Develop your professional skills with these summer courses

Summer is approaching, and with it the vacations for many students. But schools do not close their doors yet, because this is, in addition to a time to rest, an ideal time to develop your professional training. During the month of June and July, some of the training centers that are part of the Creative District offer summer courses so you can continue learning.

Barcelona School of Creativity

Barcelona School of Creativity offers a 6-week intensive course, the Summer Intensive Course 666, from June 20 to July 28, to learn how to create a good book in which to expose our work.

Based on six different briefings from different brands, we will work on different products, processes, media, supports… with the aim of achieving a personal book that is useful to enter the working world.

For more information about the course, visit the following link.

BAU

The BAU Summer University offers a series of courses at different levels to complete the training of students, professionals and people interested in the world of design, creativity, communication and art.

The courses offered are the following:

• Adobe Photoshop CC Professional. Visual Effects and Creative Retouching // July 4 to 12.

Understanding Photoshop, learning and analyzing the most relevant functions and fundamental techniques.

• Lettering. Initiation to the Drawn Letter // From July 4 to 8.

Composition of short texts by hand, adjusting letter proportions, compensating weights and spacing correctly.

• Sustainable Graphic Design // July 5 to 14.Introduction to the world of sustainability applied to graphic design.

• Cinema 4D Essentials for Graphic Designers and Illustrators // July 4-11.Understanding of the techniques, tools and concepts necessary to develop and integrate projects in a three-dimensional environment.

• UX and Interaction Design. Introduction to User Experience Design // July 4 to 14.Introduction to UX user experience design, the interaction and dialogue between a digital product and the user.
• Illustration Workshop // July 4 to 15.Knowledge of graphic, stylistic and pictorial tools to complement and expand the knowledge of manual techniques in illustration.

• Fashion Communication and Social Media Marketing // From July 4 to 20.Knowledge of the tools and strategies necessary to be able to work in an original, competitive and faithful way to what you want to communicate.

• Introduction to Service Design // July 11-15.Introduction to service design through theoretical contents and practical exercises to be able to design a user-oriented service.

• Fashion Creation Techniques Workshop // July 4 to 15.Introduction to the techniques, putting in dialogue the knowledge and practical ability to understand in a more peripheral way the cutting and sewing system.
• Adobe XD. Digital Prototyping. Mobile and Web Application Design // July 13 to 21.Initiation to Adobe Experience Design, the leading UX design software, for professionals who want to have a first contact with the design tool.

• Digital Portfolio Design // July 5-14.Knowledge of Cargo Collective, WordPress and Figma tools to learn how to design a structured, balanced and attractive portfolio.

• Brands with Social and Environmental Impact // July 5-14.Introduction to brands with purpose, to learn how to draw a strategy for social and environmental impact.

For more information, visit their website.

FX ANIMATION Barcelona 3D & Film School

FX ANIMATION invites us to participate this July in the Summer School and offers various courses for young people from 12 to 17 years old.

These are the courses available:

• Introduction to Filmmaking // 15 day or 1 month course.Introduction to the necessary positions on a film set, from the Film Director and assistant director to the director of photography or actor.

• Initiation to Concept Art // 1 month course.Character design through digital drawing techniques and concept art to develop a portfolio of personal projects.

• Introduction to 3D (Animation and VFX) // 1 month course.Knowledge of the secrets of VFX through a practical journey through all phases of 3D creation: modeling, texturing, animation and rendering.
• Introduction to Photoshop Photo Retouching // 1 month course.Realization of first Photoshop editing and retouching techniques to develop a portfolio of personal projects.

• Introduction to Video Games // 1 month course.Development of a personal video game, from the idea, structure, modeling, texturing and animation, to the configuration of the graphics engine.

• eSports Summer School // 1 month course.Development of skills as a player: from personal skills such as reaction speed or reflexes, to group skills such as being a better leader.

To know more, go to the following link.

IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia

IAAC opens a new edition of the Global Summer School (GSS) Workshops, presenting an online and face-to-face experience that connects its wide network of faculties, labs and professors in one place.

The GSS22 offers three online courses and one on-site course at IAAC Barcelona, exploring the impact of the latest digital tools in the definition of a new advanced architecture at different scales.

The workshops offered are the following:

• Computational Design (online) // July 4-7.

Introduction to machine learning by exploring practical applications in the field of architecture.

• Digital fabrication (in person) // July 10-15.Learning design, prototyping, application to digital fabrication and parametric design.

• Urban analytics (online) // July 18-21.Representation of cities through big data mapping that drives new urban fabric and pattern solutions.

• Environmental design (online) // July 25-28.Learning computational modeling and simulation towards environmental design and sustainability.

For more information, go to the link on their website.

L’Idem Barcelona

During the month of July, L’Idem offers a wide range of courses (in person and online) to complete the training of people interested in the fields of Animation, Videogames, Design and Creativity. The minimum age to enroll in these courses is 14 years old.

The courses offered are the following:

• 3D Animation with Autodesk Maya // July 4-15.Knowledge of the basics of 3D animation and the Maya program and its most useful tools.
• 2D Animation with Toon Boom Harmony // July 4-22.Introduction to 2D animation to learn how to work with the most used software in the industry through practical exercises.
• Creating 3D Characters with Autodesk Maya // July 4-22.Understanding Autodesk Maya to create a 3D character: learning how to model it, how to set bones and controllers, and how to animate it.
• 2D Character Design // July 4-15.Creation of an own character in 2D from previous research, conceptualization and the process of elaboration of the production sheets.

• VFX with After Effects // July 4-15.Introduction to visual special effects (VFX) and Adobe After Effects software.

• Introduction to Game Art // July 4-22.Creation of props for gaming, learn how to model, sculpt and texture with Autodesk Maya, ZBrush and Substance Painter software.

• Digital Design with Adobe and Photoshop Illustrator // July 4-22.Introduction to the main design software and practical creative exercises using the knowledge acquired.
• How to create videos to succeed in social networks? // July 4-15.Knowledge on how to succeed in social networks and how to get the most out of videos with the most current techniques and applications.

For more information, go to the following link.