Fashion in

Residence

ADVANCED FASHION TRAINING

Residential Experience

Art

Companies

Manufacturers

Sustainability

Terzo Paradiso - Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto - Biella

INSTITUTIONSNABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti is a private academy legally recognized by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR).It offers three-year Bachelor of Arts and two-year Master of Arts, in Italian and English, in the fields Design, Fashion, Communication, Media, Art Direction and Visual Arts and issues internationally recognized degrees. Today NABA hosts approximately 4,000 students from about 70 countries around the world. During the courses, students develop real projects with companies and institutions. NABA is inserted by Domus Magazine among the 100 best schools of Design-Architecture in Europe, by Frame among the top 30 postgraduate schools in the world and by Business of Fashion among the Bests 50 School of Fashion in the world.It supports students in identifying their professional careers. 80% found a job one year after qualification. NABA is part of Laureate International Universities, a network of more than 70 institutions in 25 different countries around the world.

Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto aim is to inspire and produce a responsible change in society through ideas and creative projects. It was instituted in 1998 as a concrete action of the Progetto Arte Manifesto where the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto proposed a new role for the artist: that of placing art in direct interaction with all the areas of human activity which form society.It is a great laboratory, a generator of creative energy that generates unedited processes of development in diverse fields of culture, production, economics and politics. The activities of Cittadellarte pursue a basic objective: to operationally take artistic interventions into every sector of civil society to contribute responsibly and profitably to address the profound changes of our age. Cittadellarte is a non-profit organization of social utility. Cittadellarte Fashion - Bio Ethical Sustainable Trend (B.E.S.T.) is a workshop dedicated to developing a form of fashion based on the principles of sustainability, that brings creativity into action and interaction with all the stakeholders in the world of sustainable fashion and at many different levels (from design to production, distribution and communication). In 2009 Michelangelo Pistoletto and Franca Sozzani launched the project Cittadellarte Fashion B.E.S.T.The designers and artists involved in the project come from Milan, New York and London fashion weeks and are award winners and finalists in the most important international contests, for example the Hyères Festival. To name a few of them: Mary Katranzou, Sandra Backlund, Mark Fast, Camo, Matthew Ames, Marco de Vincenzo, Kathrin Lugbauer and Nora Berger.

NABA NUOVA ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI

CITTADELLARTE FONDAZIONE PISTOLETTO

WHATMAIN FEATURES — Advanced Professional Training after degree — Coaching and Tutorship approach — Collaboration with the most exclusive manufacturers in the world based in the Biella area (wool and knitting, fabrics and textile, dyeing finishing) — Residential experience in the special context of Cittadellarte – a research center and an exhibition area

DURATION

LANGUAGE

ENTRY REQUIREMENTSPeople holding a BA degree or an MA degree or high school diploma holders + university level experience and/or significant professional experience.

INTAKES3 per academic year:

DATES 2017

DATES 2018

LEARNING OUTCOMES — Being able to combine traditional production techniques with an innovative approach and a market sensitivity through arts and design approaches. — Develop an individual project through a full and complete cycle (concept, production, communication) in collaboration with the Italian Excellence in fashion and textile manufacturing.

ADMISSION: NABA AND CITTADELLARTE FASHION B.E.S.T.Portfolio, curriculum, motivation letter and interview (if necessary).Applicants should have deep understanding of the reasons behind the feasibility and the best practices of the transition to sustainable fashion.

October 9 - December 1

March 5 - May 4

May 28 - July 20

Italian / English (English speaking lecturers)

8 weeks / 240 hrs

NABA and Cittadellarte Fashion B.E.S.T.

create a brand new experience in the

international professional education

landscape.

The intensive advanced courses offer the unique possibility to work both on artistic

creativity and real production.

WEEK DIAGRAMEvery week will be structured like this:

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

Lecture + review by a Visiting

Professor selected by NABA

Lecture + review by NABA and/or Cittadellarte

faculty members

In-companyexperience

Research and project

development

Research and project

development

TUTORSHIP

PROGRAM OVERVIEWThe residence is based on labs. Labs are places for research, designed to give students working knowledge of the selected subject. The research process starts with the proposal of a brief, which outlines the subject, scope, and purpose of the activity.

The research is in collaboration with internal faculty, visiting professors and industrial partners, paying attention to fulfill both educational and professional goals. Each lab culminates in a final event, an open presentation to the public of the work done. In the development of the research, students will be supported by lectures aimed at broadening their knowledge on the specific investigation theme, inviting designers, researchers, stakeholders and representatives of companies to present their work and ideas as a link between the specific disciplinary perspective and the broader cultural/economic context.

