Fabio Novembre was born in Lecce, Italy, in October 21, 1966.
In 1984 he moved to Milan, where in 1992 he received a degree in architecture. In 1993 he lived in New York City where
he attended a movie-direction course at the New York University. In 1994 he was commissioned to design his first
project: the “Anna Molinari Blumarine” shop in Hong Kong. In the same year he opened his own studio in Milan.
From 2000 until 2003 he worked as Art Director at Bisazza, contributing in the international growth of the mosaic tile
brand. Since 2001 he works for Italian design brands such as Cappellini, Driade, Meritalia, Flaminia, Casamania.
In 2008, on behalf of the Municipality of Milan, the Rotonda di Via Besana museum houses an exhibition about his
work, "Teach me the freedom of swallows”. In 2009, the Triennale Design Museum of Milan, has invited Novembre to
curate and design an exhibition on his work: “Il fiore di Novembre”. In 2010 the City of Milan is represented by an
installation that he designs and curates, in the Pavilion of Italy at Expo in Shanghai.
MIND - MIlan Network for Design was created to strengthen strategies and common goals between existing design
partnerships in the Milan area and within the region. The goal is to create a well-structured network which will be
internationally recognized as a single organization capable of attracting the most talented and gifted young people.
MIND offers 110 young talented designers from all over the world the opportunity to attend a free Master’s Degree at
one of the 11 Design Schools taking part in the initiative.
The project is backed by the City of Milan and coordinated by Alintec with the support of Triennale Design Museum and
ADI – Association for Industrial Design.
The MIND initiative includes a series of lectures with important experts in design organized both by the Triennale
Design Museum, and by the schools participating in the initiative.
The Schools part of the MIND initiative: Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera; DA-Domus Academy; Fondazione Accademia di
Comunicazione; IED-Istituto Europeo di Design; ISAD-Istituto Superiore Architettura e Design; L.UN.A.-Libera Università
delle Arti; Milano Fashion Institute; NABA-Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti; POLI.design-Consorzio del Politecnico di
Milano; Politecnico di Milano; Scuola Politecnica di Design.