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Istituto Marangoni Firenze expands

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Istituto Marangoni Firenze expands

with new laboratory spaces
01 July 2026
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Starting from December 2026, Istituto Marangoni Firenze will inaugurate a new space within the prestigious Palazzo Ricasoli, in Piazza Goldoni, at the heart of the city. 

A space of approximately 300 square meters, designed to strengthen the school’s academic offering and respond to the evolving landscape of contemporary creative industries. 

This is not simply a new area. 
It is a new laboratory of vision. 

An environment dedicated to those who wish to deepen their knowledge and specialize in the most material and identitydriven languages of fashion, where tradition and experimentation, savoirfaire and innovation, heritage and research come together to shape the professionals of tomorrow. 

A Laboratory Hub for Contemporary Textile Arts 

The new space will be conceived as an interdisciplinary hub dedicated to textile arts, with a focus on: 

  • Knitwear 
  • Embroidery 
  • Textile 

A laboratory where craftsmanship and technology meet, enabling students to explore new applications, techniques and expressive languages related to the world of contemporary textiles. 

Here, students and faculty will work side by side on the development of projects, prototypes and experiments, enhancing Italy’s artisanal heritage while reinterpreting it through a contemporary lens. 

The opening of the new space within Palazzo Ricasoli represents a further strategic step in the development path of Istituto Marangoni Firenze. Our objective is to offer students a highly specialized environment, where artisanal know‑how integrates with contemporary experimentation and responds to the needs of an ever‑evolving industry. This laboratory hub is designed to reinforce the dialogue between education and the production system, promoting the distinctive skills of Made in Italy while supporting new generations in building a conscious and future‑oriented design approach. 

Lorenzo Tellini • School Director, Istituto Marangoni Firenze 

A Space to Create, Experiment and Innovate 

The new hub is designed to stimulate research and creativity through: 

  • Dedicated areas for textile and embroidery work 
  • Spaces for prototyping and material experimentation 
  • Environments for research and creative development 
  • A dynamic context that encourages exchange, cross‑pollination and collaboration 

A place where the creative process becomes a tangible experience, and where learning develops through making. 

Between History and Experimentation 

Just a few steps from Istituto Marangoni Firenze’s main campus and overlooking the area of Ponte Vecchio, the new space integrates seamlessly into both the urban fabric and the school’s academic ecosystem, allowing students to experience their education in a dynamic and interconnected way, in constant dialogue between classroom, laboratory and creative context. 

Located on the ground floor of the palazzo, the space is arranged across four main rooms, where the building’s historical stratification has been preserved:balanced volumes, details that reflect centuries of Florentine prestige, and, in one of the rooms, a frescoed ceiling that carries the decorative memory of the Renaissance. An architectural feature that transforms every working session into a continuous dialogue between tradition and contemporaneity. 

Until recently home to an art gallery, the space has long expressed a strong creative vocation. Today, it opens to a new function of equal significance, hosting patternmaking and sewing laboratories—spaces dedicated to artisanal precision where fashion projects take concrete form—alongside dynamic classrooms conceived for active learning, exchange and experimentation. 

The choice of Palazzo Ricasoli fully reflects the vision of Istituto Marangoni: to offer students a context in which Italian manufacturing excellence is not an abstract reference, but a living presence, perceptible in the spaces, materials and identity of the place itself. 

Where Craft Meets the Future 

With the opening of this new hub, students will gain access to a highly specialized environment, designed to develop distinctive skills and build a concrete bridge between education and industry. 

A place where textile heritage takes on new form. 
Where ideas become material. 
Where the future of fashion is built, thread by thread. 

 

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