Prizes and Awards

In more than 35 years of history NABA has received several awards and accolades being considered one of the world’s top schools in the areas of art, fashion, design:

Selected by Frame Publishers in its Masterclass guide to the 30 best graduate schools in the world: in 2012 (MA in Design - Specialization in Product Design), in 2013 (MA in Fashion and Textile Design), in 2014 (MA in Design – Specialization in Interior Design).
Mentioned by Domus Magazine in the guide Europe’s Top 100 Schools of Architecture and Design in 2014, 2015, 2016.
Ranked in BOF – Business of Fashion – Global Fashion School Ranking 2016, in the Top 50 ranking for Undergraduate Courses (BA) and Top 25 for Graduate Courses (MA). In 2017, NABA reached again the Top 30 for Graduate Courses (MA).

2020

August - Ettore Favini, artist and lecturer of the NABA Visual Arts Department, has been awarded with Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2020-2021, international award titled to the American abstract Pollock and his partner Lee Krasner, the foremost abstract expressionist painters.
The artist has been awarded for his constant research regarding political issues, such as borders, migrations and the daily micro-stories that form the basis for official history.
August - Isabel Mazzolini, student of the BA in Media Design and Multimedia Arts, was decorated with the Audience Award for her short movie Pillow at the 60th San Francisco State University Film Finals, during an international exchange period she spent there.
July - NABA has won several prizes at D&AD New Blood Awards 2020 resulting among the most internationally awarded academies; NABA obtained:
Yellow Pencil with the project Burger King's Burger Pooling developed by Andrea Cornali, Sarah Alexander, Francesco Fanizza, Deniz Eroglu, Lianne Van Lierop, students of the Academic Master in Creative Advertising;
Wood Pencil with the project The water path designed by Anna Carolina Nicoletti, Alessandro Silva de Oliveira, Luca Castelli, Carlo Antonio Romano and Giulia Tofi, MA in Communication Design students;
Wood Pencil with the project The King Chat made by Leonardo Pedergnani, Fabio Colombo, Antonio Mazzei and Rui Hu, MA in Communication Design students.
June - Jingyi Zhao, Li Shao, Selenay Geyik, Yuqing Li, MA in Interior Design students, have won the second prize at Accor Design Award 2020, international contest promoted by Accor Group, the world leader in the hotel. The students presented the Crossing Road project reinterpreting the orient express room in the wagon car.
June - Two Alumni of the BA in Painting and Visual Arts have been awarded at Ducato Prize 2020, conceived to promote a dialogue between contemporary art and the historic territory of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza. Guendalina Cerruti is the Winner of the Contemporary Art Prize; Byron Gago is the winner of the Academy Art Prize.
May - Beatrice Bocconi, student of the BA in Fashion Design, has been selected as one of the finalists of Redress Design Award 2020, one of the most important sustainable fashion design competitions, for her project Felt in the streets, a capsule collection based on zero-waste and upcycling.
May - Margherita Palli, Course leader of the BA in Set Design, has designed the sets of the Chovanščina by Modest Musorgskij, conducted by Valery Gergiev and directed by Mario Martone which have won the Best production prize for 2019 for the 39th edition of the Franco Abbiati award.
March - Giacomo Manzotti, NABA lecturer and alumnus of the BA in Media Design and Multimedia Arts, with the experimental animated short film The Immortality of the Crab was selected at Ann Arbor Film Festival, the oldest and one of the most prestigious experimental film festival in the world.

