Professional Programs:

Designometer & Design Odyssey
The Designometer & Design Odyssey seminars are a combined 3-4 day professional program with a focus on design principles, techniques, and styles. In this seminar, Amr Helmy, shares his own insights regarding how to overcome common obstacles in a design related career. (Each session includes a segment for questions as well as open discussion).
*This seminar is ideal for anyone interested in the business of design, general design, design principles, interior design, architecture, and the history of design

Design Mini MBA
The Design Mini MBA seminar is a 3 day professional program with a focus on design business practices, processes, procedures and strategies. In this seminar, Amr Helmy, shares his own insights regarding how to create a sustainable design business. (Each session includes a segment for questions as well as open discussion).
*This seminar is ideal for anyone interested in creating a sustainable design business, marketing design, creating design contracts, designer-client relations, pricing designs, HR in a design business, partnerships, creating policy.
Each session includes a segment for questions as well as open discussion between participants.

Google Sketch-up 1
Visualizing spaces in three dimensions is critical to the success of the design of architectural spaces and/or product designs. The interplay of light, color, space and form make exciting spaces/products function successfully. Traditional methods for exploring these issues are very labor intensive. Use of computer software has enabled quicker (and sometimes more accurate) study models to be generated. Users may also explore and iterate more times in the design time available to you.
*This course is ideal for professionals and/or students seeking to expand their knowledge base with a deeper understanding of this fascinating new software as well as how it may be used along side more advanced rendering software (Artlantis).

Google Sketch-up 2
A deeper understanding of detail, color, shape & dimensions are key to producing better conceived, more refined designs. Comprehensive knowledge of these key areas impacts positively progress in all fields related to design.
*This course is ideal for professionals and/or students seeking to expand their knowledge base with a deeper understanding of this fascinating new software as well as how it may be used along side more advanced rendering software (ArchiCAD).

Media Presentation 1
In this 3 day intensive program participants learn how to create powerful & sophisticated media presentations for various purposes. Participants will discover, by application, the presentation design process by creating a storyboard and bringing it to life using Microsoft Power Point, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Keynote and other software. Throughout participants will be introduced to sophisticated methods & techniques utilized by industry professionals. At the end of this process each participant will have a completed media presentation.
*This course is ideal for professionals &/or students seeking to dramatically improve both the impact & effectiveness of their presentations.

Media Presentation 2
In this section participants will begin to consolidate, through practice & deeper understanding, the skills learned in Media Presentations 1. Participants continue using Microsoft Power Point, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Keynote, and other software with the aim of developing fluency and comfort in both the handling of the software and the creative management of their media project. At the end of this process each participant will have a completed a powerful media presentation.
*This course is ideal for professionals &/or students seeking to dramatically improve both the impact & effectiveness of their presentations.

Sketching Essentials 1
This Sketching Essentials course provides professionals & students alike with an excellent choice for beginning to learn to produce accurate hand sketches. This course is intended for those with little or no 3 dimensional drawing or sketching experience.
*The difficulty level of this course will reflect the average standard of the group.

Product Design Workshop
The Product Design workshop is an intensive 4 day (spread over 2-3 months) professional program. In the workshop participants are coached through a comprehensive design process which aims to, identify & develop the participants unique style as well as provide valuable insight regarding how to overcome common obstacles throughout the design process. (Select designs from may be prototyped and showcased at Talent Academy & the Amr Helmy Designs Avant Garde Showroom in Maadi, Cairo).
*This workshop is ideal for anyone interested in product design, the product design process, materials, product manufacturing, prototyping, prototyping software.