Some artists, designers, teachers, companies, with wich the school had or have cooperations for lecturers, longterm courses, workshops, exhibitons, projects:

Jivan Astfalck, Giampaolo Babetto, Robert Baines, Gijs Bakker, Noam Ben-Jacov,  David Bielander, Frédéric Braham, Erhard Brepohl, Helen Britton, Monica Brugger, Sebastian Buescher, Christophe Burger, Peter Chang, Giovanni Corvaja, Georg Dobler, Diana Dudek, Naomi Filmer, Maria Rosa Franzin, Karl Fritsch, Yasuki Hiramatsu, Claudia Hoppe,  Svenja John, Susanne Klemm, Helfried Kodrè, Gilles Joneman, Nel Linssen, Kadri Mälk,Stefano Marchetti, Sally Marsland, Bruno Martinazzi, Ellen Maurer-Zilioli, Marlene Mckibbin, Xavier Ines Monclus, Mari Ishikawa, Eija Mustonen, Erico Nagai, Ted Noten, Francesco Pavan, Ruudt Peters, Mario Pinton,  Annelies Planteijdt, Katja Prins, Ramon Puig Cuyàs, Mah Rana, Jacqueline Ryan, Maria Grazia Rodi, Carla Riccoboni, Gerd Rothmann, Ruggero Sandini, Barbara Schmidt, Peter Skubic, Vera Siemund, Ralph Stautner, Sabine Strobel, Janna Syvanoja, Tehri Tolvanen, Felieke Van Der Leest, Tanel Veenre, Graziano Visintin,  Lisa Walker, Annamaria Zanella, Christoph Zellweger, David Wathkins, Ganjam Nagappa & Son, India; Swarovski, Austria; Signity, Svizzera; La Nouvelle Bague, Firenze; Meli Gioielli, Firenze; Ponte Vecchio Gioielli, Firenze.

Some of the competitions in which students on our courses have taken part

Our students’ creations (jewels and drawings) are very often published in magazines belonging to this field (Vogue Gioiello, Orafo Italiano, YJoja, GZ, GZ Art&Design et.), and in specialised websites such as Voguenet (www.voguegioiello.net).
Prestigious publications on goldsmith trends often use our students’ projects (Swarovski Trend Book 2003, 2004, 2005;  Signity Gem Vision 2004 and 2005 etc.).

1995
- "Dal mille al mille": A competition organised by the Meeting for Friendship between Peoples in

  Rimini. Students on our Design Course took part, winning first and second prizes.
1996
- "Ori e Tesori": A competition open only to former students of jewellery schools and organised in

  the context of the International Crafts Exhibition. Our students were awarded first, second and third prizes.
- "Midora Design Award '96" A competition organised by the Leipzig Trade Fair in Germany, open

  to certified designers and goldsmiths from European Art and Design Institutes. Five works by our

  students were selected and exhibited at the Fair, and one of our students' creations was featured

  in the official catalogue.
1997
- "Diamonds-International Awards 1998" Competition organised by De Beers, one of the most

  significant international jewellery design competitions. Our "Jewellery Design" course students

  took part with 10 designs sponsored by the School.
- "International Pearl Contest": International competition organised by Japanese associations for

   the promotion of cultivated pearls: 3rd prize overall.

1998
- "26th Pearl Design Contest 1998" organised by the "Japan Cultured Pearl Retailers Association".

  One of our students was awarded third prize.
- "Leonardo Da Vinci" Competition, organised in Amsterdam and open to students at European

  Jewellery Schools: first prize overall.
- "I Fiori Della Gioielleria" Jewellery competition organised by "C.I.B.J.O" and open to students at

   European Jewellery Schools. Two of our students were among the finalists.

1999
- "Samshin International Diamond Jewelry Design Awards 1999" Design competition organised in

  Korea. Two of our students were among the finalists.
- "The Ring" Competition organised in Kaiserslautern, open to students at European Jewellery

   Schools. One of our students won third prize.
- "I Segreti Del Mare" Competition organised by the Rotary Club and "Gioielleria Barducci", open to

   students at Italian jewellery schools. One of our students won second prize.
- "Samshin International Diamond Jewelry Design Awards 1999": third prize

2000
Students from the school took part in the "Un Gioiello per la Pace" project, organised by AURITALIA company in collaboration with UNESCO. A piece of jewellery by one of our students was selected and produced by AURITALIA, with a part of the proceeds from sales going to UNESCO.

2001
Competitions organised during the IX international convention of the PLE: second prize in the goldsmithery competition; first, second and third prizes in the design competition; equal first prize in student press competition.

2002    

-"Un gioiello per il Museo del Costume": first prize to our student Lidia Barigelli.
- Gold Virtuosi 2002, organised by the World Gold Council; won by out student Kim Min Chong.
- The 7th Samshin International Diamond Jewelry Design Awards 2002. Two necklaces designed

  by two of our students and produced by the school were selected for the final of the competition.

2003 

- Competition organised by the Rotary Club and Gioielleria Barducci, open to students from Italian

  jewellery schools: first prize overall to one of our students from the artistic and technical design

  course.
- Competition organised during the XI international convention of the PLE: first and second prizes

  in the jewellery design competition.

2004    

- Youth Promotion Price 2004, Hanau, Germania;
-“ORO ANTICO”, contest organized by the National Ministery for Arts and Environment:

   first prize  for the category “Ring” to our student Naroa Ortega.
- "Samshin International Diamond Jewelry Design Awards 2004" : our student Kajan Raouf

   is among the finalists.
- Contest organized by the “Museo del tessuto di Prato”: first prize to our student Luca Zanchi.
- Prato Museo del Tessuto, An idea for the Fabric Museum – Atelier.  
- 5th Edition of the competition organised by the Prato Textile Museum: our student Tomohiro

  Sasame received the acknowledgement of merit for his jewellery project, inspired by a part of a

  piece of antique textile machinery.