2019

Dicembre – Alessandro Spalletti, studente del Triennio di Graphic Design & Art Direction ha vinto il contest internazionale ‘Olympac’, Olimpiadi del Packaging Design, a Tokyo, con il progetto ‘Doggy’, un packaging innovativo sul tema del Pet Food
November - Francesco Magni and Silvia Sciotta, students of the BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction, took first and second place at “Visioni d’impresa” contest, in the context of the project “Genio e Impresa” promoted by Assolombarda and devoted to Leonardo
November - Perla Sardella, alumna of the BA in Media Design and Multimedia Arts, won the Perspective Prize 2019 at Filmmaker Festival of Milan with her documentary "Prendere la Parola"
November - Gaia De Megni, MA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies alumna, awarded the Lydia Prize 2019 at Lazzaretto, Milano, with the project “San Carlo”
November - Roberto Valdivia, BA in Media Design and Multimedia Arts student, won the “Jury Special Mention Prize” at Aquerò Film Festival, in the Short Films Contest, with his film "¿Querido amigo hoy a donde vamos"
October – The project “Terra” by NABA has been included in the category Social Design in the 2019 ADI Design Index, the yearbook published by ADI Italian Association for Industrial Design that collects the best of Italian design, selected by the ADI Permanent Design Observatory
October – Marco Antelmi and Camilla Alberti, MA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies students, are among six under 35 artists selected to join the residence “Neuro-Revolution”, undertaken by Air Trieste, with support of MiBACT and SIAE within the program “Per Chi Crea”
October – Edoardo Trombin and Giorgia Salamanca, BA in Design students, have been awarded, with their thesis project "Ago", the Critics Award at the 23rd edition of Targa Bonetto, with patronage of ADI and Fondazione ADI Collezione Compasso d’Oro
October - Jacopo Martinotti, NABA BA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies student, is among the ten young artists winners of Premio AccadeMibac, Premio per i giovani artisti dalle Accademie di Belle Arti, promoted and produced by MiBACT – Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea e Rigenerazione Urbana, in collaboration with la Fondazione La Quadriennale di Roma
October - Francesca Antolini, NABA student, awarded, in the section “Scenografia teatrale, cinematografica e televisiva” at XIV edition of PNA, Premio Nazionale delle Arti at FISAD, il Festival Internazionale Scuole d’Arte e Design “Building a new world”, promoted by MIUR. Jury’s special mention to the student Riccardo Rossi, in the section “Arti Grafiche” for his project “Sector”
October – Voyage Ice Cream by Alessia Pala (BA in Graphic Design) is the winning project at EPDA Award, Category Students (Glasgow, October, 10). Second prize ex aequo to Marta Deias and Marina Benetti and third prize to Fabio Aurelio. Special mention to Alessia Bompani, awarded by Stora Enso
October - NABA students Hyemin Min (BA in Interior Design) and Soyeon Lee (BA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies) have been awarded at Jumpthegap Roca International Design Contest in Barcelona, with the project “Tik-Tap” for a sustainable water use
September – Thomoulla Chrysostomou, NABA BA in Fashion Design alumna, has been awarded the Absolute Prize Creativity offered by Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana and the Knitwear Prize offered by Benetton Group at International Lab of Mittelmoda - Fashion Award 2019
July – Marta Solari, BA in Set Design alumna, designed scenery and costumes for the play “Una vera tragedia”, winner of Premio Scenario 2019
April – NABA alumnus Ruggero Magrì (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) winner of the SOTA Catalyst Award 2019
March – Italo Rota, NABA Scientific Advisor, is among the winners of the international design contest for the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai with CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, Italo Rota Building Office, F&M Ingegneria and Matteo Gatto & Associati
March - Michael Dell’Oro, Giorgio Freni and Dario Pasqualini (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) winning project #SHOUT YOUR MESSAGE, contest of Brand Design - John Richmond
January – NABA is the winner of the contest “Vesti il Parco Archeologico del Colosseo” in collaboration with Altaroma. First Prize for NABA students Sahadya Aisyah Agus, Catherine Charista Jayadihrja and Arianna Monticelli (BA in Fashion Design)

