The stage designer is the person in charge to create and form the visual elements of a staging.

His/her function goes from mounting the sets, the accessories and the lighting up to the characterization of the actors (hair styling, makeup and clothing)

The staging is not destined only to the theatre but also relates to almost every type of visual communication that needs a scenic context. This way the live representations are carried out in different spaces: dance, cinema, audio-visual, advertising spaces, etc. That is why the professionals of the scenery are every day more open for new realities; they project their work in different funds and amplify their fields of action.

Scenery and visual communication is a Specialization created by Ártidi to provide students a specific knowledge of the scenery applied to spaces of exhibition: from advertising acts to events, marketing actions, shop windows, stands, exterior spaces, etc. A course created to provide companies a space where to show their product or service as well as to introduce a theatre or television scene.

• To introduce students in the world of the scenery and the visual communication in all areas of application.
• To condition an empty field to turn it into a sensitive space to visually communicate the creative process of assembling scenes.
• To evoke a scenic climate adapted for a certain space.
• To have a complete knowledge of application of forms and colors.
• To promote methodological habits in the artistic projection.
• To position students in a labor competitive frame.

• Professionals from diverse sectors in the commercial business like window dressing, visual merchandising, marketing, decoration, interior design, fashion, styling, fashion consultant, personal shoppers, cool-hunters and other related careers. Professionals who desire to obtain a formation and a SPQA title.

Interested parties without previous knowledge that want to obtain a formation and qualifications ÁRTIDI's SQA to orientate his/her professional career towards the managerial sector of the window dressing and the visual professional in a worldwide level.

The contents are given from a professional, real perspective with a modern dynamic and an updated methodology.

• Approximation to the universe of the Scenery in the scenic arts
• The plastic and scenic dimension of the space
• Introduction to the creative team
• Examples of the creators most distinguished from the scenic panorama
• The dramaturgy of the space and examples of sceneries (scenic arts, fashionable parades, photos session)
• Relation and interaction between scenic art, scenographic art , ludic art and theatrical art
• Different types of theatrical spaces (theatrical infrastructure)
• Italian theater and examples of different theatrical infrastructures
• Materialization of a scenery for a spectacle (conceptual factors, scenic character and of production when
• Morphology of the space considered for the design of the scenery
• Material, color and light in the space
• Creative process in the creation of the scenery
• Methodology in the creation and presentation of a scenery project

• The scenery as claim: shop windows, showrooms, exhibitions, stands, etc
• The spectacle turned into marketing: creation and organization of events
• Graphical and visual language

• Location of exterior and interior spaces for sceneries depending on the project
• The illumination and the conceptual lighting
• Design and project development in 3D
• The scenery in cinema and television

Use of power and manual tools
• Transformation of material and new uses
• Creation of real spaces and static and ephemeral decorations
• Application of forms, colors and volumes

• The course is given from a functional point of view and also for the sale of products or services
• Our set designers contribute with an added value to the companies since they also can develop window dressings and scenographic stands
• At the end of the course a professional comes to orient the students about job opportunities, having in consideration the student’s prior education, professional experience and a personal analysis of the DAFO.

Collaborations with companies, other schools and disciplines:
• Accomplishment of a short movie (Scenography designed by the Ártidi’s students) Cámara and action inside window shops - making off
• Exhibition A night in four cities : Gastronomic Sceneries in Catalunya Crafts
• Design and creation of the Santa Claus little house in the C.C. Diagonal Sea ALL PROGRAMS ARE IN SPANISH

During the course practices are organized where you will take part in royal(real) projects for companies and institutions.

In addition, there will be realized projects and activities that will allow you to have your own(proper) book and professional blog. These will serve you as letter of introduction to companies and institutions.

Check student’s works at:
Works Gallery - aquí
Blog window dressing - aquí
Blog Interiorism - aquí
Blog Fashion and Styling - aquí
Blog Coolhunter - aquí

• To create explanatory original and functional spaces for companies to sale products or services.
• To design ephemeral sceneries for spectacles or leisure events.
• Design and planning of the assembly of explanatory ephemeral spaces for commercial brands
• Creation of interior atmospheres of commercial spaces.
• Innovative techniques to create spaces with own identity.
• Techniques of visual expression and to obtain the stamp of the personal creativity.
• Direction and development of global actions in scenery.
• Psychology of the visual communication.
• Application of the forms, volumes and colors in commercial brand spaces
• Design, construction and assembly of projects and elements of ephemeral decoration.
• Analysis and development of the personality of brand

More than 70 companies collaborate with Ártidi, across these agreements and our implication and innovation, this allows our students to be present in companies like INDITEX, Custo Barcelona, Cortefiel, Springfield, Nike, H&M, IKEA, Conforama, Jack and Jones, Blanco, Diesel, Desigual, Mango, Corte Inglés, Coronel Tapioca, Tous, among others.

Portfolio - aquí
Companies - aquí

Qualifications: Specialization SPQA In Scenery and Visual Communication Specialization Qualification Ártidi

Accreditation: Professional License SPQA In Scenery and Visual Communication Specialization Qualification Ártidi

Granted by Ártidi Superior School of Window Dressing and Visual Merchandising. Professional national and international competitions.

AMOUNT OF THE COURSE INCLUDING REGISTRATION: 1960 €

• REGISTRATION: 300 € (al formalizar la inscripción)
• REST OF THE COURSE: 1660 €

PAYMENT OPTIONS
• Option 1: Only one payment of the course.

PAGO FRACCIONADO DEL RESTANTE DEL CURSO
• Option 2: A first payment of 830 € at the beginning of the course and 830 € the 25th of the follow month.
• Option 3: Monthly installment payments from the registration day to the next month at the beginning of the course.

More Information: Admission Department
Cristina Basora
Telf: 93 485 08 15
Carrer la Llacuna, 50 - 08005 Barcelona
www.artidi.com