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Join Designtech for an exclusive showcase of technology's evolution and its potential to transform the future of living. Immerse in the conversation between industry leaders and imaginative minds, as we unveil a captivating vision of what's to come at the intersection of design and technology.
Mission
The Designtech hub is born within the new Milan Innovation District (MIND) with the mission to design a better everyday life for people and planet.
Vision
A new vibrant innovation ecosystem, at the heart of the Italian design court, that brings together under one roof a powerful cohort of innovators and industry.
Value
We promote open innovation programs integrating startups that want to accelerate their growth and industry leaders in search of innovation.
Where we are located?
The coworking and cofactory facilities that compose the hub offer startups and companies that are part of the ecosystem concrete opportunities to adopt and experiment with new solutions.
The coworking and cofactory facilities that compose the hub are built as living labs and managed directly by Designtech, serving as anchors of real estate redevelopment and urban regeneration operations, offering startups and companies that are part of the ecosystem concrete opportunities to adopt and experiment with new solutions.
Designtech Pavilion MIND
MIND's Designtech Pavilion, 1150 sqm of coworking space in Milano Innovation District, accelerates the grounding of innovation initiatives by leveraging MIND through collaboration between startups, scaleups and companies.
MIND's Designtech Pavilion represents the first coworking space of more than 1,000 square meters within Milano Innovation District. The space accelerates the grounding of innovation initiatives by leveraging MIND through collaboration between startups, scaleups and companies, offering innovative spaces and services to the community.
Village Pavilion
via Decumano 19, MIND
20157 Milano
C.space
Certosa district
C.Space is the technology lounge dedicated to the creation of podcasts, private events, design thinking sessions, team building and more. It represents a connection and meeting space dedicated to digital content creation.
C.Space is the technology lounge dedicated to the creation of podcasts, private events, workshops, design thinking sessions, team building, business lunches and more. It represents a connection and meeting space dedicated to digital content creation, constituting the first in-campus recording studio available to the community already based in La Forgiatura.
via Varesina 162
20156 Milano
CoFactory
Certosa district
The CoFactory, currently at an advanced stage of construction, represents the first open urban factory that will host digital fabrication machines and rapid prototyping technologies integrated with office spaces, laboratories and meeting and training areas.
CoFactory, currently at an advanced stage of construction, represents a 1,500-square-meter hybrid space that will house digital fabrication machines and rapid prototyping technologies integrated with office spaces, laboratories, and meeting and training areas.
It is designed as an open urban factory where manufacturing startups and scaleups, self-producing designers and makers will coexist.
via Polidoro da Caravaggio
30 20156 Milano
Salone del Mobile 2023
With a 400-square-meter space entirely dedicated to tech startups, Designtech will bring to the Salone an exclusive showcase on the evolution of technology and its potential to transform the future of living.
Inside Hall 18 of the Salone, Designtech will host the best Italian and international startups selected in the furniture and technology verticals that will impact the future of living. The exhibition space will also host an events area inside with a holographic stage, and will offer a wide panel of expert talks, startup presentations, meetings and debates.
Agenda
Salone
Designtech announces the program of events that will take place in the days between April 18 and 22 in the arena that serves as the crux of the exhibition area dedicated to innovation. All events are coordinated by Domenico Greco, CIO and CoFounder of Designtech and moderated by Emil Abirascid, journalist founder and director of Startupbusines.it and CoFounder of Designtech.
April 18
April 19
April 20
April 21
April 22
April 18
Opening event of the Designtech area
“Innovation and sustainability, an opportunity for the ecosystem of design” panel
Design Italy presents RE(USE)
Round table dedicated to the themes of circularity and sustainability
April 19
Keynote by Maria Silvia Pazzi
Keynote on high-end EV made in Milan
“The design of innovation. A pragmatic perspective” panel
“Feeding the future” panel
April 20
Keynote by Daniele Basso
“Sounds good: using sounds to enhance life activities” panel
Pitch session with startups innovating in the field of Augmented Living
Startups: Aura, Kindof, MyLime, R3plica, Sofia Locks
“Design as the engine of innovation at MIND - Milano Innovation District” panel
April 21
“Construction transformation” panel
with DMAT, RealStep and GARC
Keynote on the theme “Material Minded Design”
Pitch session with startups innovating in the field of new materials
Startups: F3nice, Techinit, Suber, OTQ, Meedarch, Mogu
April 22
Pitch session with startups innovating in the field of Augmented production and living
Startups: Puntozero 3D, Re Hous It, Superio, Ayuppie, Ohoskin, Clentech, Icona Design, Colux - Cosimo Savio, Liminaldesign, AStrakode
“Disrupting the way we live indoor” panel
talks by: Hi-Interiors, Teqqo, Terra Moretti Costruzioni and iGuzzini
“Material-driven innovation” panel
talks by: Suber, Vedrai Group, PEFC Italia and Tonelli Design
Presentation and award cerimony by R3plica
Speakers
Salone del Mobile
Fuorisalone 2023
Designtech will bring Fuorisalone to the Certosa District, presenting the Innovation for Living exhibition and a calendar of evening events. Inside La Cattedrale emerging designers and brands will be the interpreters of innovation.