2018

December - Giuditta Zorzi, Sara Cillerai, Marinela Lleshi, Simone Citron, Isabella Petricca (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) winning team of the contest in collaboration with Arctic Paper with the project “Bittersweet agenda”
December - Martina Guandalini, Francesca Liantonio, Maddalena Pesaresi, Enrico Rossin, Emanuele Rotoli (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) won the San Benedetto contest “I Love You’’
December – Chiara Versaico, Matteo Varisco, Lorenzo Rogante (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) won the Lampo contest
November – Special mention at Dreamers 02 contest of Francesca Paladino (BA in Fashion Design). NABA joined the contest “La Camicia Bianca Del Futuro” in collaboration with the Gianfranco Ferré Foundation
November – Students Matteo Varisco, Elisabetta Vedovato, Chiara Versaico, Lorenzo Vivaldini (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction) won the First Prize at EPDA Student Award Future Packaging
November – 3^rd Prize for the BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction students in the STUDENTS category for the annual ADCI Art Directors Club Italiano. The two winning projects: “Sla” by Simone Citron and Giuditta Zorzi and “App” by Daniele Franchi, Elena Casartelli and Denise Sagucio
November – Elena Andrei, Giulia Barillaro, Danilo Casile, Paola Convertino, Mohamed El Habak, Giulia Miggiano, (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) winners of the Pigna Mumble, “Back to school project”
October – Matteo Brasili (BA in Design) First Prize at the 22^nd edition Bonetto Plaque with his thesis project “Louis”
October – Students Lorenzo Waller and Nicole Giavaldi (BA in Design) First Prize “Design per la cultura e lo sviluppo” at the 13^th edition of Premio Nazionale delle arti, design section, with their thesis project “Cora, barca per il tempo libero”
October – Special mention “Design per i diritti” at the 13^th edition of Premio Nazionale delle arti, section design, with the “Design is Blind” project curated by Giovanni Dipilato (BA in Design)
October - Matteo Brasili (BA in Design) Bonetto Plaque ADI Design Index 2018 with his thesis project “Louis”
October – Projects “Cora, barca per il tempo libero” (Lorenzo Waller and Nicole Giavaldi, BA in Design) and “Design is Blind” (Giovanni Dipilato, BA in Design) have been selected for the International Ocean Art Festival 2018 Contest that consists on the exhibition of the selected projects in South Korea and in Shanghai
October - Elia Strepparola, Felipe Acevedo, Kristina Hernes, Camila Rivero Lake (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) have realized the project selected by Zelig
September – Andrea Piva (BA in Fashion Design), First Prize in the Manufacturing Technique category at the “Fashioning Sustainability” event, organized by Freudenberg Performance Materials
August – First Prize for best dramaturgy and best direction in the Contemporary Theater season 2017/2018 for the performance “Buon anno ragazzi” by Francesco Brandi, 14^th edition of “Premio Nazionale Franco Enriquez anno 2018”. Set design realized by NABA BA in Set Design professors Francesca Pedrotti and Alice De Bortoli, with students Francesca Antolini, Giulia Mazzoleni and Marika D’Abronzo
July - Maria Capellaro (BA in Fashion Design), Lectra Award in occasion of the international contest launched by ISKO
July - Students Diletta Fachechi and Giacomo Fagandini (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction) winners of the 11^th contest of social communication Socially Correct 2018 announced by “Paolo Ettorre – Socially Correct” Association, in collaboration with Direzione Generale per lo Studente, the integration and participation of the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, on the cyber-bullying theme
June - Angelica Massa, Gabriele Muselli, Nicolò Pavin, Mattia Pavin, Jennifer Gazzignato Fabiana Natali Eleonora Valenitini (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) finalists of Premio Nazionale delle Arti 2018 with the Social Campaign for LILA Milano Onlus
May - Students Erica Caimi, Federico Croci, Raffaella Sabella, Alessia Tempestini (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction) won the contest “Embrace the future” launched by EPDA (European Packaging Design Association) in collaboration with Drupa Fair 2020 @Messe Düsseldorf
May - Sara Cillerai and Marinela Lleshi (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction), Premio Pollicione d’oro 2018 al XXVI Pellittieri’s Day
May - Valentina Baronchelli, Sara Berardi, Federico Croci, Giorgia Di Lernia (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) won the project for Centro Style
May - Martina Guandalini, Francesca Liantonio, Maddalena Pesaresi, Enrico Rossin, Emanuele Rotoli (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) winners of the San Benedetto contest
April - Rebecca Avalli, Domenico Carnimeo, Simone Citron, Giuditta Zorzi (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) won the contest Green Future, Porsche 2018
January – Students Simona Pedone, Allegra Bertazzi, Naomi Oke, Virginia Mio, Madeline Stone, Nicolas Marcantonio (BA in Fashion Design) and Raffaella Tarantola (MA in Fashion and Textile Design) are the winners of the Colorama Awards by Filmar, with the project “Aesthetic of Beauty”

