Domus Academy is a private school of design in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It offers undergraduate[1], post-graduate and professional courses in fashion, industrial design, and design management.[2]: 132 It is not listed by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education, among the institutions authorised to award degrees in music, dance and the arts.[3]
| Type | private school |
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| Established | 1982 |
| Managing director | Giorgio Lospennato |
| Location | Milan , Italy 45°26′44″N 9°10′28″E / 45.4456°N 9.1744°E |
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| Website | domusacademy |
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History
editDomus Academy was founded in 1982[4] by the Mazzocchi family, owners of Editoriale Domus, which publishes Domus and Quattroruote magazines.[5] Maria Grazia Mazzocchi was president of the school.[5] Gianfranco Ferré was on the staff from 1983 to 1989,[6][7] and Andrea Branzi was cultural director for the first ten years.[5] In 2009 the school was bought by Laureate Education of Baltimore, Maryland, for an estimated ten million euros.[5] In 2018 Laureate sold it to the British group Galileo Global Education.[8]
The institution received a Compasso d'Oro award from the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale in 1994, one of seven corporate recipients among the thirty awards made in that year.[9] It is a member of the Cumulus Association.[10]
Rankings
editIn 2026 the school was ranked at number 62= in the art and design subject subdivision of the QS World University Rankings, up from its 201–260 ranking in 2025.[11] In the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings for 2025 it was ranked at number 501 of the 1745 institutions assessed for sustainability,[12] while in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for sustainability it was placed in the 1001–1500 bracket.[13] It was not listed in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2026.[14]
Alumni
editAlumni include Anna Dello Russo and Neil Poulton.[15]
References
edit- ↑ Dezeen, Bachelor of Arts in Design at Domus Academy, 17 December 2025. Accessed April 2026.
- ↑ Ikujiro Nonaka, Toshihiro Nishiguchi (2000). Knowledge Emergence: Social, Technical, and Evolutionary Dimensions of Knowledge Creation. Oxford: Oxford University Press; ISBN 9780198029991.
- ↑ Istituzioni autorizzate a rilasciare titoli di Alta Formazione Artistica, Musicale e Coreutica (art. 11 DPR 8.7.2005, n. 212) (in Italian). Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca: Alta Formazione Artistica, Musicale e Coreutica. Archived 18 December 2018.
- ↑ Gianluigi Falabrino (2004). Design speaks Italian (in Italian). Milano, Libri Scheiwiller. ISBN 8876443932. Accessed July 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 Barbara Casavecchia, Anna Cirillo (13 January 2010). Le scuole gioiello del design vendute a un colosso americano (in Italian). La Repubblica. Accessed July 2016.
- ↑ Maria-Vittoria Alfonsi (2008). Gianfranco Ferré. L'architetto stilista (in Italian). Milan: Baldini Castoldi Dalai. ISBN 9788860738905. Accessed July 2016.
- ↑ Ferré Gianfranco 1944 - 2007 (in Italian). Archivi della moda del novecento. Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Sistema Archivistico Nazionale. Accessed July 2016.
- ↑ Marta Casadei (23 November 2017). Moda, arte&design: a Milano il maxi-polo delle scuole (in Italian). Il Sole 24 Ore. Accessed May 2018.
- ↑ Fondazione ADI, 1994. Premio Compasso d'Oro 1994. Accessed July 2025.
- ↑ Cumulus Association. Accessed July 2025.
- ↑ QS University Ranking by Subject. Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Accessed April 2026.
- ↑ UI GreenMetric World University Rankings. UI GreenMetric. Accessed April 2026.
- ↑ Impact Rankings. Times Higher Education. Accessed April 2026.
- ↑ World University Rankings. Times Higher Education. Accessed April 2026.
- ↑ Lost in Translation, Curators Dante Donegani and Elena Pacenti, Exhibition Catalogue, 2012, Pag. 65-70-71-74-79-84. Accessed July 2025.