Whilst based in Barcelona, LABASAD has built an internationally recognised reputation around its digital-first model, connecting students with practising designers, illustrators, photographers, creative directors and other specialists spanning the industry. Across its 30 online master’s programmes, combined with our Spanish-speaking programmes, the institution opts to incorporate education and professional practice, encouraging students to build out their portfolios with work that responds to real-world briefs.
This approach feels especially relevant as AI becomes a bigger and bigger part of creative practices and the wider industry as a whole. As we spoke about earlier in 2026, LABASAD has been embedding AI across its master’s programmes while keeping the emphasis on judgement, craft and original thinking, very much considering the technology a tool rather than a substitute for creative, original thinking. The school has since expanded its AI offering with the launch of its Online Master in Cinematic & Audiovisual AI, under the direction of by Fred Grinstein, alongside additional AI-focused modules being debuted in other disciplines.