Periodic feedbacks to students are also part of the assessment. Students work in multi-cultural and international teams to enhance their capacity for teamwork as well as to expose them to a comparison with different backgrounds and cultures.

Students work individually or in mixed groups to support the building of a common mindset and to share previous experiences. Students are exposed to different points of view in the contemporary fashion field, working with designers and companies.

One of the purposes of this exposure is to give students the broadest possible view of the design field in order to support them in the selection of the area in which to concentrate their future careers.

FIRST DAYWelcome

8 WEEKS LABA-Gender FashionTextile Research ExperienceFashion Curation and Exhibit

LAST DAYFinal Presentation and Certificate Award

PROGRAM DIAGRAMThe program is structured in three laboratories that proceed in parallel: A-Gender Fashion, Textile Research Experience and Fashion Curation and Exhibit. Students are invited to attend one or more. Within them they develop their own research project, which will be exhibited during a final event.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

The program foresees frontal lessons, lab activity and in-company visits/experience.

Students of the three different training paths will work together in the lab area and will share ideas and working methodologies supported by a dedicated tutor.

Every week a NABA Visiting Professor will hold a one-day lecture focusing on his/her professional field.

Lessons in the lab will constitute the core of the didactical experience and will be held by the Project Leaders of the three study paths and the tutor.

The Project Leaders will be present once a week and will carry out teaching and project revision activity.

Students will be able to use the lab also after class time, in order to complete their projects.

At the end of the program, students will have the option of showcasing a presentation of their projects according to the schedule of the Milanese fashion events.

At the end of the course students will receive an assessment by their teachers, as well as a final attendance certificate upon successful completion of the program.

In-company visits/experience

TRAINING PATHSA-GENDER FASHION TEXTILE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Cultural changes related to gender issues are generating a different approach in definingfashion categories. The traditional collection men/women is becoming less significant, while at the opposite we can see men and women in the same collection or entire collections that are designed for both genders. The historical competencies rooted in Biella area offer the opportunity to apply traditional technologies related to the a-gender production. Students will then research and design a capsule collection that combines the two different genres.

In the textile area the demand for professionals who introduce both technological innovation of new aesthetics derived from traditional processes is constantly increasing. Embroidery, printing, texture, finishings, materials and colors can offer an endless array of possibilities that respond to market demand. Within the residence, with the weekly meeting with the visiting professor, students will conduct their experimentation in this field and, at the end, they will be able to propose their own textile collection.

This specialization is a novelty among the educational offerings in the fashion industry. The increasing diffusion of museums dedicated to fashion requires a brand new skilled staff, who can set new ways of telling and representing fashion, encompassing the old museum systems. The same need for a new story of fashion is leading to design completely new display. Within the residence, with the weekly meeting with the visiting professor, students will conduct their experimentation in this field and, at the end, they will be able to propose their own proposal of curatorship / exhibition.

TRAINING PATHSFASHION CURATION AND EXHIBIT

Venere degli stracci (Venus of rags) 1967-74 Michelangelo Pistoletto - photo archivio Cittadellarte

LOCATIONCittadellarte is located within the

premises of a previously industrial

space, the ex Trombetta Wool Mill, a

complex of industrial archaeology in

the historical textile centre of Biella

(an hour from Milan).

Cittadellarte offers a specialized tailoring, textile and knitwear lab.Students will stay in single or double rooms with common bathroom.The cafeteria offers a huge variety of local food, suitable for satisfying the needs of students with different eating habits.Students will also be able to cook their own food in a shared recreational area.

The complex includes: — Exhibitions and workshops of some of the most renowned contemporary artists worldwide; — A recreational area with music and bar, that can also be used for self-managed events; — A shop selling products connected with Fondazione Pistoletto, as — well as artefacts by local manufacturers and companies; — A well-equipped start-up area dedicated to young entrepreneurs.

