Institute’s courses for school leavers, three years in length, are aimed at developing in students an overall, cultural and practical process of maturity in various fields in which the creative project takes place to form not only expert technicians, but ones who ready to exercise a critical awareness. These are courses capable of structuring in a significant way the expressive attitudes of their different personalities. Attendance is mandatory to guarantee concentration and educational effectiveness.

COURSES FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS

Communication and information are now generalized and pervasive presences that characterize every aspect of daily life. The art of communicating uses complex codes of representation and image-building. Knowledge and the technically creative use of these codes connote the professional Visual Communication Designer.

Graphic and Visual Communication

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Presentation

Who it is aimed at

Entrance requirements

The Graphic and Visual Communication course, which has been running since 1997 and is continuously upda-ted, is aimed at the training of designers specializing in the graphic and executive realization of global projects for visual communication.

This university-level course is aimed at school leavers, from all types of secondary schools, who intend to grow in the culture of graphic design. The image, in all its forms, is now the principal vehicle of institutional, social and promotional communication, from classic advertising to corporate identity to packaging in such a way as to constitute a pervasive media universe. This is the extended operating range of the graphic or visual communication designer.

Sometimes secondary school does not instil attitudes and inclinations that emerge very clearly in those who have just set out on a path of creative maturity. Bearing

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Main operative fields

this in mind, the course demands no entrance requi-rements beyond the school-leaving certificate. But we can add that curiosity, initiative, a reasonable cultural foundation and basic IT knowledge are undoubtedly useful at the start of the course of studies, as they are in the profession.

The visual communication designer is able to work comfortably with advertising agencies, production com-panies, professional studios and businesses in the vi-sual communication sector.

They are able to manage the ongoing technological evo-lution, understand the cultural dynamics of the context in which they operate and consider the economic-productive aspects connected to the design activity they carry out.

They can operate in the different sectors of visual commu-nication, in Italy and abroad, as employees or freelancers;

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Educational objectives

in professional activity and, after having gained a number of years’ experience, as art directors; in advertising and integrated communications agencies; as an employees, consultants or collaborators; in all areas of publishing, as editorial designers; with private or public bodies, for con-sultation and collaboration as graphic designers.

The objectives pursued in the Graphic and Visual Com-munication course are:

• to guarantee to students the attainment of critical maturity and an understanding of the problems connected to practising a profession in a sector that is rapidly and constantly changing;

• to provide students with technical knowledge and training experiences in the fields of graphic design and visual communication for a speedy and sati-sfying start to their professional activities;

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• to ensure graduates possess a reliable method of graphic design that encompasses creativity and rigour, both supported by an adequate grasp of the techniques of representation, both manual and computer-assisted, through the most advanced software available for 2D design.

The course deals with, studies and thoroughly analyses all those disciplines that support graphic design providing it, on the one hand, with the necessary pragmatic dimension, and, on the other, with that solid theoretical-critical structure and cultural depth that are indispensable for educated and aware designers. With this aim, and to allow the maturing of an awareness of the meaning and value of graphic and artistic works, the course offers practical teaching, such as techniques of representation, publishing techniques and freehand drawing, along with theoretical-critical teaching, such as - among others - the history of visual communication, the theory of perception


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Articulation of course

and form, and advertising. In the course of the three years, the student develops the ability to create and implement design projects for business, design for publishing, product design (packaging), strategic design, commercial and social advertising campaigns, graphic design for environments. They also gain the capacity to manage work cycles from the point of view of planning and administration.

The training course is divided into three teaching cycles for each academic year. The cycles consist of lectures, workshops and specialized workshops that are divided into three main areas:

1. productive technologies, design and representation;2. history, criticism and theories;3. design laboratories.

The first year has the aim of training students in the basic disciplines of graphic design, theoretical as

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much as practical, in order to be able to approach the later design laboratories equipped with the appropria-te knowledge.

The second year aims to perfect the preparation under-taken during the first year, in order to begin to shape the professional figure with the attainment of the official qualification of graphic designer.

The third year moves towards the professional spe-cialization of the student as an assistant art direc-tor. Obtaining this professional qualification will al-low the students, following appropriate experience as an assistant, to work as art directors, a leading figure in the design of visual communication and a natural goal in the career of graphic designers. At the culmination of the training course - for every student who has attained the necessary qualifications - a period of professional internship is foreseen: the natural link betwe-


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Development of teaching

en training and work. The teaching course includes the use of dedicated software with Adobe certified teachers.

During the course are foreseen exercises, periodic tests and exams to help evaluate the students’ progress. The results of the exams allow moving on to the next year of the course. During the course students are expected to participate in national and international competitions. Study trips are planned, along with activities outside the Institute and guided educational tours to communi-cations agencies, professional studios, printing works, exhibitions and art and design events, and trade fairs. The course unfolds every year in three trimesters, from October to May, with tests at the end.

Traditional teaching activities take place (lessons, teaching laboratories, seminars, workshops) as well as practical training activities: internships in colla-boration with professional studios and businesses.

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Lessons take place in classrooms with audiovisual sup-ports, drawing tables and dedicated computers, equip-ped with specialist software. Each teaching area carries out, in a classroom setting, the various phases in which the members of a working team would normally be invol-ved during planning. The interdisciplinary project work in-volves the student in complex projects that allow a more organic application of the knowledge acquired during the course of studies.

Joint presentations are of fundamental importance, when each project team will have to illustrate the work they have carried out in their project work to a special evaluating commission, made up of course teachers and external professionals.

Similarly, the professional placement, foreseen at the end of the third year of study for every student who has attained the necessary qualifications, is, for the students,


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their first effective involvement in the activity of work with companies, professional studios or public bodies: a defi-nitive projection towards the world of work.

At the end of each teaching cycle, students who have satisfied the attendance requirements will sit final exams in front of an internal commission in every subject that has been taught in the three teaching areas.

Professional qualifications are awarded at the end of second and third year, following exams in the institute before a commission made up of course teachers and external examiners appointed by Lazio Region.

At the end of the first year, students are awarded a Quasar Institute attendance certificate.

At the end of the second year, after passing the regional exams, the following official professional qualification,

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valid at Italian and EU level, is awarded:

Graphic Designer

At the end of the third year, after passing the regional exams, the following official professional qualification, valid at Italian and EU level, is awarded:

Assistant Art Director

Those who wish to gain further professional skills may later take part in one of the Masters in Hypergraphics to attain a more advanced specialization in 3D graphics and animation.

There are also various open courses available to provide complementary skills that will be useful for the students’ professional careers.


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The habitat is the totalityof physical, natural and artificial structures in which we live.From living and working to open spaces and on to the pervasive universe of objects.It is our historic and more recent legacy to safeguard and redevelop.The functionally and aesthetically valid transformationof this environment and its partsis the habitat designer’s field of study and intervention.

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Presentation

Who it is aimed at

The Habitat Design course, the only one of its kind in Italy, which has been running since 1987 and is updated for each new edition, aims to train total habitat designers and deals therefore with the sectors of redevelopment, interior architecture, the arrangement of natural or arti-ficial open spaces, fittings and the production of objects.