2005    

- Competition "Un Gioiello di Donna"  (A woman’s piece of jewellery) announced by FIDAPA

  (Italian Women’s Federation for Arts, Professions and Business).

  Our students have won the first three prizes.
  1° prize - Han Fei
  2° prize - Lee Luakian Mary - Ann Maloy
  3° prize - Ana Ramirez
- 2nd Edition of the international competition organised by Eurobijoux, Menorca (Galleria dei

  Designer) Our student Etsuko Aso was selected to take part in the Fair.

Exhibitions, Fairs, Cooperations 

Since 1985, the school has organised a prestigious end-of-year exhibition in which all students take part.

Since 1995, the school takes part to "Inhorgenta", the International Fair in Munich (Germany), and "Barnajoya", the International Fair held in Barcelona (Spain), and exhibiting the work of its students.
Since 2001, the school has had a stand at VicenzaOro, in the "Oromacchine" pavilion.

1995    

-"CLASS OF '95" International exhibition open to jewellery school students organised by the Goldsmiths' Company of London. Sole private school invited to take part.
1996     

-"Charles Perroud Creativeness Contest", an exhibition open to ex-students of jewellery schools.
2000    

-"Diladdarno" Show organised by the Florence Municipal Authority to promote artistic crafts. The school was the only one there with its own stand
2000, 2001, 2003    

-Itinerant exhibition of jewellery produced by the students at PLE schools.
2002    

-End-of-year exhibition in the ex-Chiesa dei Barnabiti in Florence.
2003    

-"Le quattro stagioni", end-of-year exhibition and fashion show in the Chiostro dell'Ammannati in Santo Spirito.

2004

- “12th Legnica Festival of Silver”, International student’s exhibition;
- End of the year exhibition and special selection in the “Jewellery Art Gallery” in Firenze
- Septmber: first edition of “The Shape of Jewellery”, Jewellery design Salon, Vicenza Fair
2005    

-Second edition of “The Shape of Jewellery”, Jewellery design Salon, Vicenza Fair
2006
– February: Students display their creations at the school’s stand at Inhorgenta 2006.
- 5 students are selected to participate in the “Brand New” section of the Inhorgenta fair 2006, and  1 student was selected for the “Design Podium” section.
2007

- February: Students display their creations at the school’s stand at Inhorgenta 2007.
- 3 students are selected to participate in the “Brand New” section.

  2009
-    Our former student Taisuke Nakada, was selected to take part to "BRAND NEW" at Inhorgenta Europe, and won the Jewellery Prize for the "DESIGN PODIUM".
 

 Collaboration and Appointments

1991    

- Avignon: nominated by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the co-ordinator, Giò Carbone, attended the "Europe Artisanat" congress and exhibition, organised by the EEC, and studied the work of the DGXXIII relating to the development of professional training.

1993

- The school is a founding member of the PLE (European Parliament Of Goldsmithery Schools). At its first Congress, the school was appointed to preside over the Education and Research Commission. this appointment was renewed in the following years (2nd Congress in France, 3rd Congress in Germany, Idar-Oberstein).
- A project was commissioned from the school by the Chilean Office of Commerce to develop the goldsmithery sector in Chile.

1996    

-"Platinum and Jewellery": conference organised in Florence in collaboration with the Tokyo-based Platinum Guild International.

1997    

- On the occasion of the 5th PLE Congress in Lisbon, the school took on the presidency of the

  Technical Commission for the design of a community project.
- At the request of a private group, the school designed a specialisation training project to

  establish a training centre in Beirut (Lebanon).
- At the request of the governorship of the State of Bolivar (Venezuela), and with the assistance of

  the Italian National Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE) office in Caracas, a representative of the

  school went on a fact-finding trip in order to plan a development project for the goldsmithery

  sector in that region.
- Participation, at the invitation of the Ministry for Foreign Trade, in an economic mission to

  Tunisia, in the context of a European Community co-operation project.

1999

- The European Commission appoints the school to co-ordinate the "Cellini" project.

2000    

- Following a proposal by the Vicenza firm Auritalia, students on the design course designed some

  pendants inspired by the theme of peace. The selected design led to the production of gold and

  diamond pendants, and a part of the proceeds from sales went to UNESCO.

2001    

- Co-ordination and management of the IX International Convention of European Training

  Centres, in collaboration with the Arezzo Trade Association. The convention, with more than 100

  delegates, took place in Arezzo from 22nd to 26th May.
- In December, Giò Carbone visited the premises of the Japan Jewellery Craft School, the most

  prestigious Japanese Jewellery School. Following meetings with the school's director, Mr. Hiroshi

  Tsuyuki, and his staff, significant collaboration agreements were drawn up.

2002-2003     

- "Hommage03" project, in collaboration with D. Swarovski & Co., for which the design course students designed a jewellery collection using SIGNITY gems. The jewellery was produced by leading Italian companies, with six designs being sponsored and produced by Le Arti Orafe. The collection was charitably donated to SOS Kinderdorf International as a contribution towards the construction of a children's village in Nepal.

2007

– Project in cooperation with the famous indian company Ganjam: a group of students designed jewellery collections for the company, that will realize the most interesting pieces.
Two of the partecipants are selected for a 6 weeks stay in the company facilities, in Bangalore.

Since 2004 the design’s students regulary produce design for the “Signity Book Trend”

Since 2005 the school organize “Preziosa” the most important European year exhibition for contemporary jewellery (www.preziosa.org).