Abadir is a Design and Visual Communication Academy based on the slopes of Mount Etna. It operates locally, nationally, and internationally, training young people in design and new media disciplines through collaborations and partnerships with Italian and European companies and institutions.
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Discover all the upcoming events, orientation activities and projects we have developed:
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TALK WITH METAHAVEN
Daniel van der Velden in conversation with Giulia Colletti.
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NIMI Travel Exhibition
Exhibition of projects developed as part of NIMI – The New Intelligence of Made in Italy.
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ABADIR ON THE ROAD
Gela, Messina, and Modica: three free events to explore 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
The new Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme focuses on aridity in the Mediterranean area.
Open day 2026
Come and discover Abadir's educational offerings for the 2026-2027 academic year.
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Five Elements in Five Days Workshop
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 in Strategic Design and Creative Direction
Workshops, online lessons, and blended activities: sign up for individual modules!
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This is not a square, this is a universe
Workshop with Aliki van der Kruijs
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Utsuroi うつろい
In December 2025, the Sicilcima showroom in Catania will host a new installation designed by Makoto Fukuda with students from the Exhibition Design course.
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Orientation Salons 2025
From October to December 2025, Abadir will present the NIMI project – The New Intelligence of Made in Italy at the student fairs. Participation is free. We look forward to seeing you!
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How to (De)scribe Design – A 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, October 27th at Abadir DELIDA. Free admission!
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LastStraw – Exhibition and Acoustic Live
A group poster exhibition, the presentation of the third volume of the independent publication LastStraw, and an acoustic live performance by angelosulserio will take place on September 26th, starting at 7:30 PM in Abadir.
DDA (DATA-DRIVEN ART) – Installation and Talk by Ditroit
An interactive installation curated by Milanese studio Ditroit, a talk with its founder, Salvo Giunta, and an exhibition of motion design projects, on September 12th at 7:00 PM at Abadir DELIDA – Design Library and Digital Archive. Free admission!
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.
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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 of 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 artefacts that promote new forms of interaction with food.
Shaping the First City
A workshop in which to design an ephemeral installation starting from a series of ceramic prototypes.
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BODIES OF WATER
A study program 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+ program and the Waterschool South educational project.
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Digitizing the Earth: Digital Organic Forms
A 3D clay printing workshop in collaboration with SMAC, the School of Additive Manufacturing in Coreglia Antelminelli (LU), organized as part of the NIMI – The New Intelligence of Made in Italy project.
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ABADIR's new installation for the Sicilcima showroom in Catania pays homage to Mount Etna. It's a project curated by Makoto Fukuda with students from the Exhibition Design program.
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Erasmus Short Mobility: Eindhoven and Rotterdam
A new Erasmus mobility experience organized by the EMN Consortium, during Dutch Design Week and in collaboration with Studio De Ronners. Read our travel diary.
Domestic Exhibition, Mediterranean
On the occasion of the 12th edition of iDesign Palermo, ABADIR presents the projects developed with Giuseppe Arezzi in the Design III laboratory and created in collaboration with various companies in central and southern Italy.
Music, design, and conversations with Wanderlust Vision
On Thursday, September 12th, ABADIR will host an immersive experience between music and design, with the talk "Design Through Entertainment" and a musical performance by Klaus and Coquinati.
Erasmus Short Mobility: Matosinhos
An experimental Erasmus mobility experience organized by the EMN Consortium and in collaboration with ESAD Matosinhos. Read our travel diary.
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SOUP. Intermezzo 01 – Culture of Peace
This year, for the Materials Technology for Graphic Design course with Luisella Cresto, we at Print Club Torino created a publication for SOUP, the FARM Cultural Park children's magazine, experimenting with screen printing.
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Design, Humanity and Nature – Abadir at 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, humanity, and nature.
Sea Flakes
A new installation curated by ABADIR for the Sicilcima showroom in Catania, designed by students from the Exhibition Design course led by Makoto Fukuda and created through upcycling plastic bottles.
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Let the City Speak Exhibition
On October 20th at 7:00 PM, Trame di Quartiere will inaugurate the exhibition of posters created with Studio Mut during our Summer School: 30 young designers from all over Italy have attempted to tell the story of Catania, give it a voice, and engage with it.
Let the City Speak
A series of posters to give voice to the city of Catania and engage in dialogue 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
This year too, we went to Print Club Torino with Luisella Cresto, a teacher of Materials Technology for Graphics, and we brought to life a new publishing project printed in Risograph.
Pink Clouds
A new installation for the Sicilcima showroom in Catania, curated by Makoto Fukuda and created by students from the Model Making program. Come see it at Viale Africa 42.
ALL CAPITALS – Workshop with Julia Born
In the All Capitals workshop with Julia Born, we explored the relationship between writing and the urban fabric of Palermo, analyzing its graphic landscape to create posters inspired by our visual research.
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Baroque & Neo-Baroque Festival 2022
Posters created as part of the 2021-2022 Graphic Design course at the Baroque & Neo-Baroque festival in Ragusa Ibla.
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F-AKER. Recycle our tarp trash and make your own original F-ake
Freitag hosted Product Design students at its Milan store for a workshop on reuse and the circular economy.
Cosmogony
An installation that reflects on the themes of recycling, assembly, and repetition, curated by GiulianoFukuda and created by ABADIR for SicilCima. Come see it at Viale Africa 42 in Catania.
White Allegory
The installation created in 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 chose to explore the nature of migration. Many questions arise: is it possible to establish 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?
