Domus Academy was born in Milan in 1982 as an open project around the Italian design and fashion experience. During the years, DA also asserted its importance as a school, in the full meaning of the term: a place of post-graduate training and research laboratory on the processes of industrial creativity, on the aesthetic and consumption scenarios, on space and time relationship, on the form of public and private services and on the radical changes deriving from the diffusion of the "Web". Strongly rooted in Italy, Domus Academy works in an international perspective, in order to enrich, spread and update the design culture, creating connections between advanced knowledge and visionary projects. In 1994 Domus Academy was awarded to Compasso d'Oro for the career.

TRAINING. The Master courses are the basis of Domus Academy training activity. Structured as post-graduate courses, according to the traditional formula of DA training, they address young graduates coming from different disciplines. Participation to Domus Academy Master courses is possible after a selection made on the basis of the curriculum vitae and the portfolio of projects. Each student, with the collaboration of a staff of designers, consultants, visiting professors and tutors, will have the opportunity to enter in contact with some of the most stimulating professional realities of the Italian and international landscape. In 2006 Domus Academy is proposing eight Master courses: Design, Fashion Design, Urban Management & Architectural Design, I-Design, Interior and Living Design, Business Design, Accessories Design and Transportation Design. Apart from the Master courses, Domus Academy also offers short courses in field of Interior Design, Art workshops, Summer Sessions on the themes of Design, Jewelry Design and Business Design, and evening training courses on the job.

RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY Through Domus Academy Research and Consulting (DARC), DA develops professional research and consultancy activities. Since 1985 DARC has been working together with companies, associations and international research institutes on the themes of project innovation. The original design approach of DARC is based on the Italian culture of project that considers Design as an integrated activity capable of perceiving the signals of transformation of society and markets to translate them into new products and services, as well as in corporate innovation strategies. DARC explores and develops competences in new design grounds through its basic research and provides consultancy to the management of companies, to in-house design groups and to Research and Development groups in the following areas: advanced design and scenarios, light architecture, brand culture and integrated communication, identity of materials, interactive media.