Alba Cappellieri

Didattica

Fashion Tech - From active to interactive fashion, sportswear and lifestyle design

VI edizione

• Inglese

• ottobre 2025

• Fashion Design

In collaborazione con
POLIMI Graduate School of Management

Fashion Accessories & Jewellery: Design & Management

XII edizione

• Inglese

• gennaio 2025

• Product Design

Bio

Alba Cappellieri, Ph.D.

is an Italian scholar, curator and author in the fields of jewelry. She is the Head of Jewellery and Fashion Accessories Programs at the Politecnico di Milano, where she also serves as Director of the International Master in Jewelry&FashionAccessories: Creativity, Management, Communication and of the Master in Fashion Tech: From active to interactive fashion, sportswear and lifestyle design.

She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Ecole Van Cleef & Arpels in Paris, of the Gijs Bakker Foundation in Amsterdam, of the Altagamma Awards in Milan, of the Fondazione Cologni in Milan, of the De Beers New Talents Awards in Gaborone. From 2013 to 2016 she taught Design Driven Innovation at the Stanford University. In 2017 she was appointed Ambassador of the Italian Design in Osaka, in 2018 in Sydney, in 2019 in Baku, in 2020 in Miami, in 2021 in Rabat, in 2022 in Hamburg, in 2023 in Cipro, in 2024 in Muscat. In 2014 she was the founder and director of the Jewellery Museum in Vicenza.

She is a curator, academic and consultant for many international jewelry brands, including: Tiffany, Bulgari, Buccellati, VanCleef & Arpels, De Beers, Cartier, Damiani, Pomellato, Chantecler, Roberto Coin, Intisars, Shiphra, Baraka, LiuJoJewels, Recarlo. Homi Fashion&Jewels Fiera Milano.

She curated several International jewellery exhibitions including Van Cleef&Arpels, Time, Nature, Love (Seoul 2024), Tiffany Wonder (Tokyo 2024), Buccellati The Prince of Goldsmiths (Venice 2024), Damiani 100% Italians (Milan 2024) and her last publications include Tiffany Wonder,con C.Young, (Assouline 2024), Three Centuries of High Jewellery in the Pennisi Collection (Skira 2023), Tiffany the Landmark,con C.Young, (Assouline 2023), Buccellati: a century of timeless beauty (Assouline 2021),Bulgari Serpenti: The Power of Metamorphosis (Silvana Editoriale 2021), Diva!The Italian Glamour in Fashion Jewelry (Silvana Editoriale 2021), Cleto Munari Jewelry Design (Manfredi 2021), with M. Pirola, Talenti Italiani: Mano, mente, macchina (Marsilio 2020) , Van Cleef&Arpels: time, nature, love (Skira 2019), Jewelry from Art Nouveau to 3d Printing (Skira 2018), Chains, jewellery in history, function and ornament (Silvana Editoriale 2018), Brilliant (Corraini 2016), con M.Romanelli Italian Design meets Jewellery, (Marsilio 2013)