Penninghen’s Preparatory Year in Applied Arts is the first year of the 5-year curriculum offered at the school. Integrated preparation, this year is common to the 3 courses offered in Penninghen. It is a fundamental year that allows you to discover applied art in all its dimensions. It is the year of the discovery of his passion and the discovery of the method of the school.
Discover the preparation in applied arts
A year to discover his passion
For more than 50 years, the first year of Penninghen has been one of the most emblematic and renowned courses in art and creation. First year integrated, common to the three courses offered at school, the preparatory year leaves one year for each to:
- check his taste for creative studies
- acquire the fundamentals of applied arts
- validate his level of skills
- choose your orientation in one of the three courses offered at Penninghen.
The preparatory year is fundamental in the Penninghen method. It is the year of the discovery of his passion through a daily practice of applied art in all its dimensions. By the end of this first year, students will have acquired:
- an indispensable method and know-how for the continuation of their studies
- solid foundations in graphic expression, design in space
- a real methodology
All these technical discoveries and acquired knowledge allow students to refine their personal projects to continue in the training of their choice.
One year to discover workshop work
The workshop practice from the preparatory year develops:
- the dynamics of collaboration
- the spirit of cohesion
Supervised by 20 teachers, all working professionals, the 300 students are divided into 4 workshops of 75 students each.
All progress together, energized by example. In order to understand and benefit together from the remarks and advice, teachers regularly lead them to compare their work by collective corrections in the workshop.
One year to choose your orientation
The assessment in the preparatory year runs throughout the year and on the basis of continuous monitoring. At the end of the year, this continuous monitoring generates a ranking that determines the transition to a higher year in Penninghen.
180 places are accessible in the second year
3 formations
60 students per course
The three courses offered at Penninghen:
- Artistic direction
- Communication
- Interior Architecture
First year program
The integrated applied arts degree represents:
- 30 weeks of classes
- 25 hours of weekly lessons
- 25 hours of personal work on average per week
Its educational program highlights the importance of observation through drawing, mastery of design and ideation, that of graphic composition and space. For one year, students in the preparatory year practice daily. The courses are structured around the fundamentals of 8 essential disciplines, through technical lessons and practical exercises beneficial to the 3 courses offered.
Language and Creation
- Initiate oneself to the ideation
- Initiate the formulation of an idea
- Learn to design in plan, volume and space
3 hours of lectures per week
Year-round teaching
Space language
- understand the logics of shapes, structure and color
- initiate the use of volume and spatial codes
- introduced to the basics of design, interior architecture and architecture
1 hour of lectures and 2 hours of practical work per wee
Year-round teaching
Observation drawing
- Discover perspective, assess plumbs, proportions
- Study framing, light, contrasts and textures
- Learn to master the tools of line drawing
8 hours of workshop drawing per week
Year-round teaching
Graphic language
- Understand the logics of shapes, colors, materials
- Discover the essential notions of formal language
- Learn to use signs and graphic codes
1 hour of lectures and 2 hours of practical work per week
Year-round teaching
Sketch
- Develop the spirit of synthesis by observing anatomy
- Know how to transcribe the moment and the movement by the observation of living models
- Forging your own formal writing
3 hours of live drawing per week
Year-round teaching
Artistic culture
- Learn to look, analyze and understand the artistic evolution in history
- Learn to analyze a work of art
2 hours of lectures per week
Year-round teaching
Communication
- Discover the fundamentals of communication
- Know how to use the 5 senses to describe, analyze and synthesize
- Know how to word and shape
3 hours of lectures
Year-round teaching