This university-level course is aimed at school leavers, from all types of secondary schools, who intend to de-dicate themselves - to paraphrase Munari - to Art as a trade, in other words to a distinctly expressive-artistic technical activity, suitable for aesthetically and functio-nally improving the complex of elements that characteri-se the living environment, but without any town-planning implications and less involvement in bureaucratic-admi-nistrative procedures. It is an educational course that aims to emphasise the unitary character of the human environment and therefore of the instruments and skills required to ensure its care and increase its quality.

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Sometimes secondary school does not instil attitudes and inclinations that emerge very clearly in those who have just set out on a path of creative maturity. Bearing this in mind, the course demands no entrance requirements beyond the school-leaving certificate. But we can add that curiosity, initiative, a reasonable cultural foundation and basic IT knowledge are undoubtedly useful at the start of the course of studies, as they are in the profession.

The fields where graduates in Habitat Design from the Quasar Institute operate are many and varied: they are all those situations when the intervention is required of a specialist capable of guaranteeing aesthetic quality united with technical and functional performance, re-specting the available budget and with a particular atten-tion to detail. More precisely: fitting out public or private spaces, whether residential or for work; commercial lo-cations and places that are open to the public; renova-tion, reconversion and rehabilitation of spaces, including

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for changes of use. The graduate in Habitat Design can draft plans and manage works for projects that do not require authorisation, that is, other than the abovemen-tioned fittings of very sort: sets, exhibitions, temporary structures, gardens and open spaces, as well as desi-gning objects of all kinds, including those that will be mass produced, by artisan or industrial structures. This is an extremely vast and varied operative field, that can allow unsuspected talents to emerge and also create professional opportunities in promising but largely unex-plored sectors. As a professional, graduates can join one of the professional associations in Italy or abroad.

The objectives pursued in the Habitat Design course are:

• to guarantee to students the attainment of critical ma-turity, an understanding of the problems connected to transformational intervention on the living envi-ronment and methods for their most suitable solution;


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• to provide students with technical knowledge and educational experiences in the fields of construction and production - artisan and industrial - for a speedy and satisfying start to their professional activities;

• to ensure graduates possess a secure planning me-thod that encompasses creativity and rigour, both supported by an adequate grasp of the techniques of representation, both manual and computer-assisted, through the most advanced software available in 2 and 3D design and virtual modelling;

• to form characters who are expert in multiple and complementary techniques, all unified by method, guaranteeing, at the same time, a flexible planning attitude that allows the young professional to deal with the challenges arising from rapid social muta-tions and not just existing ones.

The course deals with, studies and thoroughly analyses all


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those disciplines that support the project, providing it, on the one hand, with the necessary pragmatic dimension, and, on the other, with that solid theoretical-critical struc-ture and cultural depth that are indispensable for cultured and aware designer. With this aim, the course teaches, other than the disciplines inherent in design, all those rela-tive to construction materials and working techniques; the history and criticism of architecture, design and the figura-tive arts; the principles at the base of the visual languages as instruments and codes of invention; modelling applied to design. With these pragmatic objectives that aim at the acquisition, in a set time, of a solid professionalism, this course takes the form of a valid alternative to more theo-retical studies. After a first year aimed at establishing and consolidating the operative method and culture of creative design, over the next two years students increasingly deal with all the technical aspects and experiences that will be useful in their profession. The three-year Habitat Design course - leaving behind the concept of a degree as the

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Articulation of the course

certification of a status - aims directly at the result: the possession, on the part of the graduate, of professional skills and capabilities.

Since the course aims at preparing cultured and aware professionals and not mere operators, every phase of the educational path is aimed at developing what we define as the culture of design which we consider an indispen-sable endowment for anyone working on the form of the built environment.

Consequently, during the first year, alongside the basic teaching (drawing, technology, planning laboratories) other subjects will be taught: basic design and the history, critici-sm and methodology of design, aimed at encouraging the growth of a strong critical awareness in the student.

The second year of the course has the task of providing stu-dents with the techniques and methods for the application


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of their acquired knowledge to design while, at the same time, maintaining the connection with the basic knowledge. The design studios become the centre of the educational experience, where the various specialities are instilled.

The third year has as its specific theme the development of a professional mindset in the student. So alongside the strengthening of knowledge and the pursuit of experien-ces in design and implementation, therefore, we provide situations specifically dedicated to the management and direction of professional activity, whether autonomous, alongside other professions or within organisations and companies. At the end of the three-year teaching course, a professional placement, the natural link between trai-ning and work, is foreseen for every student who has at-tained the necessary qualifications.

The course unfolds every year in three trimesters, from October to May. There will be tests at the end of each

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trimester. Traditional teaching activities will take place (lessons, teaching laboratories, seminars, workshops) as well as practical training activities: visits to sites and production centres, internships in collaboration with professional firms and companies. Lessons take place in classrooms with audiovisual supports, drawing tables and dedicated computers, equipped with specialist software. Each teaching area provides, in a classroom setting, the various phases in which the members of a working team would normally be involved during planning. The interdisciplinary project work involves the student in complex projects that allow a more organic application of the knowledge acquired during the course of studies. The teaching activity, furthermore, is structured to be able to include study trips and a certain number of external activities in collaboration with businesses in the sector and other institutions. Joint presentations are of fundamental importance, when each project team will have to undertake to illustrate the work they have carried out in their project


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work to a special evaluating commission, made up of course teachers and external professionals. Equally important, the professional placement, foreseen at the end of the third year of study for every student who has attained the necessary qualifications, is, for the students, their first effective involvement in the activity of work.

Every year, students who have satisfied the attendan-ce requirements will sit final exams in every subject that has been taught. Professional qualifications are awarded at the end of second and third year, following exams in the institute before a commission made up of course tea-chers and external examiners appointed by Lazio Region.

At the end of the first year, students are awarded a Qua-sar Institute attendance certificate.


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Interior, Gardens and Industrial Designer


Interior, Gardens and Industrial Designer and Planner

Furthemore Autodesk certification is awarded for Auto-CAD 2D, AutoCAD 3D and 3ds Max software; official 1st level Mc Neel certificate is awarded for Rhinoceros 3D software. Those who wish to gain further professional skills may later take part in one of the Master available at the Institute. There are also various open courses available to provi-de complementary skills that will be useful for the stu-dents’ professional careers.


The rapid spread of digital technologies permeates the deepest layers of the physical environments and virtual spaces we routinely inhabit. From urban areas to clothing the opportunities for interaction multiply providing continuous stimuli in the search for new and effective analogies between digital environment and physical space. It is in relation to this innovated scenario that the definition of new professions is required - such as the Interaction Designer - capable of managing the complex field of interactive design.

Web & Interaction

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Presentation

Who it is aimed at

The three-year Web & Interaction course, the only one of its kind in Italy, which has been running since 1991 and is continuously updated, is aimed at the training of technicians and designers operating in the field of multimedia and interactive communications.

This university-level course is aimed at school leavers, from all types of secondary schools, aspiring multime-dia designers who want to develop their capacity for expression based on structured knowledge and shared languages, skills that are essential for working with pro-fessionalism in a field as complex as that of multimedia design and interactivity. The course may also be useful for the specialization and updating of professionals who already work in the field of communications.

Sometimes secondary school does not instil attitudes and inclinations that emerge very clearly in those who have just set out on a path of creative maturity. Bearing


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this in mind, the course demands no entrance requi-rements beyond the school-leaving certificate. But we can add that curiosity, initiative, a reasonable cultural foundation and basic IT knowledge are undoubtedly useful at the start of the course of studies, as they are in the profession.

