Il BA (Hons) in Design presso NABA London integra lo studio teorico con numerose esperienze di apprendimento basate su progetti, in linea con l’approccio didattico dell’Accademia fondato sul principio del “learning and teaching by doing”. Il curriculum del corso espone gli studenti a una varietà di esperienze formative, offrendo un ampio ventaglio di conoscenze, competenze e abilità sia disciplinari che interdisciplinari.
La struttura del percorso formativo consente agli studenti di raggiungere un elevato livello di maturità in termini di metodologia progettuale, consapevolezza culturale, pensiero critico e competenze tecniche, sviluppando al tempo stesso la fiducia necessaria per gestire e condurre con successo qualsiasi tipo di processo progettuale.
Durante il BA (Hons) gli studenti hanno l'opportunità di:
Dipartimento: Progettazione e Arti Applicate
Area: Design
Titolo: BA (Hons) Design*
Crediti: 360 UK credits (180 ECTS)
Inizio: Ottobre 2026
Durata: 3 anni
Lingue: Inglese
Campus: London
*In attesa di approvazione da parte di Regent's University London
Foundation Course + BA (Hons) Design
Il corso BA (Hons) Design è disponibile anche in combinazione con il Foundation Course, pensato per fornire agli studenti le basi culturali e metodologiche necessarie per affrontare con successo il percorso triennale.
Faculty
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 Zürich, 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.
Born in Milan, he graduated in Architecture at Politecnico di Milano. After a research period in Spain, in Madrid and Barcelona, in 2002 he founded his own studio, Modoloco Design Workshop, a space for experimentation and research, where diverse cultures and experiences are implemented as architectural and design forms. He has taught at the Faculty of Design and Arts of the Free University of Bozen, at Politecnico di Milano, and lectured in Italian and international institutions. He curated and participated in several exhibitions in Italy, Japan, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Sweden. Ambassador of Italian Design for Switzerland, Albany and Uruguay in 2017, 2018, 2019, he is the author of the books Globetrotting designers (Compositori), Design, scuola e solidarietà (Fausto Lupetti), Design from the Alps (Scheidegger Und Spiess), and Disegnare un cucchiaio per cambiare la città (Quodlibet).
Architect and designer, after the Master in Design at Domus Academy, Donegani collaborated with Marco Zanuso and Andrea Branzi, and with Olivetti Corporate Identity. In 1993 he opened his studio D&L with Giovanni Lauda working in several design areas. He has designed home and office products for Isuzu, Memphis, Stildomus, Luceplan, Edra, Kelebek, Rotaliana, Radice, Viceversa. Among his most celebrated projects: Lisca (Rotaliana, IF Product Design award 2005); Multipot (Rotaliana, mention at the XXI Compasso d’Oro 2008); the chaise longue Passepartout (Edra), in the permanent collections of San Francisco MoMA and Triennale Milano; Agronica, designed with Andrea Branzi, in the collection of Centre Pompidou in Paris. His work appeared at Barcelona Biennale, Centre Pompidou, Triennale Milano, Venice Biennale. He directed the Master in Design at Domus Academy and he is part of NABA Faculty since 2013.
Methodology of Design Processes
Drawing Techniques
Crafting Techniques
Computer Graphics
History of Art
Interdisciplinary Workshops – Explorations
Product Design – Objects and Forms
Interior Design – Spaces and Bodies
Understanding Materials and Technologies
Digital Modeling and Rendering
History of Design
Photography and AI
Product Design – Narrative Objects
Interior Design – Narrative Spaces
Environmental and Social Design
Digital Modeling and Visual Design
Marketing
Interdisciplinary Workshops – Extensions
Exhibit Design
Service Design
Interaction Design – Fablab
Videomaking
Design Studies
Lighting Design
Final Project – Research
Advanced Materials and Technologies
Communication and Digital Design
Anthropology
Interdisciplinary Workshops – Envisioning
Final Project – Design
Advanced Prototyping
New Digital Technologies
Career Perspectives
Urban Design
Le competenze acquisite dai laureati comprendono un ampio insieme di hard skills e soft skills che permetteranno loro di accedere al mercato globale del design e delle industrie creative, sia all’interno di organizzazioni collettive – studi di design di ogni dimensione, agenzie, aziende, case di produzione – sia intraprendendo una carriera da freelance.
NABA coinvolge regolarmente aziende e docenti per promuovere e supportare opportunità di stage e per comunicare offerte di lavoro agli studenti, attraverso diverse iniziative dedicate al recruiting e all’orientamento professionale.
Il BA (Hons) in Design with Foundation può portare a molteplici percorsi professionali, tra cui:
Industrial Designer – progettista di oggetti destinati alla produzione su larga scala
Product Designer – progettista di oggetti
Interior Designer – progettista di spazi interni
Exhibition Designer – progettista di oggetti e spazi espositivi pensati per l’esperienza dei visitatori
Retail Designer – progettista di oggetti e spazi commerciali pensati per l’esperienza dei clienti
Social Designer – progettista e coordinatore di progetti orientati alla generazione di impatti sociali specifici (progetti partecipativi, co-design, ecc.)
3D Modelling and Rendering Specialist – profilo tecnico specializzato
3D Print Specialist – profilo tecnico specializzato