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The Fashion Design Area offers future designers contemporary and innovative training in close connection with the Italian Fashion System.

Focusing on theoretical and project subjects, students will acquire cultural and methodological tools to nurture their talents and recognise fashion as an expressive language capable of interpreting the most original and contemporary demands.

Through theoretical courses and practical workshops, the academic path explores visual representation knowledge and techniques, post-humanistic culture, music, visual arts, technical-scientific culture, craftsmanship and industrial technologies, experimentation and tradition, transforming them into effective declarations of style and thought.

Experienced professionals and leading figures in the fields of fashion and creativity guide students helping them to develop their skills and talent, enabling them to define clear personal and professional identities, create their own designs and experiment with new techniques.
Passion, curiosity and dedication are the key elements of success of this educational path.

Which path to take?

Bachelor of Arts in
Fashion Design

With a practical approach and a cooperation among the specialisations which fosters the synergy of a real work team, the BA teaches the students languages and methodologies enabling them to enter the professional world within the national and international Fashion System.

Master of Arts in
Fashion Design

The MA trains figures capable to manage creative processes in the field of fashion design, from research to prototyping, guiding the students in the search for their own vision that will be expressed in a very personal portfolio.

Master of Arts in
Fashion and Costume Design

The MA provides the students with the tools to handle fashion and costume design projects, investigating the topics of narration and mise-en-scène of garments as well as collections’ archives as heritage and starting points for designing.

Master of Arts in
Textile Design

Through an interdisciplinary and workshop-based approach, the MA provides the students with the tools to manage creative processes in the fields of textile and knitwear design, from woven to knitted fabrics, including innovation, sustainability, and design-thinking related topics.

Academic Master in
Fashion Digital Marketing

The Master analyses the developments of the contemporary fashion system to train professionals in the digital marketing field, capable of creating specific contents and strategies for fashion and lifestyle brands with a self-sufficient, innovative and sustainable approach.

University Master's Degree in
Business Law for the Fashion System
A collaboration between NABA and UNINETTUNO University

The University Master’s Degree is the result of a collaboration between NABA and the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO and intends to train highly qualified professionals capable of managing the business, legal, and technological aspects of the fashion and textile industry.

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN
Fashion Marketing Management

The course aims to train professional figures capable of managing the multidisciplinary complexities of the Fashion System, connecting the ideation and development phase of the product to marketing, communication, and distribution strategies. It also provides cultural, design, and management skills related to fashion supply chain and marketing management.