The ongoing processes of modernization in multimedia communications, from a perspective of systematic interac-tion between different languages and new technologies, have expanded to new areas the employment opportu-nities for operators who are able to combine the mastery of instruments and applications with the qualities of crea-tivity and an efficacious methodological approach to the project. In this highly dynamic and continuously updated context, the figure of the Interaction Designer is of cru-cial importance wherever the complex area of interactive design is dealt with. An extremely versatile professional, they are able to adapt their activity according to different

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operational needs and can exercise it as:

• web designer and web developer, wherever design and content development, web applications and services are required;

• digital & interaction designer, ranging from the pro-duction of digital and interactive content to the de-sign of applications for mobile devices;

• communication & media designers, including activi-ties ranging from multimedia communication to web marketing.

The various forms of professional activity can take place - as a consultant, collaborator or freelancer - with events and communication, advertising and marketing agencies, businesses, companies and professional studios, public and private bodies, mu-

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seums, foundations and galleries, operating both na-tionally and internationally.

The objective pursued in the Web & Interaction course is that of training designers capable of relating in a criti-cal and aware manner to the complex field of multimedia design, but also specializing and updating the training of those already working in the communications field.

The first year has as its objective the basic training for those who intend to work in the field of multimedia communications. Basic knowledge is provided and consolidated for the definition of a professional figure capable of interpreting the common standards of multimedia communication, with a solid grounding in the disciplines that support the project and with a technical mastery of the languages and applications of web design, multimedia graphics and audiovisuals. The second year aims to perfect the training of those




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working in the field of multimedia and interactive communication, outlining the figure of the multimedia systems technician, an operator who is able to work competently with companies, professional studios and businesses in the multimedia communications sector; who is capable of taking into account technological developments, understanding the cultural dynamics of the context in which they operate and considering the economic-productive aspects related to the planning activities they are involved in; who is aware of their professional responsibilities and the current regulations in the sector.

During the third year, students will have the opportunity to specialize in their training to qualify as a multimedia design technician, capable of operating independently and knowledgably in the world of multimedia and interactive contents design. At the culmination of the training course - for every student who has attained

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the necessary qualifications - a work placement is foreseen: the natural link between training and work.

From this will emerge a structured professional figure, with strong cultural foundations combined with advanced technical-operative skills. They will be capable of working at the planning and creative level with the different players in the professional scenario, but above all will be able, as a freelancer, to independently plan and manage the complexities that are typical of professional practice.

Each academic year unfolds in two semesters and teaching is from October to May.

The teaching course is divided into lectures, design laboratories, and technical-applicative teaching. Lessons take place in classrooms with audiovisual supports, drawing tables and dedicated computers,



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equipped with specialist software. Each teaching area, through laboratory activities, provides in the classro-om the various phases of work in which the members of a design team would normally be involved, provi-ding a direct application of the theoretical and techni-cal contributions of the different areas of teaching. A series of intense specialist workshops is foreseen on themes that refer to the specific fields of professional activity, organically integrated with the interdisciplinary project work, which involve the students in complex projects that last the length of a teaching cycle. Fur-thermore, the teaching activity includes study trips and various external activities and educational visits. Professionals, artists and operators in the sector are invited to contribute to the students’ process of lear-ning, whether through contributions in the classroom or participating with students and teachers in visits or at important events. To monitor the teaching activity, throughout the academic year, a series of exercises

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and tests (intermediate and final) will be carried out, designed to monitor the development of the skills and knowledge of the individual students also in relation to the stated educational objectives. Joint presentations are of fundamental importance, which each project team will have to undertake to illustrate the work they have carried out in their project work to a special eva-luating commission, made up of course teachers and external professionals.

The set of learning activities, thus organized, consti-tutes an effective preparation that allows the student to enter in a qualified way into a working reality that is in a state of constant innovation, and which requires operators capable of relating in a critical and aware way to the complex field of design.

In the same way, the professional placement - fore-seen at the end of the third year of study for every


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student who has attained the necessary qualifications - is, for the students, their first effective involvement in the activity of work with companies, professional stu-dios or public bodies: a definitive projection towards the world of work.

At the end of each learning cycle, students who have satisfied the attendance requirements will be tested in front of an internal commission. Professional qualifica-tions are awarded at the end of second and third year, following exams in the institute before a commission made up of course teachers and external examiners appointed by Lazio Region.

At the end of the first year, students are awarded a Quasar Institute attendance certificate.


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Multimedia Systems Technician.


Technical Multimedia Designer.

Those who wish to gain further professional skills may later take part in the Master in Hypergraphics to achieve a more advanced specialization in 3D graphics and ani-mation; there are also various open courses available to provide complementary skills that will be useful for the students’ professional careers.


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15 months

The professional qualification courses at the Quasar Institute are designed to provide further skills in specific professional fields for enthusiasts and experts who wish to combine this period of training with other activities. With this aim, they are structured to balance technical rigour and completeness of experience with a limited duration and attendance that is compatible with other commitments, while still being mandatory to ensure the efficacy of the experience through continuity.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

Open spaces: from the terrace to the garden and parks to the interstitial areas between the built, whether for public use or as an extension of the home. Places of harmonic coexistence between natural, artificial and vegetable materials, of reconciliation between man and nature, of mitigation of the human impact and environmental regeneration: this is the context in which the Garden Designer operates.

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Presentation

Who it is aimed at

The Garden Architecture course, which has been running since 1990 and is continuously updated, is a rapid and efficacious training course for the conception, design and creation of green spaces, both public and private. The stu-dy and the putting into practice of the knowledge gained in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, thanks to the work of illustrious landscapers in Europe and overseas, the in-depth study that came with the contribution of the 20th-century avant-gardes, the analysis of the influences on the contemporary garden of the recent development of a new and growing environmental awareness, the evo-lution of techniques and technologies, ways of using mi-neral, vegetable and artificial materials, the change in the preparation of the green: these are the themes of investi-gation and intervention of the garden designer.

The course is aimed at school leavers and graduates in any subject, who intend to develop a deep expertise in the sector to undertake a creative and rewarding activi-

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ty also by following the course in conjunction with other commitments, thanks to its twice-weekly frequency.

There are no specific requirements in addition to pos-session of a high-school diploma. But we can add that curiosity, resourcefulness, a good cultural background and preliminary computer skills are certainly useful in the early studies, as indeed in the profession.

The garden designer who has trained on this course is able to manage an independent professional studio, follow the execution of on-site works and operate within the public and private sectors, for the fitting out of open spaces on any scale: parks, gardens, terraces, balco-nies, patios, greenhouses (winter gardens), courtyards, interstitial spaces.

The course aims to train a solid professional figure, with design, executive and management capacities in

the area of gardens and open spaces. To this end, it gives equal weight to theoretical- critical and techni-cal-practical materials, to allow the acquisition of an overall design capacity, a specific technical culture and the attainment of suitable critical faculties. Fur-thermore, the aspects of both manual and digital re-presentation are studied for a complete and effective communication of the project.

