Teaching is organized in intensive workshops, labs, theoretical study, seminars and activities in the field; courses end with a professional internship.

[citation needed] In 2009 SPD was certified as UNI EN ISO 9001:2008 compliant.

The Scuola Politecnica di Design is officially acknowledged as learning institution by the regional government of Lombardy.

[citation needed] Venice Biennale exhibition in 1986; Carrousel du Louvre and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Gold medal at the Tenth Milan Triennal Exhibition; Compasso d'Oro assigned by the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (Industrial Design Association, ADI) in 1994; Smau Industrial Design Award twice.