Our Faculty

Luca Poncellini
Design and Applied Arts Department Head
Design and Applied Arts Department Head
Luca Poncellini
<p><strong>Design and Applied Arts Department Head</strong></p> <p>Luca Poncellini is an architect and a designer with a PhD in the History of Architecture and City Planning. As a partner in the architecture office Cliostraat until 2009, he has curated projects and has lectured in Italy and in several countries throughout the world. His works have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, at the Van Alen Institute in New York, at ETH in Z&uuml;rich, at MAGA in Gallarate and at Triennale Milano. In 2008 he co-curated the retrospective exhibition Laszlo Hudec, in collaboration with the Hungarian Consulate in Shanghai. Since 2013 he has been the Course Leader of the MA in Interior Design. Between 2015 and 2019 directed the research lab and the project C-Park. Since 2019 he has been Design and Applied Arts Department Head.</p>
Colomba Leddi
Fashion Design Area Leader
Fashion Design Area Leader
Colomba Leddi
<p>After a number of collaborations with many top fashion designers, including Nanni Strada, Colomba Leddi joined Frammenti in 1992, a group experimenting with artisanal techniques to be applied to the clothing sector. In 1996, she opened her own atelier of tailor-made, unique pieces, and her label can be found in some of the best Italian and foreign boutiques, including Biffi in Milan, Philippe Model Maison in Paris, HP Deco in Japan, Thimbloom in Korea and Bird Boutique in New Zealand. She has participated in several fashion fairs and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad, including Passeggiata evanescente, with Melina Mulas, at Galleria Le 5 Venice, in Venice (2010), W. Women in Italian Design at Triennale Milano (2016-2017), Documenta 2020 &ndash; Windows in pandemic, Tsinghua University Art Museum Beijing (2020). She also works as a theatre and cinema costume designer and has taught at many different universities and academies.</p>
Michele Corradini
Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design Course Leader - Milan
Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design Course Leader - Milan
Michele Corradini
<p>Art Director and Graphic Designer specialised in fashion and art. After graduating from Politecnico di Milano, he has dealt with communication for young artists and independent fashion brands, collaborating with milanese visual communication agencies and art galleries. In 2013 he joined NABA, where he initially was in charge of special projects and events for the Fashion Design Area. He then moved on to teaching the themes most dear to him: communication and graphics for fashion. For years he has managed the Art Direction of Darwin20 Magazine together with Paolo Bazzani (Studio Bazzani). He is currently the BA in Fashion Design Course Leader.</p>
Diego Manfreda
BA in Fashion Design Course Leader - Rome
BA in Fashion Design Course Leader - Rome
Diego Manfreda
<p>Designer and art director for over fifteen years, in 2007 he founded 5PREVIEW, an independent Italian-Swedish street wear couture brand.&nbsp;In 2010 he started a collaboration with the Motelsalieri project and the designer Fabio Quaranta, for ten seasons. Fascinated by the avant-gardes, with influences from multiple artistic fields, he create transversal contents between design, art and music.&nbsp;Throughout his career, he has had the opportunity to work with many companies, both as creative and designer, such as: Nike, Weekday, Cheap Monday, Komakino ltd., ID, Macro, MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Contemporary Cluster, Marie Claire, Nero Magazine, Sounds Familiar. He is currently Advisor Leader of the BA in Fashion Design at NABA Campus in Rome.</p>
Luca Belotti
Masters of Arts in Fashion Design and in Textile Design, Masters in Fashion Digital Marketing and in Business Law for the Fashion System Course Leader
Masters of Arts in Fashion Design and in Textile Design, Masters in Fashion Digital Marketing and in Business Law for the Fashion System Course Leader
Luca Belotti
<p>His way of teaching takes account of various aspects of the Fashion field: from project management to visual communication, passing through illustration, styling and exhibition setting.<br />These skills are the result of his educational background and of the collaboration with some of the most influential artists, designers and writers of the Italian scene such as Benedetta Barzini, Mariuccia Casadio, Eleonora Fiorani, Matteo Guarnaccia, Alessandro Guerriero, Nancy Martin, Angela Missoni, Cinzia Ruggeri, Shingo Sato and Alberto Zanoletti. For years, he has been in charge of the contests and special projects with companies, web communication and events of the NABA Fashion Area. Among his recognitions: publications on Glamour IT, Vogue Talents, exhibitions at Palazzo Giureconsulti (Milano) and Vicenza Oro Evolving Jewelry fair (Vicenza), and finalist at Fashion Up Ronca Style Award (Verona). INSTAGRAM @casabelotti</p>
Alessandro Manzi
Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Marketing Management Subject Leader
Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Marketing Management Subject Leader
Alessandro Manzi
<p class="s4"><span class="s2">Alessandro </span><span class="s2">Manzi</span><span class="s2"> is Chief Creative Director and Partner of the K-448 and Accident agencies. Alumnus of </span><span class="s2">Politecnico</span><span class="s2"> di Milano, in his experience he has developed creative strategies and products for international companies i.e. Marella, </span><span class="s2">Kiton</span><span class="s2">, Aspesi, Prada, Gucci, </span><span class="s2">Msgm</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s2">Duvetica</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s2">Poltrona</span><span class="s2"> Frau, </span><span class="s2">Spotti</span><span class="s2">, Le </span><span class="s2">Sirenuse</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s2">Mantero</span><span class="s2">, and Silversea. He is Senior Lecturer and Subject Leader at NABA, Nuova Accademia Belle Arti and he teaches at </span><span class="s2">several</span><span class="s2"> Italian and international schools such as </span><span class="s2">Politecnico</span><span class="s2"> di Milano, </span><span class="s2">Poli.Design</span><span class="s2"> Master, MFI, DOMUS Academy, IED and many others. As a researcher, he is part of the &ldquo;FIP-Fashion in process&rdquo; collective of </span><span class="s2">Politecnico</span><span class="s2"> di Milano. He is also author of articles and Ted Talks about Theories on Sustainability in the Fashion System and on copying in the fashion industry.</span></p>

Alumni Stories

KNITWEAR DEVELOPER AND DESIGN - PORTS 1961
SIMONA PEDONE
Fashion Design

« NABA is certainly one of the most comprehensive courses of study. It has been fundamental for me and it has given me the opportunity to analyze thoroughly every aspect of the fashion system and then to apply it at a professional level».

 

Undergraduate Fashion Design
SIMONA PEDONE
<p>&laquo; NABA is certainly one of the most comprehensive courses of study. It has been fundamental for me and it has given me the opportunity to analyze thoroughly every aspect of the fashion system and then to apply it at a professional level&raquo;.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
KNITWEAR DEVELOPER AND DESIGN - PORTS 1961