2017

December- Luca Toscano, Giulia Surdo and Daniel Alexander Von Johnson (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) winners of the San Benedetto contest
November - Karen Andrea Lanza, Giulia Goi, Nicole Dova, Sarah Fratellani and Giorgia Mattiato (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction) winners of the Pubblicità Progresso contest
November- Sara Dresti (BA in Media Design and Multimedia Arts) won the Special Prize at Torino Film Festival 2018, “COL TEMPO” (Italy/2017)
October- Emre Kolukisa (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction) and Isabella Courtney (Erasmus student) winning the First Prize in the Student category EPDA Packaging Award 2017
September- Sara Monacchi, Andrea Pelino and Luca Toscano (BA in Design), First Prize of the 12^th edition of Premio Nazionale delle arti, design section, with the “Gilfo” project
September- Pietro Codazzi, Maria Laura Martinez and Mariana Gaspar Ferreira (MA in Design – Product Design) winners of the contest DECO - Design Competition Condivisione, within the collaboration of Regione Lombardia and Unicamere Lombardia, with ADI - Associazione per il Disegno Industriale and Fiera Milano
September- Students Tarek El Shishiny, Windy Huang, Alessandro Erik Adorno and Marco Fiecconi (Master in Creative Advertising), 2^nd Prize in the Student category at ADCI Awards 2017 contest
July - Giulia Masciangelo (BA in Fashion Design) Special Project Swarovski Award: contest established by ISKO I-SKOOL
July - Andrea Morelli (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction) 2^nd Prize at Arte e Pelle 2017 contest conceived by Louisiane S.p.a.
June - Alessandro Elifani, Filippo Fratta Pasini, Stefano Brunati, Leonardo Profeti, Carlo Di Primio, Andrea Agnisetta and Amos Vespero (BA in Media Design and Multimedia Arts) selected as five winners of the IMRA contest - Italian Mixed Reality Association
June- Vashish Soobah, Elizabeth Cinalli, Leonardo Canzi, Alessandro Lazzari, Diana Borinato (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) winners of the Elba Active contest for Dove Academy
May - Emanuele Cantò (BA in Media Design and Multimedia Arts), Web Award, Corto in Accademia, Accademia di Belle Arti di Macerata, “LE NUBI” (Italy/2017)
May - Giorgia Miele, Mamata Javkar, Poojitha Nandakumar, Luigi Morradel (Master in Creative Advertising) awarded in Young Ones Social Brief Competition
May - Austero Sandro and Bentivoglio Danilo (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction), Premio Pollicione d’oro 2017 at XXV Pellittieri’s Day
May - Chiara Marradi, Jessica Anselmini, Silvia Anesi (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) winners of “Stories of Milan” Porsche 2017 contest
May - Andrea Morelli (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction) 2^nd at contest Arte e Pelle – H.C.P. Hèrmes Cuirs Précieux - Louisiane Spa
March - Simone Bozzelli, Best Short Film Award, L'Aquila LGBT Film Festival, L'Aquila, “LORIS STA BENE” (Italy/2017)
March - Luca Ariaudo, Fabio Caruso, Alessandro Cassera, Francesco Fanizza, Leonardo Losio and Andrea Zicolillo (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction) winners of Imago Mundi contest
March - Iresha Warnakulasuriya and Giada Frassetto, (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction) awarded during the ceremony of Premio AIF Adriano Olivetti for their thesis’s project “Naturally Unconventional”
February - Simone Marangi (BA in Media Design and Multimedia Arts), 3^rd Prize for Visioni Acquatiche, Visioni Italiane - Officinema (festival) with the short movie “LU PISCATORI” (Italy/2017)

2016

February - Margherita Palli (BA in Theatre Design Course Leader) with Marco Cristini, First Prize, Surface Design Award 2016 – Light and Surface Interior category
March - Cem Yilmaz (MA in Product Design), Third Prize, Olivetti Design Contest 2016
Marzo - Rea Jabara (Master in Creative Advertising), Gold Prize, Young Glory
May - Andrea Pedrina, Marco Siccardi, Barbara Magazzù, Federica Fulloni, Paolo di Mauro, Renè Domenico Pangallo (MA in Communication Design), Silver Pencil e Honor Mention, One Show – The Young Ones
May - Silvia Cantucci, Zeynep Gokcek, Nur Sezen (MA in Interior Design), First Prize for the project "More or Less" promoted by Accor Hotels - IBIS
May - Lucia Vitiello, Ilaria Bilancia, Xinyi Zhao (BA in Fashion Design), respectively 1°, 2° and 3° prize for the contest "Tempo Libero trascorso tra parco e città" promoted by I Pincopallino. They will be hosted at Pitti Bimbo 83
May - Rita Mathe, Pablo Valls Pascual, Joan Guivernau Bartra (MA in Product Design), Winners of the contest "Il drago verde si veste" promothed by MM S.p.a. Company
May - Michele D’Aurizio e Matteo Lucchetti (MA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies) selected as curators for the 16° Edition of La Quadriennale d'Arte, event promoted by La Fondazione La Quadriennale di Roma and Azienda Speciale Palaexpo
May - Miao Ran (MA in Fashion and Textile Design), selected as young talent by Giorgio Armani to be hosted in Armani/Teatro
June - Valentina Panichelli and Luana Pizzi (BA in Fashion Design), winners of the contest "Create with Arena" promoted by Arena for the design concept of the swimming suit wore by Tania Cagnotto during Rio Olympic Games
June - Matteo Bonacci and Alice Giulianini (BA in Design), First Prize for the project Special Stage promoted by Officine Buone
June - Valentina Candido e Elisa Ripamonti (BA in Graphic Design & Art Direction), First Prize for the visual merchandising contest promoted by Testanera
July - Martina Devicienti, Lectra (Licenza Modaris and Diamino) and Missoni (3 months intership) awards during NABA Final Fashion Show hosted in Campus
July - Sahra Masrour (BA in Design) and Stefano Baldini (MA in Product Design) respectively selected for the projects Hobuca and The Smart Fridge during Audi Elevator Pitch
July - Andrea Violante, Meeratchata Rujinarong and Yi ting Chiang (MA in Product Design), third prize for the "Velasca Progetto Design – Idee Sotto La Torre" contest promoted by Unipol Sai
July - Luigi Lombardi e Chiara Leonardi (MA in Media Design and Multimedia Arts), respectively selected fot the short films "dodici pagine" and "Alice" during the 31° Settimana Internazionale della critica at the 73° Venezia Film Festival
July - Giorgia Tronconi and Giulia Premia (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction), selelected for the contest Socially Correct promoted by Saatchi & Saatchi
July - Sandi Djoulfian (Master in Creative Advertising), Silver Award in the Student Category for the SCA (Summit Creative Award) by SIA (Summit International Award)