The Garden Architecture course alternates teaching of a theoretical-critical and technical-operative nature and is characterized by a particular emphasis, both in lectures and laboratories, on respecting the specificity of a project founded, in part or entirely, on the use of plant species, that is, living material, which changes and constantly evolves, requiring knowledge and the use of specific techniques, while employing a design method that follows closely that used in architecture. Therefore teaching is foreseen for the development of

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knowledge and skills in the use of plant species, the related techniques of selection, planting and care, the latest natural and artificial systems of environmental quality control necessary for their management. Simi-larly, issues relating to the role that can be played by external spaces around the home and their efficacy in mitigating climatic conditions will be dealt with, as well as systems of representation of the green, whether traditional (manual drawing) or computerized (digital drawing and modelling).

The twice-weekly lessons take place in classrooms with drawing tables and dedicated computers, equip-ped with specialist software. There will also be visits and guided tours to facilities in the sector, exhibitions and study trips. The design laboratories allow real prac-tical experience consistent with the type of intervention foreseen in the simulations, with the necessary compa-risons between different design solutions and the relati-


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ve formal, technical and functional checks.In the workshops, students are assigned to project themes that allow them to employ the knowledge they have gained in the various disciplines, paying particu-lar attention to issues related to the various types of in-tervention - with the necessary comparisons between different design options and their related environmen-tal checks - to achieve the solution that most com-pletely meets the needs of the commissioning party.

There will be intermediate tests to assess the level of learning and maturation of students in the individual subjects.

At the end of the training course, students who have satisfied the attendance requirements will sit a final test to be able to proceed to the exams, in the institute before a commission made up of course teachers and external examiners appointed by Lazio Region.

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After passing the exams, the following official profes-sional qualification, valid at Italian and EU level, is awarded:

Gardens Designer;

Furthermore Autodesk Certification is awarded for Au-toCAD 2D software.

Those who wish to gain further professional skills may later take part in one of the open courses available to provide complementary skills that will be useful for the students’ professional careers.



The design of interior spaces, the environment with which we maintain the closest relations, that envelops us and that we feel like a second skin. Living spaces, workplaces, public places, temporary installations. The most subtle and communicative part of architecture. Knowledge and practice of techniques, materials and finishings: this is the domain of the Interior Decorator.

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Presentation The Interior Decoration course, which has been running since 1990 and is continuously upda-ted, deals with the experience of interior space, the perception of being inside, surrounded by spa-ce and objects that are closest to our corporeality. It deals with the culture and techniques to control of one of the most involving and all-encompassing experience of our daily lives. The rational and emotional reactions to the urgings provided by internal space are among the most intense and personal that we experience. The history, culture and tradition of residential living, the evolution in the ways for configuring the space around us, changes in habits and domestic rituals, new trends and innovation in materials, techniques and design for fitting out interiors for public and private use: these are the themes of investiga-tion and intervention for an interior decorator.

The course is aimed at school leavers and graduates in any subject, who intend to develop a deep expertise in

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the sector to undertake a creative and rewarding activi-ty also by following the course in conjunction with other commitments, thanks to its twice-weekly frequency.

There are no specific requirements in addition to posses-sion of a high-school diploma. But we can add that cu-riosity, resourcefulness, a good cultural background and preliminary computer skills are certainly useful in the early studies, as indeed in the profession.

The interior decorator who has trained on this course can work as a freelancer, directing the execution of the works on site, coordinating the various wor-kers and checking supplies. They can also operate in the public sector and with commercial companies. There are many fields of application of this specia-lization which include the design of homes, com-mercial spaces and offices, hotels, public areas and temporary installations for exhibitions and fairs.

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The objective of the course is to form a solid professional fi-gure through the acquisition of a complete design capacity, a strong culture of technology and products in the field, wi-thout neglecting the expertise on the culture of furnishings that is necessary for a proper exercise of their critical fa-culties. A further objective of the course is the acquisition of skills in the manual and digital representation of interior design. Particular attention is also paid to ensuring that students have the skills to upgrade existing environments and adapt them according to the needs of the clients. tran-sferring into their professional activity the qualities of cultu-re and personal taste they already possess, but that have been subject to the scrutiny of a rigorous critical method.

The Interior Decoration course includes teaching of a theoretical-critical and technical-operative nature and is characterized by the particular attention paid, both du-ring the course of lessons and in the design laboratories, to a number of specific aspects of decoration, namely:

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• a study of the models that have characterized the historical evolution of decoration. Criteria for the selection and placement of furnishings of design, and ancient and modern art;

• a profound study of both natural and artificial light, as an architectural element that is determi-ning for the characterization and atmosphere of an interior;

• analysis, peculiarities and uses of new materials and guidance aimed at the choice of traditional and innovative finishings for decoration. Techni-ques for setting up temporary special events, me-etings and exhibitions.

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tours to facilities in the sector, exhibitions and study trips. The design laboratories allow real practical experience consistent with the type of intervention foreseen in the si-mulations, with the necessary comparisons between dif-ferent design solutions and the relative formal, technical and functional checks. In the workshops, students are assigned to project themes that allow them to employ the knowledge they have gained in the various disciplines, paying particular attention to the typological and distribu-tive characteristics, to the criteria for intervention, anthro-pometric relationships and the dimensions of the furni-shing elements, materials and installation techniques for the fitting out of interior spaces, and the methods of representation of the actual state and the project. There will be intermediate tests to assess the level of learning and maturation of students in individual subjects.

At the end of the training course, students who have sa-tisfied the attendance requirements will sit a final test to

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be able to proceed to the exams, in the institute before a commission made up of course teachers and external examiners appointed by Lazio Region.

After passing the exams, the following official profes-sional qualification, valid at Italian and EU level, is awarded:

Interior decorator;

Furthermore Autodesk Certification is awarded for Auto-CAD 2D software.

Those who wish to gain further professional skills may later take part in one of the open courses available to provide complementary skills that will be useful for the students’ professional careers.



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1,500 hours

The programme of Master courses at the Quasar Institute began in 1988, one of the first in Italy, and is updated for each new edition, to ensure the closest adherence to the state of the art and the evolution of professional practice. All the Masters are articulated in thematic modules and have a duration of 1,500 hours including placements. Attendance is mandatory to guarantee concentration and effectiveness. Scholarships are available for deserving students.

MASTER

Space and materials unfold and embody the architectural idea. Light becomes the essential synthesis, materials are adapted and exchanged, the virtual becomes a powerful tool for pure experimentation. The designer imagines and verifies, analyzes and explores, identifies with and measures the validity of their ideas, foreseeing their realization. The outcome shapes the most advanced way of static and dynamic communication of the project using the most up-to-date computer graphics technologies.

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How it is aimed at


The Master in Virtual Architecture, which has been run-ning since 1999 and is constantly updated according to the methods and software that best respond to the needs of visualization and verification, prepares operators in the architectural field (architects, designers, engineers, sur-veyors and related professionals) to visualize projects in 3D graphics, elaborating the most appropriate method of implementation for each type of project and using CAD 2D and 3D programs and post-production and animation tech-niques. The final product is particularly sophisticated and, depending on the intention, achieves total photorealism.

The Master is aimed at designers, graduates and final-year students in architecture or civil engineering, junior architects or designers, who want to complement their skills and acquire specific capacities in current techni-ques of representation.

