École Intuit Lab is a French design and visual communication school cofounded in 2001 by Patrick Felices along with Clement Derock and Frederic Lalande. In 2006, following the success of the initial venture, a second school was opened in

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, the land where famous artists such as Picasso, Van Gogh and Cézanne lived. In 2008 the

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school moved to an entirely new building that is located close to the

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. In 2010, the institute opened its first international branch in

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- one of the fastest-growing cities in

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. Taking forward the idea and practice of 'business application in design education. In 2020, école intuit lab is create to Kolkata In 2021 the campus of Aix-en-provence move to Marseille iin euromed area.

Meaning of the name

The name of the institute has been derived from two words,

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and

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. Intuition is the ability to foresee and to immediately perceive the truth without conscious reasoning. Laboratory is any place where a team works on the elaboration of a discovery, creation or a research project. Hence, the name means a living laboratory of reflection and the production of creative solutions.

Aim and History

The aim of the school has been to produce high quality professionals whose profiles meet the specific needs of the

graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art that involves creating visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdisciplinary branch of ...

and

visual communication Visual communication is the use of visual elements to convey ideas and information which include (but are not limited to) signs, typography, drawing, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, advertising, animation, and electronic resourc ...

sectors in

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and across the world. With the newly begun school in India, the syllabus has been especially skewed to meet the professional demands of the visual communications industry in India and to tap the potential that design holds in the country. école intuit.lab through its students have built solid relationships with over 800 companies in France and other countries. In the year 2000, after rather long stints in

ian design companies, Clément Derock and Frédéric Lalande got together to create a design company that was the first of its kind in

. It combined separate skill sets – new Internet-related technology, mixed media branding and traditional design skills – to create a truly new agency, "Seenk". Based on the belief that métissage or

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is crucial to the evolution of species, Seenk adopted mixed media as a part of each of their branding or communication exercise at a time when no other company was doing so. The consequence of this constant attempt at merger of media was that a new breed of designers came into their own and flourished. This was a breed of designers that did not exist before due to the gap that existed in design education - a gap between academia and the professional world. That's why Clément and Fréderic tied up with Patrick Felices, experimented in the field of

education. Patrick had been the Dean of a noted Paris based design school for many years before he took on the mantle of co-founder and Dean at école intuit.lab to 2018. clement and Frédéric remain in charge of the school and these campuses. With a consistently expanding list of firsts (the first school to introduce new subjects in design in the 1980s, the first to truly promote international collaborations, the first to regularly engage in mixed media design), école intuit.lab has led the way in design education. Today école intuit.lab is one of the top best design schools in

. And for the first time has brought itself to the doorstep of students outside of

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, best place to be in

, to

ECTS

The institute is a part of

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, a standard for comparing the study attainment and performance of students of higher education across the

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and other collaborating European countries.

Courses

Four Year Course in Graphic Design

The four-year course in Graphic Design is open to students after standard X or XII This consists of a one-year fundamental course, followed by 3 years of advanced-level studies.

Master's in Graphic Design

Master's programme is available for students who have completed 4 years in Design. The programme is exclusively available in the

campus and is the last stage in the curriculum. It finalises the initial Bac+4-level training with a specialisation year in the areas of

Graphic Design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art that involves creating visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdisciplinary branch of ...

, Creative

advertising Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a Product (business), product or Service (economics), service. Advertising aims to present a product or service in terms of utility, advantages, and qualities of int ...

and

Multimedia Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms, such as Text (literary theory), writing, Sound, audio, images, animations, or video, into a single presentation. T ...

Animation Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...

Post Graduation in Advertising, Design & Digital Communication

The one year Post Graduation in Advertising, Design & Digital Communication is a premium program that provides students with an in-depth understanding of

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digital Digital usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits. Businesses *Digital bank, a form of financial institution *Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) or Digital, a computer company *Digital Research (DR or DRI), a software ...

and communication strategies.

Ranking

For years, The school has been in the top 5 in Ecoles de Art Director & Design (Bac+5)

References

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