Milano: A Creative City

A three-part series on the city and its cultures

Few cities tell their story through their creative industries as vividly as Milan. Fashion, art, and design are not decorative additions to the city's identity - they are the lenses through which Milan can be read, understood, and reimagined. This series of three open meetings invites students to explore the city through these three perspectives, discovering how Milan has become a global reference point for creativity, and how that creativity continues to shape the way the city looks, works, and lives.

Milano & Fashion 13/10 h. 6:15-8:15pm
Milan is not simply a city where fashion happens - it is a city that fashion has shaped. From the Quadrilatero della Moda to the workshops that once housed its ateliers, this meeting explores how Milan became a global capital of style, tracing the interplay between craftsmanship, industry, and cultural identity that continues to define the city today.

Milano & Art 3/11 h. 6:15-8:15pm
From the Sforzesco Castle to contemporary spaces such as Fondazione Prada and Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan holds a layered artistic identity spanning centuries. This meeting reads the city through its art — the tension between its inheritance and its role as a laboratory for the contemporary - and asks what it means to encounter art in a city that constantly reinvents itself.

Milano & Design 17/11 h. 6:15-8:15pm
Home to the Salone del Mobile and the Triennale, Milan is widely regarded as one of the world's design capitals. This meeting looks at how design permeates the city - not only through its objects and showrooms, but in the way Milan itself is conceived, built, and lived - exploring design as both an industry and a way of thinking inseparable from the city's identity.

The activity is open also to Faculty and Staff Members, but priority will be given to students.