The skills required for participation in the course are: de-

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sign experience, familiarity with the IT tools, an awareness of 2D CAD and an interest in developing in their profession by mastering fully the representation and communication of the project, using the techniques that become available thanks to software advances. The Master Board evaluates admission on the basis of the CV and an interview.

The skills acquired with the Master in Virtual Architectu-re are applied in a variety of sectors that might benefit from the photorealistic simulation, which is virtually indi-stinguishable from photography, of objects, buildings or complex assemblies. Testing and verification at the de-sign stage, elaborations for competitions, presentations of proposals for the commissioning party, integration between the different design areas, such as calculating areas and volumes, engineering, structural calculation and the verification of energy behaviour. Starting from the analysis of traditional design, the course aims to in-troduce and train students to a high-level in techniques for CAD and 3D graphic representation and advanced

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animation, for testing for environmental impact, complex simulation of structures, restoration, archaeological re-construction, furnishings, through the choice of mate-rials, lighting, the natural environment and plant species (including as they evolve over time and recording their dynamic behaviour in response to the weather), fol-lowing a strictly programmed operational flow.

The course aims to increase skills in:

• management of 3D architectural projects and their fruition for print, video and other audiovisual media for final static and dynamic elaborations (3D animation);

• verification of the project through the use of 2D and 3D CAD programs;

• integration with other design and engineering functions.


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Articulation of the course The Master is divided into successive introductory mo-dules. The main educational lines concern the inter-pretation of the project using 2D and 3D CAD and BIM software; the porting of the data within the 3D software used primarily during rendering; transcoding formats, definition of 2D texture; advanced rendering in V-Ray and Fryrender; the study and representation of territory and fluid dynamics, the aesthetic control of lighting; the edi-ting of tables and video animations; HDR technique and 2D - 3D photomontages for environmental impact. An introduction is also provided of management and con-tracts, for carrying out professional activities in the field.

Lessons are held in classrooms with drawing boards and dedicated personal computers, equipped with specific software for the sector. Online tutoring for exercises is guaranteed. Teaching is divided into sessions of classro-om work and assignments given and checked through newsgroups, both of well-known and important historical



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and contemporary projects in the field of architecture, and of architectural plans drawn up by the students. The-re will be themed workshops and classroom review ses-sions on results in static (boards) and dynamic form (3D animations). There will also be visits and guided tours to facilities in the sector, exhibitions and study trips. At the end of the course a placement will be provided for the most deserving students.

• AutoCAD 2D - 3D;• 3ds Max;• V-Ray;• Fryrender;• Arion;• Realflow;• XFrog e Vue;• Lumion 3D;• Revit;• Software GIS Autodesk.

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At the end of the training course, students who have satisfied the attendance requirements will sit a final test for the award of the Master certificate and official Autodesk software certificate.

After passing the final exam, the Quasar Institute Ma-ster certificate is issued. There is also an Autodesk certificate for the software used.

The Master, sponsored by the Order of Landscape Planning Architects and Conservationists of Rome and its Province, was the first in the Centre-South of Italy. The best works are published in specialist magazines and on the Quasar In-stitute website, used for exhibitions and events in Italy and abroad and for promotional purposes in the specialist press.


Complex continuously expanding universes, which combine traditional academic knowledge with the most advanced computer-aided tools for sculpture, painting, lighting, 3D animation as a categorical imperative to enhance levels of expression and integrated communication. In a crescendo of ideas and permutations, possibilities and evolutionary lines, conception is welcomed and expanded, modified and extended to range from the alpha to the omega of a total awareness. Art and technology merge, and allow new forms of creative expression.

Hypergraphics

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Who it is aimed at


The Master in Hypergraphics, which has been running since 1999 and is constantly updated, trains operators in 3D animation, enabling them to manage the entire production process of advanced 3D graphics, through the making of an animated short.

From the definition of the theme, the script and storybo-ard, through modelling and the choice of lighting, up to the management of the environment, the rendering and animation of visual effects and 3D character ani-mation and the completion of the production through assembly, post-recording, editing and compositing.

The Master is aimed at anyone who wishes to learn the techniques of complex 3D animation, visual effects and post-processing, and static and animated visualization.

To participate in the course, students must possess a familiarity with the IT tools and basic software for

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graphics, and a keen interest in 3D animated graphics and visual effects and a suitable predisposition for 3D communication.

The Master Board evaluates admission on the basis of the CV and an interview.

The arguments dealt with and the in-depth study of all the key issues will enable the immediate application of the skills attained in all the areas of computer graphics applied to complex 3D animation and visual and interactive effects, such as film production, advertising, toy design, videogames and communication.

The Master aims to ensure the achievement of management and production skills for 3D projects of any kind and type for print, video and report on other audiovisual media for final static and dynamic elaborations (3D animation).

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Overcoming the predominantly geometric character of visualization related mostly to architecture and design, this Master deals with the field of the com-plex forms of an organic matrix with a high degree of morphological complexity and a totally natural ren-dering of movements.

The course is divided into successive preparatory modules. The main teaching lines concern the inter-pretation of the project through the successive steps of visual communication, direction, scripting, sculp-ture, design and concept to achieve execution throu-gh Photoshop, MARI (textures for 3D models) and Maya, the transcoding of 3D formats, the definition of 2D texture, advanced rendering in mental ray, V-Ray and Fryrender, sculpture and 3D painting, the study and representation of territory and fluid dynamics, 3D vegetation, aesthetic control and lighting, image composition and animated video editing, HDR and

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2D and 3D photomontage techniques. An introduc-tion is also provided of management and contracts, for carrying out professional activities in the field.

Lessons are held in classrooms with drawing boards and dedicated personal computers, equipped with spe-cific software for the sector. Online tutoring for exercises is guaranteed.

Teaching is divided into sessions of classroom work and assignments given and checked through newsgroups.

There will be themed workshops and classroom revi-sion sessions on results in static and dynamic form. There will also be visits and guided tours to facilities in the sector, exhibitions and study trips.

At the end of the course a placement will be provided for the most deserving students.


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• Maya;• Photoshop;• MARI;• Premiere and After Effects;• V-Ray;• Fryrender;• Arion;• Realflow;• Vue;• Xfrog and 3D vegetation;• ZBrush.

At the end of the training course, students who have satisfied the attendance requirements will sit a final test for the award of the Master certificate and official Autodesk software certificate.

After passing the final exam, the Quasar Institute Ma-ster certificate is issued.

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There is also an Autodesk certificate for the software used.

The Master, sponsored by the Order of Landscape Planning Architects and Conservationists of Rome and its Province, was the first in the Centre-South of Italy. The best works are published in specialist magazines and on the Quasar Institu-te website, used for exhibitions and events in Italy and abroad and for promotional purposes in the specialist press.

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Designing for industry requires a deep knowledge of the technical and expressive possibilities of materials and processes, understanding of and insight into the explicit and implicit requirements of the users. A synthesis of rationality and creativity combined with culture and sensitivity for the protection of environmental quality and a proper use of resources.

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The Master in Industrial Design is an opportunity to study highly advanced and competitive production fa-cilities and subcontractors. This takes place in collabo-ration with the operators in selected industrial districts, the bases of internationally important production com-panies. The programme includes lessons-laboratories at the Institute and periods of work in ateliers, in direct contact with the companies involved in the program-me, for internships. The Master is conceived as a la-boratory, supported by theoretical and documentary training, and enables its students to manage the entire cycle that leads from the brief - through the stages of research and the formulation of the first ideas - up to complex three-dimensional modelling, with specific training on dedicated software, and then on to protot-yping and product engineering.

