 |
No items matching your keywords were found.
Discovering the world of Fashion & Design in the stylish Milan
No plans for the coming summer? NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano, has a lot of ideas for you!
Spend your summer in the inspiring Milano, the cutting edge of creativity.
Milan with its vibrant urban atmosphere and unmistakable creativity make it your next destination if you are looking forward to getting a close look at the world of creativity in Milan, the world capital of Fashion, Design and Communication.
Be part of a team made of young International designers, start creating and developing a project and meet new friends coming from over 40 countries around the world.
What are you waiting for?
NABA joins together students and professionals and integrates the more traditional disciplines with the new technologies and the project-oriented culture of Italian Fashion and Design. This approach derives from continuous experimentation and research of new trends and every summer attracts students and professionals from all over the world.
This summer do not miss the chance to take part in the Introduction to Graphic Design course at NABA from June 29th to July 10th. This course is oriented towards curious newcomers to the field of communication who wish to explore the links between urban communication and graphic design through a mixture of theory and practice to inspire a “totally refreshing view of Milan”.
The final output of this course will be a printed magazine conveying Milan’s character. After completing this course you could join NABA “Photography and the Moving Image Studio” course from July 14th to July 24th and learn how to make a short animation movie through the stop-motion technique. You will be offered the opportunity to express your creativity using flashlights and colour filters and to develop your knowledge of digital photography.
Would you like to have a closer approach to the world of editorial and fashion photography? The “Fashion Photography Studio” course, from July 14th to July 24th, might represent an interesting option for you.
This course will enable you to achieve a good confidence with light, with a digital camera and teach you how to work on different sets, be it a studio set with artificial light or an outdoor location. In addition to this, you will learn how fashion designers, photographers and editors interact with each other.
If you are more interested in discovering the macro-economic scenery of the fashion business in Italy and internationally in order to learn how to anticipate and analyze its changes; to develop, manage and implement an effective company marketing strategy and marketing plan, then the “Introduction to Fashion Marketing” course taking place on NABA campus from June 29th to July 10th, is what you are looking for.
This course can be completed by the “Fashion Merchandising Studio” course – from July 14th to July 24th – in which you will explore the dynamic context and the challenges the fashion industry is facing in the currently increasing global competitive scenery, with a focus on the fashion buying cycle, retail brand marketing in the fashion industry, net fashion, the internationalization of flagship luxury stores and many more interesting topics.
Are you thinking about studying Fashion Design but you don’t know whether this is the right choice? Why don’t you enrol in NABA “Introduction to Fashion Design” course (from June 29th to July 10th)?
Using global influences and trends as a starting point, this course introduces fashion to beginners by showing them how to use a theme to produce and present work that will prepare them for further studies in the fashion field. Art, crafts, culture and lifestyles from different ethnicities worldwide (Africa! India!) will be the ingredients to put together and shake up to create a small collection of coordinated clothes.
Talks will be given during the course on Italy’s fashion system and on art related to the project. Students will also be sent to the best fashion zones in Milan and given lists of places to go and see out of lesson times.
After completing this course you can decide to continue with an exploration of the fundamentals of Luxury Accessory Brand collections in the “Fashion Accessories Design Studio” course from July 14th to July 24th.
The first part of the course is devoted to explore and identify the main European Luxury Accessory Brands: their strategies on the luxury market; the product development in terms of image; the communication strategy; the Italian-specific making methods.
Students will acquire the main basics skills to coordinate and develop a new luxury accessory brand.
During the course students will be introduced to the Italian Luxury Accessory Districts: they will visit handcraft shoe ateliers and the luxury shoe museum in Vigevano, manufacturing companies producing high luxury shoes in Riviera del Brenta, a leather library that is unique in Milan, as well as multi-brand show-rooms in Milan.
The second part of the course is focused on developing a project to create a new Brand of Luxury Accessories. From image design to the final presentation on the market.
Introduction level courses are aimed at whoever wants to start exploring the world of Fashion, Graphics and Design, whereas Studio level and Advanced level courses are meant for 1st, 2nd and 3rd year university students and for professionals who would like to have a refreshing experience in a young international environment. Do not forget that you can attend Introduction + Intermediate level courses and take the 4-week Combined Session!
If you want to take part in our summer courses, don’t loose time and get in touch with us. We are about to close enrolments!
For any further information please have a look at our Summer Programs website:
Any questions? Write to summer@naba.it
About the Author
Web Marketing Team is a company specialized in the online web marketing sector.
We employ the network as an instrument of communication and work, and use the marketing as a medium to streamline the outcomes of our effort. The purpose of our work is to produce and to address high quality web traffic toward our customers' sites so to reach real and clear outcomes. It is for this reason that we focus on search engines: our aim is to make your site ever-present and visible in them.
You might stand there gaping at the beautiful candle creations of experts without knowing that you too can craft elegantly shaped candles. First you see a chunk of wax get transformed from nothing but a bumpy mass to something that is shaped like the most rounded fruit. The trick to a handcrafted candle's pretty form is the mold that was used to form it. For shaping candle wax, you ought to use the best candle molds you can afford. If not for molds, candles won't have the aesthetic beauty we have come to love. In fact, most individuals will tell you that a homemade candle's form is the main reason why they purchase.
If the shapes of your candles are appealing, your buyers will notice them even from a distance. This means you should make your candles as aesthetically pleasing as possible by selecting your molds perfectly. The mold will hold the wax while it is cooling and is therefore the most important utensil for designing your candles.
The melted wax stays inside the mold after you are done adding dye and fragrance to it. After you are done melting the wax, the next step is to pour them in the molds for setting and cooling. When the candle wax has solidified, it will take the outline of the mold. To produce perfectly shaped candles, your molds must have a well-defined form with no breaks in them to avoid unsightly seams on your candles. Poorly shaped candles come out from molds with cracks in them. Molds come in diverse girths, shapes and styles.
Metal molds are very familiar because these are durable and heat hardy. For that finished, seamless look on your candles, go for aluminum molds. Clean up is a breeze with this type of mold, which means you can wash quickly and use them again for next time. Aluminum molds are weightless enough to be stowed away in small cabinets and even the kitchen pantry. You can stack these aluminum molds inside your stockroom or in your cupboard without worrying about deformation during storage. Mass producers of candles usually use aluminum molds. But, aluminum molds cannot be bent, which means they are not flexible at all.
Silicone, polyurethane and latex molds are other mold kinds you can make use of for your candle crafting. These are flexible and easier to use than aluminum molds, albeit more pricey. This means you do not have to use as much releasing agents to get the candle out. Good quality silicone molds can be stretched over the candles when they're ready. Comparing silicone and polyurethane as mold types, the former is more flexible but the latter is a lot cheaper. Molds made of rubber are not as popular among candle makers as before.
Plastic molds are the easiest to find and the least expensive among the mold types. Small plastic bowls around your house, even those you plan on throwing out, can be used as candle molds. While you're still a beginner at candle crafting, these will do as your practice molds. If you would like to recycle your old household items, turn them into candle molds. Almost any old container can be used as a mold for your candles.
Tom Taft is a Candle Making enthusiast. Here is more information on Candle Making Molds. Here is a website with a free mini-course dedicated to Candle Making.