Students from the 3rd year of the BA Fashion Design course have attended a textile design workshop with the tutorship of the entrepreneur Qirong-er, for the company ShiangXia (Hermès Group). Ancient techniques, as cashmere felting and craft dyeing have been reinterpreted in a contemporary version.
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Diana Caponi, Manuel Capozzi, Luxi Chen, Clelia Levis, Daniela Ponzo, Leyla Talakoub
In the first special Dr. Martens project for young creativity in an Italian academy, NABA students reinterpreted the English brand's boots with a focus on sustainability and AI experimentation.
The collaboration between NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, and DANI, has developed through two workshops involving the Fashion Design and Product Design courses in the creation of artefacts using Zero Waste Dani leather and leather scraps from the Dani manufacture.
The sectoral brand Alpaca del Peru is one of the protagonists of Pitti Filati 89. In this edition was also presented the outfit resulting from the project in collaboration between Promperú Italia and the students of the 2nd and 3rd year of the BA and the 1st year of the MA in Fashion Design of NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti.
