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On January 9, 2026, FADCOM hosted the talk “Topographic Furniture,” an academic event that brought together about 40 students to discuss design, territory, and entrepreneurship.

The Master’s Program in Brand Design and Management at ESPOL’s School of Art, Design, and Audiovisual Communication positions its graduate students within international academic circles through research that connects branding, culture, business, and heritage with real-world issues. Its graduate students do more than just conduct research: they engage, discuss, and publish.

The 2025 International Design Workshop concluded with results that reflect creativity, academic collaboration, and a vision of design in the service of disaster prevention and response. This initiative was carried out as part of the Art Direction course and arose from a collaboration between ESPOL and the University of Valparaíso (Chile).

In a unique and deliberately irreverent event, a new edition of the “Arte Malo” contest took place—a space where talent is not a requirement and mistakes are celebrated.

The “Design Your Footprint” contest was held recently; it was an open call for polytechnic students to create visual designs with the potential to become institutional covers.

On November 21, 2025, the Faculty of Art, Design, and Audiovisual Communication (FADCOM) of ESPOL held a new edition of SHAPES, a gathering that brought together professionals, faculty members, students, and industry stakeholders to reflect on design, creativity, production processes, and market trends.

Professor Mónica Robles, M.Sc., represented FADCOM – ESPOL at the 20th Latin American Conference on Learning Technologies (LACLO 2025), one of the most relevant academic forums in the region in the field of educational technology.

On Thursday, November 6, 2025, the fourth edition of the International Congress of Researchers in Audiovisual Communication and Information Technology (CIICATI 2025) was held in a blended format at FADCOM and broadcast online.

The Faculty of Art, Design, and Audiovisual Communication (FADCOM) at ESPOL held a talk entitled “Scientific Narrative in the Transmedia Universe,” given by journalist and science communicator María Cecilia Moreno.

The Faculty of Art, Design, and Audiovisual Communication (FADCOM) at ESPOL experienced two intense days of inspiration and creativity with VÓRTICE 2025, its eagerly awaited international design and audiovisual communication event.