Abadir is a Design and Visual Communication Academy based on the slopes of Mount Etna, active on a local, national and international scale in the training of young people in design disciplines and new media, through collaborations and partnerships with Italian and European companies and institutions.
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Discover all our upcoming events, orientation activities and projects we have developed:
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Design in the post-human rights era
Course in Sociology of Cultural Processes 2025–2026 with Fabio Ciaravella
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Designing for Ginostra: prototypes for the revitalisation of Puntazzo
Product design, interiors and visual communication
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Design and project for the city
Erasmus+ Short Mobility in Barcelona
The short film *Aitna* wins the 2026 Onde di Cinema Festival
1st Prize and Special Jury Prize for Leonardo Marletta's thesis.
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A fish out of water – Summer School
Curated by Giulia Colletti in partnership with Syracuse Academy.
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ABCD E… Fellini. Oneiric ABC
CVAD Master's project in partnership with Fellini Museum
Erasmus+ Student Mobility in Warsaw
The term of study of Alice Incognito and Alice Pellegrino.
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NIMI Temporary Fablab
A series of workshops themed around food, textiles and ceramics.
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Sewing universes. Book presentation by Domitilla Dardi
Friday 24 July at 19.00 at Abadir DELIDA, Catania.
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AWDA – Aiap Women in Design Award 2026
Deadline extended to 15 July 2026!
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Communicating culture: identity, audiences and communication strategies
Talk with Emilio Leo from Isola Catania
Generative Design: between Textile and Digital Print
Master CVAD 2024–2025
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Designing with scents. Workshop with The Snifferoo
Designing fragrances with Frank Bloem
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Orografie awarded at the 29th ADI Compasso d’Oro
For Trespolo by Giulio Iacchetti. Special mention to Emersivi
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Abadir x Design Bomb Festival
A talk with Sarah Mazzetti + an installation curated by Enrico Gisana
TALK WITH METAHAVEN
Daniel van der Velden in conversation with Giulia Colletti.
NIMI Travel Exhibition
Exhibition of projects developed within the framework of NIMI – The New Intelligence of Made in Italy.
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ABADIR ON THE ROAD
Gela, Messina, Modica: three free events to discover the Three-Year Courses.
AI in practice – Micro Festival
A multidisciplinary perspective on AI and creativity
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BODIES OF WATER 2: Designing Across the Aridity Line
Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme focusing on aridity in the Mediterranean region.
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Open Day 2026
Come and discover Abadir's range of courses for the 2026-2027 Academic Year
Workshop Five Elements in Five Days
An immersive workshop in Rotterdam, in collaboration with Studio Makkink&Bey and Waterschool, as part of the NIMI project.
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Open courses – Master's in Strategic Design and Creative Direction
Workshops, online lessons and blended activities: sign up for individual modules!
This is not a square, this is a universe
Workshop with Aliki van der Kruijs
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Erasmus Welcome Day 2026
Erasmus Incoming Students – Spring Term 2026.
Transition
In December 2025, the Sicilcima showroom in Catania will host a new installation designed by Makoto Fukuda in collaboration with students on the Exhibition Design course.
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Careers Fairs 2025
From October to December 2025, Abadir will be presenting the NIMI project – The New Intelligence of Made in Italy – at student fairs. Attendance is free. We look forward to seeing you there!
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How to Write Design – Talk with Emanuele Quinz
Emanuele Quinz, art and design historian and independent curator, in conversation with Paolo Casicci, Vincenzo Castellana and Lucia Giuliano on Monday 27 October at Abadir DELIDA. Free entry!
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LastStraw – Exhibition and Acoustic Live Show
A group exhibition of posters, the launch of the third issue of the independent publication *LastStraw* and an acoustic live performance by angelosulserio, on 26 September from 7.30 pm at Abadir.
D.D.A. (DATA-DRIVEN ART) – Installation and Talk by Ditroit
An interactive installation curated by the Milan-based studio Ditroit, a talk with its founder, Salvo Giunta, and an exhibition of motion design projects, on 12 September at 7.00 pm at Abadir DELIDA – Design Library and Digital Archive. Free entry!
The Harvest Society
The ceramic prototypes developed in the ‘Le mani in movimento’ workshop are showcased through a dinner-performance curated by designer Giulia Soldati and chef Gabriele Camiolo.
Vibe Coding – Workshop with Sander Sturing and Merijn van Velsen (Studio Dumbar)
How can artificial intelligence support the creative and design process? With Merijn van Velsen and Sander Sturing from Studio Dumbar (Rotterdam) we learned how to generate and modify patterns through creative coding.
