Onafi Jewelry Design Institute (Le Arti Orafe Jewelry School&Academy), also known as Florence Institute of Jewelry Design It was founded by Mr. Gi ò Carbone in 1985 and located in Florence, Italy. In 2006, it established a branch school in Lucca, central Italy. This is a prestigious private school in the world jewelry field, focusing on gold and silver, jewelry design and production, jewelry technology, inlay and engraving. Now it is also the most important private school in Europe, which is directly led by educational institutions and is being imitated in Florence, Italy and even the world.

Italy Onafi Jewelry Design Institute With unique and novel concepts, combined with craft training, art research and modern design, a new learning atmosphere has been created. Because of the maximum and most comprehensive promotion of jewelry culture, Onafi Jewelry Design Institute is the world's most prominent jewelry design school, which organizes mainboard exhibitions, memories and contemporary jewelry research seminars all year round.

Course:

In Florence Jewelry Design Institute, Italy, this is the first school to give priority to encouraging and promoting experiment and design in the teaching process. Its starting point is to enable students to acquire the corresponding technical ability and design philosophy, which is also one of the school's educational philosophy. Italy encourages students not to be bound and reserved in the process of learning, thinking and experiment. All courses are arranged and composed according to students' needs, including traditional and modern process research and processing. Students can choose courses according to their own learning objectives and schedule.

Many courses of Onafi Jewelry Design College are taught by experienced teachers (craftsmen, artists, designers, professionals). In addition, for some discussions and professional academic theoretical knowledge, the school specially hires famous designers and creators from Italy and abroad to teach. Many senior designers have cooperated with international famous brands for many times, such as Balestra, Prada, Bulova, Laurenita, etc. At the same time, their works have appeared in the world's top art exhibitions for many times. Designers Barbara Schmidt, Carla Riccoboni, Giovanni Covaja, etc. are all unique in jewelry production process.

Onafi Jewelry Design Institute has an exhibition hall and a library. The student works displayed in the exhibition hall have their own characteristics and become a highlight of the Institute. There are more than 1000 books in the library, including magazines, research reports and professional materials.

Cooperation:

Enterprises that have cooperative relations with Onafi include famous jewelry enterprises such as Swarovski, Wattens, Meli Gioielli, Firenze, La Nouvelle Bague, etc.

Enrollment information:

Onafi Jewelry Design Institute enrolls about 60 students every year. They come from all over the world, including Italy, Europe, the Far East, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa! This is a great fusion of different backgrounds and customs. In such a collision environment, students have the greatest possibility to generate long-term friendship and bring forth the new, create the most creative products, and lay the foundation for future career. During and after their study, their designs and ideas will be published in magazines around the world.

Separate teaching service : You can apply for separate teaching. You need to make an appointment with your tutor for the date and time of private courses.

scholarship For many years, the college has been providing certain scholarships for students of major courses, short-term training and advanced refresher courses. Students who have won the scholarship can enjoy the tuition free policy, and only need to pay a fixed insurance fee and college management fee (about 500 euros/year in total). In addition, students who have won the scholarship also need to purchase textbooks and tools required for the course at their own expense, just like other students. No international restrictions.

get accommodation : The college does not provide dormitory. After the registration is completed, the school will provide you with the contact information of accommodation services, help you find a rental apartment or room near the school, and contact the landlord. The cost is not included in the tuition.

Tuition includes : The tuition fee first includes teaching fees. For the courses of jewelry making, gem inlaying and carving, it also includes the cost of materials used in the course (the amount of silver is limited, see the regulations of the college for details), as well as the cost of lecture notes and the use of college facilities (including libraries and networks).

Students applying for jewelry making, gem inlaying and carving courses should purchase tools for personal use at their own expense, while students applying for jewelry design courses need to bring their own painting materials (such as pencils, compasses, rulers, colors, etc.). After confirming your admission, the secretariat will send you a list of materials to be prepared at your own expense.

More jewelry design college recommendations ： Rhode Island School of Design 、 Sheffield Hallam University

Curriculum of Jewelry Design of Florence Institute of Jewelry Design:

Jewelry design, computer-aided design, gem inlay, jewelry production;

Undergraduate major:

Jewelry design, computer-aided design, gem inlay, jewelry production;

Postgraduate major:

Not opened Art graduate student Courses.

Jewelry Design

Onafi Institute of Jewelry Design is an Italian art college that studies jewelry design and concepts. It is mainly due to the continuous development and improvement of these professional teaching over the years, as well as the hard work of professional teachers. Students may want to master the technology of jewelry design as soon as possible in a short time, without considering basic training. The school provides a variety of courses for students with different needs to choose. Onafi Jewelry Design Institute Jewelry Design The courses offered range from six months to two years. Most of the courses are based on practice or theory+practice.

Computer Aided Design

The use of CAD technology in jewelry design was proposed not long ago, which is an incredible technology for designers, goldsmiths and model manufacturers.

By making full use of CAD, designers can view, edit and repeat the ideas and designs they want indefinitely, greatly improving the possibility of quickly realizing their most perfect design.

The school provides three CAD courses, which are taught by Professor McNeil and trainer Jasmina Carbone.

Gem inlay

Gem inlay is one of the jewelry technologies, and the powerful jewelry designer is in Italy. Since 1985, the school has offered courses of various lengths, and students from all over the world have come to our school to study, which has proved the teaching quality of Onafe with facts. This technology is not only for new jewelry designers, but also for mature jewelry designers. No matter the length of the course, students can carry out any type of gem inlay at the end of the course.

Jewelry making

Since 1985, Onafi has provided the world's top jewelry making courses that emphasize both practice and theory. The quality of the courses comes from long-term experience, the most authentic teaching methods and the most professional teachers.

Students will have the opportunity to learn traditional and contemporary techniques and processing methods. Onafi has also been adhering to the solid technology as the basis for cultivating future goldsmiths, designers and artists. Students must deal with silver and stone on the first day of enrollment. The school will also provide excellent studios. Students should keep their works well.

There are no courses for international graduate students.

undergraduate

Onafi Jewellery Design Institute Application Requirements:

closing date

July 31st

Application requirements

Language requirements: Italian B1

You need to fill in the application form online, and the Italian level reaches B1.

Application guide of Onafi Jewelry Design Institute:

1. Excellent performance;

2. Improve the level of Italian, and it is better to reach the level of Italian B2 when taking the corresponding standard exam;

3. There should be artistic works, and the manuscript of jewelry design should be made into exquisite Collection of Jewelry Design Works . If your work has won a prize, it will certainly be more beneficial to the application.