The Master is aimed at graduates and final-year stu-dents in Engineering and Architecture, designers,

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professionals and experts in the sector, with design knowledge and basic skills in CAD modelling, who have an interest in design practice for industry in all its aspects, from the initial formulation up to the control of the manufacture in mass production.

To participate in the course, design experience is necessary - not necessarily in this specific field - in addition to knowledge of the graphic tools and techni-ques of two-dimensional representation. The Master Board evaluates admission on the basis of the CV and an interview.

The experience gained in the Master finds a natural outlet in the professional activity of designers in the technical departments of manufacturing industries, distribution, freelance industrial design, interior design and as a designer of systems and components for industries in the sector.

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The aim of the Master is to provide students with the opportunity to overcome the barriers that often separate the project from its natural referents: the users on the one hand, the industrial production system on the other. Thanks to its collaboration with production and distribution structures and the availability of properly equipped laboratories at production sites, the Quasar Institute can offer participants the precious opportunity of a truly educational experience that includes the activation of the entire cycle of analysis, conception, design validation, prototyping, manufacturing and distribution.

The object of study is the evolution of the industry and the use of most advanced design techniques, with particular attention being paid to the likely demands of the market over the next ten years. What is studied therefore are the types of elements of furnishing and complementary objects, the technological contents and instruments that are really effective with respect to industrial objectives.

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Articulation of the course The Master is divided into successive preparatory modules: a first part dedicated to an in-depth study of the various types of product and the evolution over time of habits, taste, production and the market, is followed by a second part devoted to the study of the characteristics of the production district to which the exercise refers and in particular to the productive potentialities of a number of specific companies. These early sections consist of lesson-laboratories in which the entire productive process of a number of pre-selected products is developed, including the final presentation of the project. The purpose of these modules is to understand the problems and needs of industrial design, the instruments, working methods and difficulties facing the designer of elements that will be mass produced. This is followed by a section devoted to the executive development of the chosen project. Completing the cycle is a module dedicated to prototyping, engineering and industrial production. Throughout the whole Master significant space is


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dedicated to the knowledge and use of the principal CAD-CAM software programs for industrial design.

Lessons are held in classrooms with drawing boards and dedicated personal computers, equipped with specific software for the sector. The operative modules on briefings, development of prototypes and engineering foresee intensive external workshops in the chosen industrial district. During these workshops meetings and exchanges are scheduled with facilities working in the sector as well as technological and legal consultations. Online tutoring is guaranteed for the length of the Master for assignments, through newsgroup. There will also be study trips and guided tours to exhibitions. At the end of the course a placement will be provided for the most deserving students.

• AutoCAD;• Rhinoceros;• Software CAD-CAM.


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At the end of the training course, students who have satisfied the attendance requirements will sit a final exam for the award of the Master certificate and official Rhinoceros and AutoCAD software certificates.

After passing the final exam, the Quasar Institute Master certificate is issued.Furthermore Autodesk certification is awarded for software used; official Mc Neel 1st and 2nd level certification, with specialization in industrial design, for 3D Rhinoceros software.

The Master is sponsored by the Order of Landscape Planning Architects and Conservationists of Rome and its Province. The best works are published in specialist magazines and on the Quasar Institute website, used for exhibitions and events in Italy and abroad and for promotional purposes in the specialist press. They are also the object of specific launch campaigns and preproduction tests.

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Set out to sea using sail or engine, the interaction of the sun, wind, water and gravity tamed by ingeniousness, experience and intuition. Design starting from the laws of hydrodynamics: conceive the hull, equipment, interiors, propulsion, adapt and reconvert existing hulls, create prototypes that anticipate new requirements. Learn and master the laws of physics, technologies and materials. Anticipate the typological evolution of the boat, discover new areas of innovation for the needs of the market and the production facilities.

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How it is aimed at

The Master in Yacht Design, which has been running since 1997 and is continuously updated, follows - and sometimes anticipates - the evolution of the nautical industry, the market, and its related design techniques. The focus is on the real market needs of the next ten years, through the study of hulls and alternative propulsion systems and contents and technologi-cal instruments that are really effective with respect to industrial objectives. The Master is designed as a laboratory supported by theoretical and documentary training and it enables its students to manage complex three-dimensional modelling with specific training on dedicated software.

The Master is aimed at graduates and final-year stu-dents in engineering and architecture, and at desi-gners, professionals and experts in the sector, with basic design knowledge and skills in CAD modelling, with an interest in design practice for the nautical ple-

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asure industry in all its aspects, from initial formulation up to control of the manufacture.

To participate in the course, design experience is ne-cessary - not necessarily in this specific field - in addi-tion to knowledge of the graphic tools and techniques of two-dimensional representation. The Master Board evaluates admission on the basis of the CV and an interview.

The experience gained in the Master finds a natural outlet in the professional activity of designer in the technical departments of boatyards, freelance yacht design, interior yacht design and as a designer of components for the industry in the sector.

Conceiving a boat, planning it and designing it must take into account all the aspects of its construction. The Master seeks to ensure the achievement of this

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objective. With this aim, the course deals with topics ranging from proper load distribution and internal fun-ctional distribution, up to the effective use of CAD tools; the choice of the most suitable design method in order to construct surfaces suitable for CAM transfer for the milling of parts; the definition of the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic characteristics, interior design, through to calculating the buoyancy of the craft, the applicable strengths and the study of the most efficient crew in the case of sailing vessels; project management and industrial reproducibility, safeguarding the design idea and the environmental patrimony and the sea.

The Master is divided into successive preparatory mo-dules: a first part dedicated to an in-depth knowledge of the various types of vessel and the evolution over time of customs, tastes, production and the market, is followed by a second part devoted to the study of the internal distribution of the various functions and

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the elements that determine the structure. These early sections consist of lectures in which the entire produc-tive process of a vessel is developed, including the final presentation of the project. The purpose of these modules is to understand the problems and require-ments of nautical design, the instruments, working methods and difficulties facing the boat designer. This is followed by a section devoted to naval architecture, fluid dynamics, hulls, superstructures and plant. Com-pleting the cycle is a section dedicated to industrial production, boatyards, one-off projects and refits. The-se educational-executive modules consist of laborato-ry lessons dedicated to the development of projects, various meetings between briefings, interventions by noted players and press conferences for the promo-tion of completed projects. There will also be visits to boatyards. Throughout the whole Master significant space is dedicated to the knowledge and use of the principal software programs for nautical design.


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Lessons are held in classrooms with drawing boards and dedicated personal computers, equipped with specific software. There will also be study trips and visits to companies in the sector, boatyards and technological and legal consultancies.Online tutoring is guaranteed for the length of the Master for assignments, through newsgroups and the use of an included Rhinoceros licence. At the end of the course a placement will be provided for the most deserving students.

• Excel;• AutoCAD;• Rhinoceros;• Rhino Marine – Orca3D;• V-Ray.

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tisfied the attendance requirements will sit a final exam for the award of the Master certificate and official McNe-el software certificate.