CITTADELLARTE FONDAZIONE PISTOLETTO

Cittadellarte Studios

WHOFACULTY AND PROFESSIONALS

Fashion in Residence is a project by:

NICOLETTA MOROZZI NABA Fashion Project Leader

PAOLO NALDINI Director Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto

SILVIO BETTERELLI Fashion Designer and Art Director Studios

OLGA PIRAZZI Fashion B.E.S.T. Project Coordinator

NABA PROJECT LEADERS

SILVIO BETTERELLI A-Gender Collection

ALESSANDRA GALASSO Fashion Curation And Exhibit

MANUELA RUBERTELLI Textile Research Experience

CITTADELLARTE PROJECT LEADERS

SILVIO BETTERELLI A-gender Collection

JUAN SANDOVAL CECILIA GUIDA Fashion Curation and Exhibit

LAURA CORTINOVIS Textile Research Experience

During the course students will meet and

work with a selection of NABA Fashion Area

Faculty, artists and professionals from

Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto and

companies/manufacturers.

MANUELA RUBERTELLINABA

JUAN SANDOVALCITTADELLARTE

LAURA CORTINOVISCITTADELLARTE

ALESSANDRA GALASSONABA

CECILIA GUIDACITTADELLARTE

SILVIO BETTERELLICITTADELLARTE - NABA

FACULTY, PARTNERS AND TESTIMONIALS CITTADELLARTE FASHION B.E.S.T.MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO, Artist, Director and Cittadellarte Founder PAOLO NALDINI, Cittadellarte DirectorROBERTO MOLLICA, Oasi Zegna, Cittadellarte Special Projects and StrategySANDRA BAKLUND, B.E.S.T. Fashion DesignerMARCO DE VINCENZO, B.E.S.T. Fashion DesignerSTEFANO UGHETTI, Man B.E.S.T. Fashion DesignerFLAVIA LA ROCCA, B.E.S.T. Emerging Fashion Designer  CAMERA NAZIONALE DELLA MODA ITALIANA (The National Chamber for Italian Fashion)UN - UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONTESSILE & SALUTEECO AGEGLOBAL FASHIONVOGUEMoMu - Mode Museum Antwerpen - Kaate Dedo, Director

UNIVERSITY OF IDEAS MENTORS:Assemble Studio UKRick Lowe

B.E.S.T. PLATFORM COMPANIESWOOL, TEXTILE AND KNITWEARBotto Giuseppe S.p.A.

Botto Poala S.p.A.Brugnoli Giovanni S.p.A.Filatura e Tessitura di Tollegno S.p.A.Filatura di Trivero S.p.ALanificio Dell’Olivo S.p.AEurojersey S.p.A.Zegna Baruffa Lane Borgosesia S.p.A.

FABRICErica Industria tessile S.p.A.ErmenegildoZegna Holditalia S.p.A.Lanificio Fratelli Cerruti S.p.A.Lanificio Guabello - Marzotto S.p.A.Lanificio Subalpino S.r.l.Lanificio Zignone S.p.A.Marini Industrie S.p.A.

DYEING PLANTS AND FINISHINGGruppo Colle SrlLaura Cortinovis - Felt techniques and natural dyeing Officina+39 - Italy dyeing

JEANS SPECIAL PROJECTCandiani S.p.A.

ACCESSORIESAstarte S.r.l.MV1843 s.r.l.Industria tessile S.p.A. Borello & Co.Giovanni Lanfranchi S.p.AForza Giovane

NABA CITTADELLARTE FONDAZIONE PISTOLETTO

POSSIBLE EVENTS FOR DISPLAYING STUDENT PROJECTS

— Milano Fashion Week — Milano Unica — Arte al Centro — Pitti Filati Florence — Triennale di Milano

NABA Fashion Project LeaderNICOLETTA MOROZZI

Faculty e Visiting Professors from MA in Fashion and Textile Design and invited testimonials:ALDO LANZINI, Course Leader NABA Fashion and Textile Design DEA CURIC, Illustrator, Fashion Designer ROMEO GIGLI, Fashion Designer ROBERTO MAGLIOZZI, PhotographerGENI IORIO, Tailoring and Pattern Making COLOMBA LEDDI, Course Leader NABA Fashion BA, Fashion designerANNALISA LIMONTA, Hats Designer CLAUDIA NESI, Fashion Designer LORENZA PIGNATTI, Art Historian, Curator, EssayistMANUELA PORTA, Costume Designer, Performer GUIDO RICCITELLI, Consultant for Fashion Industry, Accessory DesignCINZIA RUGGERI, Fashion Designer, ArtistSTEFANIA SEONI, Journalist, Fashion Scouting

NABANuova Accademia di Belle Arti via Carlo Darwin 20, 20143 Milanonaba.it

CittadellarteFondazione Pistoletto ONLUS via Serralunga 27, 13900 Biellacittadellarte.it