São Paulo is one of the world’s largest megalopolises, the emblem of a multicultural society: its teeming millions have all sorts of different backgrounds that have profoundly influenced the culture of this great Brazilian city and is considered to be the financial and industrial hub of all of Latin America.In 2005,
Istituto Europeo di Design chose
São Paulo, South America’s largest, most cosmopolitan and quite possibly most dynamic city, to be the home of its first location in the new continent.

IED’s
multidisciplinary teaching methods, its strong multicultural vocation and its constant quest for creative research and innovation blend well here with the character and values of a city that is the leader in its region, just as
IED is a leader in training as a result, the school’s partnership with the institutions and with the various different local economic interest groups has developed rapidly, building synergies that facilitate students in the process of their training and in making a start in a labour market with an international scope.
The São Paulo campus is located in the Bairro de Higienópolis, a very lively, dynamic residential and commercial neighbourhood, with a wealth of varied architecture and numerous cultural institutions.
The building occupies a surface of some 3,000 m² on five storeys, where it hosts three of the system’s schools: IED Fashion Lab, IED Design, IED Visual Arts.