After passing the final exam, the Quasar Institute Ma-ster certificate is issued.Furthermore, official 1st and 2nd level Mc Neel certifi-cation is awarded, with specialization in yacht design, for 3d Rhinoceros software.

The Master is sponsored by AS.PRO.NA.DI (Pleasure Craft Designers Association) and the Order of Landscape Planning Architects and Conservationists of Rome and its Province. The best works are published in specialist magazines and on the Quasar Institute website, used for exhibitions and events in Italy and abroad and for promotional purposes in the spe-cialist press.


The Quasar Institute’s open courses are of variable duration and deal with areas that are very different from each other: from the single-topic purely technical-operative course - training or specific updating on software or techniques - to the specialized course aimed at the acquisition of a particular skill in a given area of interest (for professional reasons or simply out of passion) that requires - other than adequate competence in the specific techniques - a theoretical preparation appropriate for the achievement of a proper critical and operative maturity.

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Single-topic courses The single-topic courses include the teaching of sof-tware and workshops that are specific or particularly innovative with regard to instruments and techniques. They are generally short in duration, which can vary from a minimum of twenty to a maximum of one hun-dred hours of classroom teaching, depending on the standard required by the production house for the is-sue of the official certificates for the specific software or the particular requirements of the technology that is the object of the teaching. These courses do not re-quire any special entrance requirements - apart from those for updating or advanced level that may requi-re a preliminary preparation - and generally are twice weekly, with various editions throughout the year. To allow those who work or do not have much time to fol-low them easily as well, there are also full-immersion and individual courses, on request. Also available is ad hoc training for companies who need to update the knowledge of their staff on specific software.

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Among the single-topic courses:

• V-Ray (as a plug-in for various software programs);• Freehand drawing.

Adobe• Photoshop;• InDesign;• Illustrator.

Apple• Final Cut;• Motion;• Compressor;• Operative system management programmes

(MAC OS X Support Essentials and OS X Server Essentials);

• Applications in bundle (including Mail, iCal, Keynote);• Programmes for the development of applications for iOS.

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Autodesk• AutoCAD 2D e 3D (also on the Apple platform);• Revit Architecture;• 3ds Max;• 3ds Max Design;• Maya.

McNeel• Rhinoceros

The specialist courses are divided into theoretical (cycles of conferences or meetings) - aimed at the acquisition of knowledge or in-depth study of specific cultures in the sector - and theoretical-practical for the acquisition of techniques or operating instruments and cultural further studies aimed at attaining knowledge for a specific pro-fessional field. These courses have an average duration of between thirty-six and four hundred hours. There are no particular entrance requirements.

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Among the specialized courses:

Architectural Photography

Course dedicated to those who wish to specialize in pho-tography of architecture, at every level, both for work and personal interest. Notions of a technical-instrumental cha-racter run alongside theoretical-cultural contributions, ai-med at providing a thorough understanding of the various components involved, including the analysis of the work and techniques used by noted photographers of archi-tecture. Photographic surveys of architecture are carried out - of Rome, in particular - to look further in the field at, among other subjects, the correction of perspective distortion, the careful use of light (natural and artificial) in the composition of images, the selection of significant details and the proper use of lenses such as wide-angle and fisheye. In the classroom, moving through the history of the photography of architecture and the theory of com-

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position - also through practical exercises - lessons deal with the implementations that can be achieved through integration with specific techniques, such as QTVR (Quic-kTime Virtual Reality), to generate a 360-degree internal and external panoramas or HDR (High Definition Range) for a more effective control of contrasts.

Still-life photography

A theoretical-practical course aimed at those interested in still-life photography, and the photography of objects and details in all their forms. Particular attention is paid to the technical knowledge of photography and the theory and practice of the composition of the subjects to be photo-graphed to achieve greater expressive effect. Designed for those who intend to or already work in professional photo-graphy, to specialize their knowledge, and more generally for professionals from other fields who need to document their work with images of strong creative effectiveness.

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Interactive environments

The course, divided into a series of meetings and workshops, aims to stimulate practical achievements - including triggering a theoretical reflection - in the field of the new technologies applied to multime-dia communication, the creation of interactive en-vironments and virtual sets for temporary exhibits, shows and communication. Addressing in detail the applicative issues - with particular reference to Deri-vative TouchDesigner software - this course is a tho-rough introduction to the complex area of design for interactive environments.

Digital videomaking

A theoretical-practical course which aims to stimulate a creative and experimental approach to the activity of vi-deomaking, integrating suitable training in the technical

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aspects of production with the acquisition of theoretical and critical knowledge of audiovisual language.

Graphic techniques for publishing

A theoretical-practical course which aims to provide all the necessary knowledge to acquire and imple-ment at a professional level in the publishing field (traditional and digital) the instruments for image processing, illustration and layout (through the use of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign software pro-grams). Along with learning how to use practical to-ols, the course includes the study of theoretical is-sues that are fundamental to the achievement of the critical consciousness that is necessary to pursue the profession in the publishing industry, from the foundations of the theory of perception and form to the elements of graphic composition and history of visual communication.

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Gardens, parks and landscapes in history and culture

A series of meetings with well-known experts in this area divided into lectures and guided tours of historic and contemporary gardens. Analysis of some funda-mental aspects of the historic and symbolic evolution of the garden and the park as can be traced in the univer-sal models of Western and Eastern culture. Analysis of the works of the great landscapers and the contribution of artists in historical and contemporary periods.

At the end of all open courses a certificate of attendan-ce is issued. For courses on specific software - after passing a final test - the official certificate of the manu-facturer of the software is issued, if applicable.

Open courses

The Quasar Institute has been an Autodesk ATC since 2002: one of the first in Italy. Autodesk is the world leader in the provision of 3D software for the design, visualization and simulation of ideas on digital supports. Its long history and widespread diffusion in the professional world ensure that the Autodesk Suite is a point of reference for anyone working in the design sector. For this reason the teaching of Autodesk software, constantly updated, in addition to being the subject of single-theme courses, is an integral part of the training in design courses.

ATCAutodesk Authorized Training Center

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Autodesk Authorized Training Centers (ATC) are profes-sional training centres that are officially recognized by Autodesk. To ensure the professionalism of the courses on their software, Autodesk grants the title of ATC only to facilities that can demonstrate they possess the ne-cessary requirements to ensure the highest quality in the training courses offered. ATC instructors are official-ly approved as Autodesk Approved Instructors for the teaching of the software in question.

Each of them has to keep themselves constantly upda-ted through online courses, in order to always be in possession of the necessary skills to train users at all levels. To meet the requirements of Autodesk, in an ATC centre the classrooms must be perfectly maintained and organized and equipped with computers suitable for the software in which training is offered.

The courses organized by the official Training Centers

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have the advantage of:

• always being updated with the latest versions of software;

• supporting specific training programmes relating to the field of activity;

• having groups and classes with a restricted number of participants;

• providing classrooms with a PC or Mac for every course participant;

• offering customized training solutions;• having teachers authorized by Autodesk, with many

years’ teaching experience and proven ability in using the software at a professional level;

• issuing the official Autodesk certificate of parti-cipation.

Moreover, at the end of an official course organized solely by an ATC, users are sent, directly from Auto-

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desk, a numbered, personal certificate of participa-tion recognized by Autodesk throughout Europe.

