From June to August, NABA offers two-week intensive courses in the fields of Design, Fashion, Fine Arts, Multimedia Arts, Communication, Italian Culture in Milan and Rome.
You will be immersed in Italy’s thriving creative community through visits to museums, companies, production facilities, and design studios. Guided by skilled Italian and international professionals, you will explore trends in fashion and design and learn how to research and present a creative idea.
Upon successful completion of each 2-week summer course in Milan, in Rome as well as for the Two Cities, Double Experience programmes (45 hours), NABA will issue 3 CFA credits that can be transferred at the option of each student’s home university.
All Summer Courses are conducted in English.
Summer Courses
OUR COURSES
The course introduces illustration as a creative and strategic tool for visual communication. Students explore how images convey stories and emotions, working across packaging, lettering, character design, and advertising with both traditional and digital techniques.
This course is intended for students without any academic background in the specific subject area and for students attending their first year of university studies in Art and Design.
An inspiring discovery of the Italian fashion pipeline with lectures by experienced professionals and guided visits to Milan’s best fashion areas and showrooms. Students will be given an overview of the Italian Fashion System, and they will learn to produce fashion sketches and to carry out research to be used to develop a fashion collection.
Milan Campus - for 15/17 years olds
This course is intended for students without any academic background in the specific subject area.
Milan Campus - for 15/17 year olds
This course is intended for students without any academic background in the specific subject area.
Rome Campus - for 15/18 years olds
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to design, providing a 360-degree view of the creative process in interior and product design. Participants move through research, strategy, idea generation and development, exploring theory and industry insights to refine their own design methodology.
This course is not available at the moment
Rome Campus - for 15/18 years olds
The course introduces participants to the basics of fashion, focusing on creative exploration, design techniques and portfolio development. They will learn teamwork with peers from diverse cultural backgrounds and work on a design project for an Italian brand.
This course is not available at the moment