2015

January - The BA in Fashion Design students selected for Première Vision, international fair dedicated to fashion and fabrics
February - Sonia Mongillo (BA in Fashion Design), finalist for the event "Vision To Come" promoted by Calzedonia. Her projects showcased in Triennale
February - Giovanni Caccamo (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction), winner of Categoria Giovani Sanremo 2015
March - Deyse Cottini (BA in Fashion Design) selected to take part to the Milan Fashion Week durang the event "Next generation" promoted by Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana
March - Margherita Palli (BA in Theatre Design Course Leader) winner of the prize Master of Scenography at Schweizer Theaterpreise 2015
April - Enzo Lo Re (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction), winner of the "Rewind Video Challenge" contest. Participation at ArtFest
April - Riccardo Scaburri (BA in Fashion Design), winner of the "Sportswear" contest by Max Mara
April - Teresa Maorais Ribeiro (MA in Fashion and Textile Design) winner of the Tosca Blu contest for the bag design dedicated to Expo 2015
April - MA in Communication Design projects exhibited during FuoriSalone for the event L'arte del Luppolo promoted by Birrificio Angelo Poretti
June - Cecilia Benassi, Alessia Nespoli, Veronica Galante, Francesco Munari, Tiziana Pesenti, Elisa Picchi, Erica Pizzetti, Riccardo Vecchi and Xie Shiyun (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction) winners of the Fluid contest by Valverde-Spumador
June - Francesco De Carli (BA in Fashion Design) winner of the Milano Moda Graduate promoted by Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana. Interniship at Missoni
September - Federico Di Corato (BA in Media Design Multimedia Arts) selected by the Italian Ministry for Cultural Assets and Activities for the funding of his film "La Baracca"
November - Perla Sardella and Alessia Zampieri (BA in Media Design Multimedia Arts) selected to take part to the 33° Torino Film Festival with their short films "Comfort Zone" and "Rite of Passage"

2014

February - Alex Okune (MA in Fashion and Textile Design), winners of the Pandora Prize for the contest "Moments in Design"
May - Valeria Shapak (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction), winner of the contest "I Food Good" promoted by EPDA - European Packaging Design Association
May - Giuseppe Salviulo (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction), best project selected by Sony Mobile for the Xperia Design Week
June - Alessandro Manzi (BA in Fashion Design), italian winner of the contest "Here for Good" promoted by Laureate Universities
September - Federico Di Corato and Alessandro De Leo (BA in Media Design e Multimedia Arts), selected to participate to Milano Film Festival with their short film "La Baracca"
October - Maria Pecchioli (MA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies), her film "Lei disse si" screened in the Italian cinemas
November - Giulia Pellegrini (BA in Painting and Visual Arts), winner of the Nescafé Dolce Gusto Prize during the contest #35ModernArt promoted by Nescafé® Dolce Gusto®

