Set Design

Design and Applied Arts Department Head

Luca Poncellini

<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&nbsp; 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>

Set Design Area Leader

Vincenzo Cuccia

<p>Vincenzo Cuccia has a degree in Cultural Heritage from Universit&agrave; Statale di Milano and in Editing from the Milan Scuola Civica di Cinema e Nuovi Media. As part of his previous professional experience, he worked as an editor in advertising and television, where he collaborated with the RAI (Milan tv broadcast production area) on entertainment, culture and information channels. After working in the SAE Institute since 2009 as lecturer and then Academic Coordinator and Manager of the activity of undergraduate and postgraduate courses on the Creative Media campuses of Milan, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Madrid, Paris and Stockholm, between 2017 and 2021 he has been Course Leader of the BA in Media Design and Multimedia Arts while from 2021 he is Area Leader of Media Design and New Technologies, and Set Design.</p>

NABA Set Design Advisor

Margherita Palli

<p><span class="s2">A </span><span class="s2">Ticinese</span><span class="s2"> set designer, she has studied in Switzerland and Italy. At the end of the 1970s, she began working with sculptor Alik Cavaliere and architect </span><span class="s2">Gae</span><span class="s2"> Aulenti.</span> <span class="s2">In 1984 she opened her own studio and has since worked with many directors: Luca Ronconi, M. Avogadro, A. Barzini, </span><span class="s2">V.Binasco</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s2">F.Branciaroli</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s2">H.Brockhaus</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s2">L.Cavani</span><span class="s2">, C. </span><span class="s2">Lievi</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s2">V.Malosti</span><span class="s2">, M. Martone, L. Muscato, M. Popolizio, C. Rifici, A.R. Shammah, </span><span class="s2">A.Sokurov</span><span class="s2"> and in ballet with D. </span><span class="s2">Erzalow</span><span class="s2">, Yang Jiang, with George Balanchine &copy; The George Balanchine </span><span class="s2">TrustSi</span><span class="s2">. She has worked on set-up projects for art exhibitions and has collaborated on several exhibitions with Italo Rota's Architecture Studio. She has won many awards, including the UBU Prize, the Abbiati Prize, the Gassman Prize, the ETI Prize "Gli </span><span class="s2">Olimpici</span><span class="s2"> del Teatro", the National Association of Theatre Critics Prize, and the Swiss Theatre Prize 2015. In </span><span class="s2">2007, she entered the Guinness World Records with the biggest screen wall in the world. Since June 2024, she has been a non-resident correspondent partner for the Venetian Institute of science, literature and arts. She started teaching in 1991, has been a set-design lecturer at the Architecture Academy of the Italian Swiss University in </span><span class="s2">Mendrisio</span><span class="s2">, professor at the IUAV University of Venice as well as at </span><span class="s2">Politecnico</span><span class="s2"> of Milan, and has been invited as a lecturer for the museography course at </span><span class="s2">Universit&agrave;</span><span class="s2"> Cattolica of Milan.</span></p> <p><span class="s2"></span></p> <p><span class="s2">photo &copy; Claudio </span><span class="s2">Moschin</span><span class="s2"><br /></span></p> <p><span class="s2">&nbsp;</span></p>

Bachelor of Arts in Set Design Course Leader

Francesca Pedrotti

<p></p> <p class="s5"><span class="s2">From 2008 to 2011, she was a stage assistant to Margherita Palli for drama productions at Piccolo Teatro of Milan (directed by Luca Ronconi) and for operas (directed by Cesare </span><span class="s2">Lievi</span><span class="s2"> and Mario Martone).</span></p> <p class="s5"><span class="s2">In 2011, she started a sound collaboration with the director and actor Gioele Dix, creating the set for several plays such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "</span><span class="s2">Nascosto</span><span class="s2"> dove </span><span class="s2">c'&egrave;</span> <span class="s2">pi&ugrave;</span><span class="s2"> luce", and "Matti da </span><span class="s2">slegare</span><span class="s2">".&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="s5"><span class="s2">She worked as a set designer for Bananas agency's (Zelig) live shows. </span></p> <p class="s5"><span class="s2">In fashion, she collaborated with Outfit agency for brands such as Timberland, Canali, and Jacob Cohen, and with Studio Bazzani for the fashion designer Marras.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="s5"><span class="s2">She is part of the "</span><span class="s2">Ortiche</span><span class="s2">" studio, with which she has created set-ups for exhibitions such as "</span><span class="s2">L'arca</span><span class="s2"> di </span><span class="s2">vetro</span><span class="s2">" at Le </span><span class="s2">Stanze</span><span class="s2"> del Vetro in Venice, "The Wells Run Dry" in Paris, and "E-Waste in Ghana" in Arles for </span><span class="s2">Fondation</span> <span class="s2">Carmignac</span><span class="s2">. </span></p> <p class="s5"><span class="s2">She has been a lecturer in set design since 2010 at </span><span class="s2">Naba</span><span class="s2">.</span></p>