Hands in motion
A workshop with Giulia Soldati as part of the NIMI project – The New Intelligence of ‘Made in Italy’ to design ceramic objects that encourage new ways of interacting with food.
Modelling the First City
A workshop in which participants will design a temporary installation based on a series of ceramic prototypes.
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BODIES OF WATER
A study programme exploring the role of water as a catalyst for social and environmental change, promoted by ABADIR in partnership with Die Angewandte and EASD Castelló and curated by Giulia Colletti as part of the Erasmus+ programme and the Waterschool South educational project.
Digitising the earth: digital organic forms
A clay 3D printing workshop in collaboration with SMAC, the School of Additive Manufacturing in Coreglia Antelminelli (LU), organised as part of the NIMI project – La Nuova Intelligenza del Made in Italy.
Ashes to Ashes
ABADIR’s new installation for the Sicilcima showroom in Catania pays homage to Mount Etna. The project was curated by Makoto Fukuda in collaboration with students on the Exhibition Design course.
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Erasmus Short Mobility: Eindhoven and Rotterdam
A new Erasmus mobility experience organised as part of the EMN Consortium, during Dutch Design Week and in collaboration with Studio De Ronners. Read our travel diary
‘Domestic, Mediterranean’ Exhibition
To mark the 12th edition of iDesign Palermo, ABADIR is presenting the projects developed with Giuseppe Arezzi in the Design III workshop and produced in collaboration with various companies from central and southern Italy.
Music, design and conversations with Wanderlust Vision
On Thursday 12 September at ABADIR, an immersive experience combining music and design, featuring the ‘Design Through Entertainment’ talk and a musical performance by Klaus and Coquinati
Erasmus Short-Term Mobility: Matosinhos
An Erasmus mobility programme organised as part of the EMN Consortium and in collaboration with ESAD Matosinhos. Read our travel diary
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Librino Off-Screen
The photographic research project developed by the students on the Level I Master’s degree programme in Visual Communication and Art Direction.
SOUP. Interlude 01 – Culture of Peace
This year, as part of the Materials Technology for Graphics course taught by Luisella Cresto, we at Print Club Torino produced a publication for SOUP – FARM Cultural Park’s magazine for boys and girls – whilst experimenting with screen printing.
Design, Humanity and Nature – Abadir al Salone Satellite 2024
Abadir returns to SaloneSatellite, the event at the Salone del Mobile in Milan dedicated to designers under 35 and design schools, with a selection of projects that explore the relationship between design, people and nature.
Sea Flakes
A new installation curated by ABADIR for the Sicilcima showroom in Catania, designed by the students of the Exhibition Design course led by Makoto Fukuda and created through the upcycling of plastic bottles.
Show Let the City Speak
On October 20 at 19:00 at Trame di Quartiere, the exhibition of posters created with Studio Mut during our Summer School opens: 30 young designers from all over Italy tried to portray Catania, give it a voice and dialogue with it.
Let the City speak
A series of posters to give a voice to the city of Catania and converse with it
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Silkscreen Poster Jam Session
A screen printing workshop with Filip Zagórski and Marta Kwiatek (School of Form)
CU NESCI ARRINESCI – Fanzine
Also this year we visited Print Club Torino with Luisella Cresto, lecturer in Materials Technology for Graphics, and brought to life a new editorial project printed in Risograph.
Pink Clouds
A new installation for the Sicilcima showroom in Catania, curated by Makoto Fukuda and created by the male and female students of the Modelling course. Come and discover it at Viale Africa 42
ALL CAPITALS – Workshop with Julia Born
In the All Capitals workshop with Julia Born, we investigated the relationship between writing and the urban fabric of Palermo, analysing its graphic landscape to create posters inspired by our visual research.
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Festival Barocco & Neobarocco 2022
The posters produced as part of the Graphic Design course 2021-2022 at the Baroque & Neobaroque festival in Ragusa Ibla.
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F-AKER. Recycle our tarpaulin waste and make your own original F-ake
The Freitag brand hosted students from the Product Design course in its Milan store for a workshop on the theme of reuse and the circular economy.
Cosmogony
An installation reflecting on the themes of recycling, assembly and repetition, curated by the GiulianoFukuda studio and produced by ABADIR for SicilCima. Come and discover it at Viale Africa 42 in Catania.
White Allegory
The installation created during the Organic Forms workshop led by Makoto Fukuda is a suspended vertical system inspired by the curved lines found in nature.
MIGRA-N-TI. Practical and symbolic experiments in design
In 2017, Abadir set out to explore the phenomenon of migration. This raises many questions: is it possible to create a dialogue between the practical and the symbolic? What is the gap between the data collected and the information disseminated? How do Sicilians experience this phenomenon?