2013

June - Gianmaria Cerutti, Yoogin Kim and Marco Imperiale (BA in Painting and Visual Arts) winners of the contest “Dove c’è pasta c’è…” promoted by Barilla e Young&Rubicam
June - Valeria Querini (MA in Communication Design), winner of the contest promoted by MIUR for the logo design of the Unesco Third World Confernce on artistic education
September - Micol Ottina and Ilgin Utin (BA in Fashion Design), finalists for the contest "Foot Rockers" promoted by Rolling Stone magazine. Their project exposed at Micam
September - Beatrice Bonato (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction), winner of the Lantieri Prize for the wine label of the Franciacorta DOCG Lantieri Riserva
September - Riccardo Bernasconi (BA in Media Design and Multimedia Arts), finalist during Venice Film Festival with his film "Death for A Hunicorn"
October - Gizelle Hetland and Mariaflavia Buzzita (BA in Fashion Design), winner respectively of the first and second prize of the Fashion Warriors contest promoted by Linea Pelle
October - The BA in Fashion Design students, winners of the ComON Fashion Talents contest promoted by Unindustria Como

2012

May - Laura Marin (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction) winner of the “Lipton Ice Tea Limited Edition Contest 2012” promoted by Lipton Ice Tea
July - Giancarlo Petriglia (BA in Fashion Design) winner of Who's on next Accessori Award 2012
September - Andrea Segato and Viviane Yazdani (BA in Design) winner of the contest "Orange vous confie le clés – Concours jeunes designers #2" promoted by Orange (Telecom Francia)
November - 8 winner projects and 2 special mentions for the BA in Design students partecipating to the contest "Un designer per le imprese" promoted by Camera di Commercio di Milano, Provincia di Milano e Material Connexion. The project exposed at Triennale Design Museum. Winner Projects: “Bastard Upgrade” by Matteo Bruschi, Pierleone Loreti and Nicolau Dos Santos for Comvert; “Amelia” by Valentina Di Rosa and Valentina Fontana for Davsar Design; “Folia” by Stella Orlandino, for Opella; “SPA” by Giovanni Busetti, for Rogari; “Cantuccio Urbano” by Sara Ricciardi, for Warli; “Filo Rosso” by Alessandra Rota, Chiara Vuono and Carlo Altera for Rossociliegia; “Ruggero” by Michele Bianconcini, Michele Favale and Astrid Luglio, for ComfTech; “Phytolife” by Chiara Martella and Francesca Mazzari, for Terraneo. Jury special mentions: “I do robot” by Luca Arosio and Paolo Nava in the Innovation and Design category; ; “Bastard Upgrade” by Matteo Bruschi, Pierleone Loreti and Nicolau Dos Santos in the Aesthetic Languages category
November - The BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction students together with the MA in Communication Design students winners og the Best of European Design and Advertising 2012 promoted by ADCI - Art Directors Club Italiano

2011 - 2010

June 2011 - Marcella Foschi, Ornella Zaza, Alice Gemignani, Francesca Colleoni winners of the D&AD International Students Award 2011
November 2011 - Mirco Fragomena and Sara Ricciardi together with Jacopo Sterlocchi (Design students) respectively winners of second and third prizes of the contest "Un designer per le imprese" promoted by Camera di Commercio di Milano, Provincia di Milano and Material Connexion
June 2010 - Olga Bukhalova (MA in Communication Design), winner of the D&AD Student Awards 2010 (Bronze Prize)
July 2010 - Maddalena Selvini and Michele Sterchele (BA in Design) winners of the first prize of the contest "Un designer per le imprese" promoted by Camera di Commercio di Milano, Provincia di Milano and Material Connexion for the Brednest project developed for Industreal. The other winners: For EBI, Michele Bianconcini and Arjeta Lesaj with the project SSSplin; for My Special Guest, Elisa Tremolada and Alice Barki with Shopping Angel Bag; for PRM Design Lorenzo Polo and Francis Leo Tabios with Condividimi; for Eurotubi Graziano Carbone, Paola De Marini and Nicolò Gerin with Spring Free; for Olimar legno Francesca Nigro, Elisabetta Sapia and William Raffredi with Quanto basta; for Momo Design Simone Scalia and Erika Zorzi with Leaf bag; for DZ sas Clara Brusetti and Monica Candido with Bou House; for Universal Selecta Nicolò Previati and Matteo Sangalli with Di- Vision; for Lineapelle Elena Atzei, Silvia De Bellis and Valeria Martignoni with Leather Sensation