Information Design
Turn numbers into stories, become a multimedia storytelling professional and enter the world of information.
Milan
ITA
Master
Language
Italian
Start date
November 2025
Frequency
Full time
Duration
12 Months
Course Coordination
Serena Danna
Price
17.300 €
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Learn to master data by giving it a clear and coherent identity with IED Milano's Master Course in Information Design, which fuses together data journalism, visual journalism and multimedia storytelling to create excellent information solutions.
In an age of chaos and information and data overload, these must stand out, attract attention and foster memory and recollection. To do this, it is necessary to train professionals, experts in a variety of disciplines.
The Master Course in Information Design will train you as a complete professional, able to create the right product - data visualisation, short videos, podcasts, interactive graphics - following all stages independently: from conception, design and production to publication. During the course, you will be able to relate to other professional fields such as journalism, IT development and communication and marketing offices, sectors with which the Information Designer routinely interacts and engages.
Information to decide
The Master Course in Information Design combines face-to-face lessons with courses, seminars, talks, dedicated workshops and tutorials. The lecturers, adopting a multidisciplinary approach, will take you through a truly stimulating course, structured around theoretical-practical lessons and design workshops, thanks to which you will be able to put yourself to the test straight away and discover the importance of empathy and creativity in the development of innovative solutions that meet the needs of the user.
The Master Course is based on three macro-areas of topics: data journalism, visual journalism and multimedia storytelling. The first macro-area is dedicated to the gold of the new millennium: data. You will learn how to locate, select, organise and visualise data. The visual journalism area will give you an overview of the visual development related to photography, illustration and video showing the narrative evolution of languages and the impact of new technologies: from the use of drones to artificial intelligence. The third area will provide you with tools and skills for audience analysis, the functioning of digital and social platforms and for the design and creation of dedicated content. These three pillars of learning will be in continuous dialogue, intertwining opportunities and practices.
The academic career offers a close link to the professional world: you will come into contact with lecturing staff composed of professionals from leading companies and agencies, active in both national and international contexts, who will be able to tell you about their own first-hand experience.
The Master Course in Information Design is aimed at designers with a background in graphic design or visual communication who want to enter the world of information and dissemination. Profiles with different backgrounds will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
If you are a lover of data, the world of information, artificial intelligence and semiotics, this is the right path to follow.
Get involved by learning directly from discussions in the classroom, immersing yourself in an extremely practical and concrete environment.
The main software you will need during your course is provided by IED!
On this page you will find all the features you need for your computer.
Syllabus
Thanks to the technical skills you will acquire along the way, you will learn how to tell a story through data visualisation. From defining the idea, researching and selecting the dataset, to designing the visual model and finalising the communication artefact.
We will explore all the new players involved in content production and the factors that determine the success of a product.
Finally, at the end of the course in a dedicated module, we will address the topic of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, during which you will follow all the stages of designing an AI digital product step by step, adopting the Design Thinking approach.
Characterisation Modules
- Narrative Methodology
- History and Analysis of Journalism
- Designing Stories
- Techniques against Disinformation
- Design 1: Data Visualization Tools
- Visual Studies: inside the Image
- New Media Analysis
- Motion Graphics and Data Animation for Information
- Design 2: AI and Machine Learning
Transversal Teaching
- Lecture, Case history and Visiting
- Self-entrepreneurship
- Cross cultural activities
Thesis Project
The final project, carried out in cooperation with a real partner, represents the synthesis of the entire educational course. The students demonstrate to the client that they are able to apply all the skills acquired during the course through the development of work in a group that is communicated in a concrete and impactful way in front of an evaluation committee.
Faculty
Serena Danna
Deputy editor of the newspaper “Open”
Course Coordinator
Alessandro Alviani
Product Lead for artificial intelligence
Silvia Boccardi
Journalist
Marianna Bruschi
Head of Digital - Sky Tg24
Francesco Cancellato
Journalist and author
Davide Di Gennaro
Graphic Designer
Lisa Forni
Visual Designer
Stefania Guerra
Information Designer
Michela Lazzaroni
Data visualization designer
David Puente
Journalist and author
Daria Scolamacchia
Photo editor
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