Dorian Polizzi teaches at ITM Graduate School Monaco

Since the 2022–2023 academic year, Dorian Polizzi, founder of DADZCOVER, has taught graphic and web design at ITM Graduate School Monaco. He teaches desktop publishing and web design to first-, second- and third-year students, drawing on professional experience dating back to 2012.

Understanding a brief, building a visual identity, establishing a clear message hierarchy and preparing a file for publication: the classes connect graphic choices with the practical constraints of a project. Desktop publishing is approached as a tool for design and page layout.

Knowing how to use software is not enough to produce a relevant response. Teaching places composition, typography, readability and the ability to explain design choices at its centre. Informed by training in applied arts, this approach develops artistic sensitivity as well as critical thinking.

In their third year, students on the sports journalism pathway create a magazine and an online publication. The work covers page composition, typography, the relationship between text and images, and information hierarchy. On the web, this thinking extends to navigation, mobile reading and content organisation.

These projects draw on the same requirements found in website design: making information accessible, guiding the reader and creating a coherent whole.

Teaching requires a clearly articulated method, an explanation for every decision and attention to changing uses. In return, DADZCOVER’s projects bring current examples into the classroom. This exchange between creating and teaching sharpens the advice provided to businesses.

In April 2023, during his first year of teaching, Dorian Polizzi devised a desktop publishing exam brief around Bugatti’s arrival in the Principality. Students worked on a magazine cover entitled “Bugatti, bienvenue à Monaco” (“Bugatti, welcome to Monaco”).

In 2025, he created a bespoke illustration for the same dealership as part of his work for Groupe Segond. These were two separate projects, one educational and one professional, reflecting his interest in cars and the local environment.

Explore the illustrations created for Groupe Segond (in French).

For DADZCOVER’s clients, this dual practice means particular attention to the clarity of the brief, the explanation of design choices and the usability of the materials delivered. Teaching and designing share the same requirement: a creation should be understood and used.