Bag design course

Master the craft of handbag design, combining hand and digital sketching, branding and technical understanding to create your own unique collection.

Studying Bag Design at Arsutoria offers you a unique, industry-driven approach. With hands-on experience and mentorship, you’ll develop a personalized collection and gain the technical knowledge to bring your designs to life.

Key features of the Bag design course

  • Comprehensive Skill Set: Learn both traditional hand sketching and digital design, including software like Illustrator and 3D tools
  • Market-Driven Approach: Design your collection based on current trends and branding strategies, ensuring relevance in the fashion industry
  • Technical Expertise: Gain in-depth knowledge of materials, construction techniques, and 3D modeling for precise, industry-standard designs.

What you will learn:

  • Traditional and Digital Drawing: from hand sketching of bags based on perfect to digital Drawing via Illustrator and Photoshop. Different bag styles and constructions require different illustration techniques; students with a diverse and often strong design background have been surprised by the upgrade that have obtained even if they already had great sketching skills; we will reveal all the secrets students need to learn to design a bag with all the details for different market segments: luxury, mainstream and sport. In addition, students will get the chance to experience Artificial Intelligence; they will be exposed to open-source apps as well as Adobe AI. As it is an ever-changing scenario, instructors will support and encourage students to surf the current trends and get acquainted to them.
  • Branding and Collection Development: we tackle design with a marketing perspective so analyze customers, brand values, positioning of brands and products. The synergy with the editorial team of Arsutoria magazine (largest B2B accessories focused Italian magazine, exported worldwide) and our instructors’ expertise offer a unique opportunity to always keep our training aligned with the latest industry trends so great relevance is given to analysis of latest fashion trends to provide the best source of inspiration to students. The path will be completed with students’ final presentation of bag collection. Mentors will support students step by step while developing the collection.
  • 3D Modelling: is the most remarkable industry driven and unparalleled component of our design path. Thanks to the continuous collaboration with the industry, we have selected the most up to date ones used by professionals. 3D modelling software offer in the footwear domain is extremely wide. We have selected CLO 3D born for apparel designing and used by the most important fashion luxury brands, to be used for bag 3D modelling. We then offer a pioneeristic path that trains transversal professionals able to use this tool to create bag patterns. Finally for the development of metal accessories for bags we have decided to teach Rhinoceros as it is an extremely powerful tool besides being very much used by industry professionals already. Among the tools for 3D materials creation, we have selected Adobe Substance. All of the 3D modelling softwares that we have selected, perfectly match with this typology of materials rendering. As within our 3D Lab, there are three 3D printers, a structured light 3D scanner and a 3D materials scanner, Arsutoria School effectively prints objects in 3D that are made during the course dedicated to the use of Rhinoceros.

If you wish, you can also attend one or more of the modules that make up the Bag design path individually:

Bag hand sketching, digital design and AI tools

Students will explore a comprehensive range of bag styles: Elegant clutches and evening bags, practical crossbody designs, spacious totes, compact backpacks, urban messenger bags, travel weekenders, and chic shoulder bags. But the true leap happens when these traditional design skills merge with advanced digital technologies.

Tuition fees, intakes and more details about the bag hand and digital design drawing course here.

Bag 3D design course

This module focuses on three main topics: 3D tools for 3D bag design, generalist 3D tools that are used for 3D design and metal accessories design, material digitization and rendering. More specifically 3D bag design with CLO3D, 3D metal accessories focus with Rhino, PBR materials and rendering.

Tuition fees, intakes and more details about the bag 3d design course here.

Bag collection development course

The Branding and Collection Development module tackles design from a strategic marketing perspective. Here, students engage in deep analysis of customer demographics, brand values, and product positioning. This comprehensive approach is reinforced by collaboration with the editorial team of Arsutoria magazine, ensuring that the students’ training keeps pace with the latest industry trends. Throughout this module, students draw inspiration from current fashion trends, which is crucial for initiating their collection development process. The highlight of this segment is the culmination of their efforts in a final presentation of a personalized bag collection, where mentors guide them step by step to refine their concepts and realize their visions.

Tuition

€ 5,500

Intakes

  • October 6 – November 14, 2025
  • February 9 – March 20, 2026
  • May 25 – July 3, 2026
  • October 5 – November 13, 2026

Why should you take this course

Studying at Arsutoria School means gaining practical, industry-focused education in design and craftsmanship. You’ll learn from experts with real-world experience, using cutting-edge tools and techniques. Arsutoria’s curriculum is aligned with the latest market trends, preparing you to succeed in the fashion industry. Plus, studying in Milan, a global fashion capital, gives you access to an inspiring environment and valuable networking opportunities.

Testimonials

  • Previously before coming here I was studying fashion design I did a 2-year diploma for the fashion design and I wanted to do something that's a bit more specialized in the world of fashion and I thought about bags (...) I think using technology and software is something important nowadays so that was the reason why chose Arsutoria School and I came to Italy because where else would be a better place to learn about leather than Italy

    Patricia Saputra

    Bag one-year diploma student

  • The main feature of this school, for me, is the presence of teachers who are professionals each in their own teaching field and they just didn't introduce and teach us specific technical skills but they also gave us current insights about the world of fashion and the trends of each sector so that, regardless of whether we want to open our own brand or work for a company, we could choose the path to take depending also on the aptitudes and skills developed throughout the course. My biggest satisfaction is that before finishing my course I received a proposal for an extra-curricular internship from one of the most prestigious luxury brand

    Alessandra Colombo

    Bag sample maker at Valentino

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