AutoCAD

AutoCAD offers itself to all professionals working in the field of design, on any scale and in any field, as a fundamental aid to a correct approach to the project and is proposed as an everyday working tool capa-ble of ensuring a complete and immediate control of the different aspects of 2D and 3D graphic repre-sentation. Born over twenty-five years ago and con-tinuously updated and innovated, AutoCAD has be-come a point of reference for anyone working in the field. This software allows the easy management of projects from concept to execution, and can substan-tially reduce working time thanks to its instruments of automation, management and modification that redu-ce repetitive tasks to a minimum.

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There are also courses in AutoCAD on the Apple platform.

Revit Architecture

With Revit Architecture software, the BIM method (Building Information Modelling) becomes a power-ful tool to increase professional competitiveness. The software allows the unification of information relating to the different fields of design (morphologi-cal, structural, plant, technological, economic) in a single digital model. Since it is no longer necessa-ry to use separate files or software, Revit allows a constant and immediate control of the feasibility of any changes to the project and the consequences they might generate in the various areas. The use of this advanced software allows users to implement their business thanks to a better organization of the various design and executive phases.


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3ds Max

The award-winning 3ds Max software is the instru-ment chosen by the leaders in the field of the de-velopment of videogames, television, film and digital publishing when seeking a complete 3D solution ca-pable of producing immediate results.

3ds Max Design

3ds Max Design enables architects, planners, engineers, designers and specialists in the visual communication of design to explore, verify and transmit their ideas fully during all phases of a project: from initial study models to the final visualizations, which can reach the level of cinema quality.

Maya

Maya 3D animation software offers a complete creative

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workflow, equipped with advanced tools for modelling, simulation, visual effects, rendering, matchmoving, and compositing on a production platform that is easy to extend. Whether it is films, video games, television, advertising, publishing or graphic design, Maya offers a set of advanced tools to meet the stringent needs of production today.

For Autodesk software, courses are available for groups, individuals and businesses.


The Quasar Institute is the only AATCe Institute in Central-South Italy. A point of reference for those who work in the creative industries, Apple - with its products, the result of constant technological research and design - has brought an increasing number of users to the world of digital and mobile devices. The Apple training offered at the Quasar Institute includes constantly updated software training,either through single-topic courses, or within the training programmes of graphics and multimedia-interactive design courses.

AATCeApple Authorised Training Centre for Education

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Apple Authorised Training Centres for Education are officially recognized by Apple. To ensure the profes-sionalism of the courses on their software, Apple grants the title of AATCe only to facilities that can demonstrate they possess the necessary require-ments to ensure the highest quality in the training courses offered. Apple Certified Trainers are tea-chers who are officially approved by Apple, prepa-red and trained for the teaching of the software in question: each of them, in fact, has to keep themsel-ves constantly updated and sit annual certification exams in order to confirm the possession of the ne-cessary skills to train users at all levels. To meet the requirements of Apple, an AATCe centre has to have classrooms that are perfectly maintained and organized, a video-projection system that allows the best possible delivery of the instructor’s lesson, and computers that are always suitable for the software in which training is offered.

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The courses organized by the official Training Centres for Education have the advantage of:

• always being updated with the latest versions of software;

• supporting specific training programmes rela-ting to the field of activity;

• having groups and classes with a restricted number of participants;

• providing classrooms with a Mac for every par-ticipant;

• offering customized training solutions;• having teachers authorized by Apple, with many

years’ teaching experience and proven ability in using the software at a professional level;

• issuing the official Apple certificate of partici-pation;

• guaranteeing classrooms equipped to house the official End User certification exam.

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The Quasar Institute - the only AATCe in Central-South Italy - organizes constantly updated courses on softwa-re, as required by Apple.

The programme includes courses for users of different levels, from basic, for beginners, to advanced, for those who need to improve their skills until they reach a pro-fessional level of knowledge.

The same variety is found in the types of courses offered, which include the teaching of software used in very specific fields as well as more widely used programs (such as those for the management of the operating system).

App Development

Software used to create and render applications to run on iPads, iPods and iPhones.

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Final Cut

A program for professional video editing, initial-ly part of a suite of programs that has developed over time to the point of becoming autonomous. This software includes the core functions of audio production and colour correction, allowing a notable simplification of the management of the entire post-production workflow.

Motion

A program that through intuitive instruments of mo-tion graphics allows the creation of titles, transitions and special effects with both text and images. Motion is the perfect complement to Final Cut: the interface of the two software programs has been assimilated to increase ease of switching between applications, thanks to its familiar appearance.

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Compressor

An encoding program that allows the encoding and transcoding of files from one format to another.

This software is often bundled with Final Cut, ena-bling the customization of the output parameters.

Operating system management programs

MAC OS X Support Essentials and Server Essen-tials OS X, in order to exploit the potential of Apple’s operating system, both for personal use and for pro-fessional requirements.

Applicazioni in bundle

To learn the basics of using a Mac through applica-tions such as Mail, iCal, Keynote.

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For Apple software courses are available for groups, in-dividuals and businesses.

Apple Authorised Training Centre for Education

NoticeThe Quasar Institute, as a result of its mission

of scientific research as well as training, while greatly valuing its previous experiences,

continuously updates its programmes and operating modes in order to make them ever more effective.

Consequently, the contents of this publication are only indicative, non-binding

and represent the range of activities updated as of 29 February 2012. The website istitutoquasar.com

contains more immediate notification of any changes and updates in the teaching on offer.

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Thank you to the students whose work appears in this brochure

Alessandra Ponzetta, Alessandro Mambrin, Alessia Rossi, Alessia Simonato, Alessio Rubini, Alice Antonelli, Andrea Morandini, Andrea Pazienza, Andrea Rotondi, Andrea Sanò, Andrea Zaia, Augusto Ozzella, Barbara Pazzaglia, Claudio Di Biagio, Costanza Nanu, Cristiano Cecchi, Daniele Barbiero, Danilo Predicatori, Devil D’Angelo, Emanuel Di Tanna, Emanuele Marino, Fabrizio Stifano, Giovanni Tancioni, Giulia Lombardi, Giulia Tomasella, Ilaria Lupino, Irene Zingarelli, Letizia Alessandra Troisi, Lorenzo Ciabotti, Lorenzo Pollidori, Lubica Kyselova, Luca Laruffa, Lucia Betty Petrone, Lucia Verdacchi, Luciano Tigani, Ludovica Caùti, Manuela Vitulano, Mariella Cipollina, Matteo Candura, Matteo Gabriele, Maurizio Lirussi, Micaela Mariani, Monica Rossi, Nausica Fravili, Osvaldo Lombardi, Ottavia Tracagni, Pietro Borgo, Renzo Carriero, Reouth Grabli, Riccardo Apolloni, Riccardo Lucciola, Riccardo Nigro,Roberto Palazzo Bloise, Roberto Rao, Roberto Righetti, Rossella Riti, Rossella Vannucci, Sabina Picchioni, Simone De Feo, Sofia Piomboni, Stefania Crupi, Szymon Kosieradzki, Jessica Pizzuto, Valentina Ciocci, Valentina Infante, Valerio Bulla, Valerio Calamari, Vincenzo Petrone, Vito Birardi, Vittoria Di Natale.

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Foto e color correctionAlessandro Polia

SupervisionEva Benedetti, Gianmarco Longano, Luna Todaro

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