Penninghen’s Foundation 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 programs 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 a passion and the discovery of the school’s method.
DISCOVER THE FOUNDATION YEAR IN APPLIED ART
A year to discover one’s passion
For more than 50 years, the first year of Penninghen has been one of the most emblematic and renowned programs in art and creation. Once integrated in the first year, the foundation year - common to the three programs offered at school - leaves one year for each student to:
- check their taste for creative studies
- acquire the fundamentals of applied arts
- validate their level of skills
- choose their orientation in one of the three programs offered at Penninghen.
The foundation year is fundamental in the Penninghen method. It is the year to discover one’s 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 work in a workshop.
The workshop practice from the foundation 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 through example. Teachers regularly lead them to compare their work by collective corrections in the workshop, in order to understand and benefit together from the remarks and advice
One year to choose your orientation
The assessment in the foundation year runs throughout the year and on the basis of continuous evaluation. At the end of the year, this continuous evaluation generates a ranking that determines the transition to a higher year in Penninghen.
180 places are accessible in the second year
3 programs
60 students per program
The three programs offered at Penninghen:
- Art direction
- Communication
- Interior Architecture
FIRST YEAR PROGRAM
The integrated applied arts degree represents:
- 30 weeks of classes
- 26 hours of weekly lessons
- 27 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 programs offered.
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Conception and Creation
- Acquire visual creation techniques
- Know how to describe, analyze and summarize
- Create a narrative using produced images
- Recognize different figures of speech
- Learn about visual and written communication
- Learn how to express a personal creation through practice
3 hours of lectures and 2 hours of personal work per week (langage and writers)
3 hours of lectures and 6 hours of personal work per week (creation)
Year-round teaching
Language of space
- understand the logics of shapes, structure and color
- initiate the use of volume and spatial codes
1 hour of lectures, 2 hours of practical work and 6 hours of personal work per week
Year-round teaching
Graphic language
- Understand the logic of shapes, colors, materials
- Introduction to the use of signs and graphic codes
1 hour of lectures, 2 hours of practical work and 6 hours of personal work per week
Year-round teaching
Observational drawing
- Discover the perspective
- Assess balance and proportions
- Study framing, light, contrasts and textures
- Select a view point
- Learn to master the tools of line drawing
6 hours of workshop drawing and 3 hours of personal work per week
Year-round teaching
Illustration
- Discover traditional tools
- Learn to transcribe perspective, materials and light from realism to interpretation
3 hours of workshop drawing and 3 hours of personal work per week
Year-round teaching
Sketching
- Develop analytic ability through observation
- Know how to capture the moment
- Create an individual formal style
3 hours of live model drawing lessons per week
Year-round teaching
Artistic culture
- Learn to look and analyze
- understand artistic development in history
- Learn how to analyze a work of art
1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of personal work per week
Year-round teaching
INPI - Patent Office
- Understanding Intellectual Property
- Learn the basics of Intellectual Property, from patents to literary and
- artistic property, from trademarks to designs, as well as the definition and
- elements of counterfeiting.
This course, in partnership with INPI, leads to a badge, a certificate of achievement.
16 hours of online courses
French as a Foreign Language - FLE
- Obtain the B2 level for entrance to the 2nd year
Compulsory course for those who do not have the B2 level (high intermediate) in French. The B2 level in F.L.E. must be validated by a test at school at the end of the 1st year to move up to the 2nd year.
2 hours of weekly classes, year-round teaching
Portfolio and method
The entirety of work created in all the subjects, coupled with the practical work carried out throughout the year (lectures, workshops, ongoing work, competitive exams) allows the student at the end of the first year to build a rich and varied portfolio (more than 200 pieces of work).
The teaching method in the preparatory year allows the student to confidently envision the continuation of their creative journey in order to make the choices that meet their needs and abilities.