In collaboration with RealStep, Isola and DesignWanted, Designtech will bring Fuorisalone to the Certosa District, presenting the Innovation for Living exhibition and a rich schedule of evening events. A fluid and dynamic space will come to life inside La Cattedrale, where emerging designers and brands will be the interpreters of innovation applied to design and architecture.
Designer
The exhibition will host projects by emerging designers selected by Designtech, Isola Design, Design Wanted and Design Burger that integrate new advanced technologies. Design Wanted Award winning projects will also be showcased.
DESIGNER
DESIGNER DW AWARD
DESIGNER
DESIGNER DW AWARD
Agenda
Fuorisalone
Designtech announces the program of events that will take place in the days between April 18 and 23 inside and outside " La Cattedrale." Besides the "Innovation for living" exhibition, there will be talks, performances and evening events with live music, food court & bar.
April 18
April 19
April 20
April 21
April 22
April 23
April 18
“Innovation for living” exhibition
“Disruptive Beauty, the beauty that generates innovation” panel
with the participation of: Luca Scimia of Ambrosetti, Raffaella Oliverio of Hi-Interiors, Luciana Gomez of Myin, Gaia Marzo of Needo, Silvia Mazzon of Studio Volpi
Opening Party by invitation
Dj set
April 19
“Innovation for living” exhibition
“Innovation: the trump card for regenerating cities” panel
Moderated by Paola Pierotti, journalist PPAN.
With the participation of Stefano Corbella of Coima, Diego Valazza of Lendlease, Pietro Cavalchini of RealStep and Ivan Tallarico of Designtech
“Mobility of the future” Design Driven Innovation Workshop
Dj set
April 20
“Innovation for living” exhibition
“Digital Innovation” panel
Moderated by Patrick Abbattista - DesignWanted CEO. With the participation of: Emanuele Zinna of Shin Software, Jelena Tasic of Lifestyle Tech Competence Center and Matteo Botta of Gruppo Florence
“Building and living the workplace of the future” panel
With the participation of: Ivan Tallarico of Designtech, Francesco Iannone and Serena Tellini of Consuline, Cristiana Cutrona of Revalue and Marco Becucci of Pininfarina
Dj set
April 21
“Innovation for living” exhibition
“The Colour of vision”
Performance
written by: Livia Castiglioni Performed by: Andrea Brancone and Raffaella Oliverio
Panel moderated by: Patrick Abbattista - DesignWanted CEO With the participation of: Ivan Tallarico of Designtech, Vincenzo Giannico of RealStep, Giovanni de Niederhäusern of Pininfarina and Giuseppe Tortato of the homonymous studio
Dj set
April 22
“Innovation for living” exhibition
DJ set
April 23
“Innovation for living” exhibition
DJ set
Speakers
Fuorisalone
Labs
Through open innovation programs that connect startups that want to accelerate their growth and industry-leading companies in search of innovation, we successfully initiate pilot collaborations with startups, creating PoCs (Proof of concept) that enable them to experiment with new disruptive solutions.
Inovation process
Innovation brief co-design.
Selection of proposals that will lead to the development of PoCs.
In collaboration with Call partner companies.
To an audience of Industry stakeholders participating to the Call.
Lab status:
open Call
AUGMENTED
LIVING LAB
A newly launched initiative concerns Augmented Living. The Lab aims to select innovative technology solutions that will redesign the concept of Living, from an inclusive, adaptive and smart approach.
Lab Status:
PoCs development
ADDITIVE
DESIGN LAB
The Additive Design Lab was born to promote the
experimentation of innovative solutions in the field of Additive Manufacturing. Its applications address the three technology areas of Materials, Hardware and Software, and Services, to integrate Additive technology in Construction, Interior and Product Design.
Lab status:
Not launched yet
FASHION
FURNITURE
CIRCULAR LAB
The Fashion Furniture Circular Lab, in collaboration with the Fashion Technology Accelerator, aims to generate and diffuse innovative solutions for tracking and upgrading textile production waste, with a cross-industry upcycling approach.
Lab status:
Closed
OFFSITE
LAB
The Offsite Call led to the selection of innovators and startups with enabling ideas and technologies for the transformation of the Construction sector. The Lab researched projects and solutions in the area of offsite construction systems (construction hybridized with manufacturing) that can reduce the time, cost and environmental impact of construction.
Our Team
Designtech team brings together professionals with established backgrounds in different fields, with the common goal of building the future of habitats and cities by promoting open innovation programs that accelerate the growth
of community members.
Graduated in Management at the Bocconi University of Milan, Ivan is a multifaceted business designer with a passion for visionary ideas that can improve people's lives and stimulate the best version of ourselves.
Graduated in Design with a Master in Marketing for Multimedia at the Politecnico of Milano, she has over 20 years of experience in fostering business innovation and promoting the digitalization of processes.
With a 20-year background in international marketing and communications, he has been regional and national President of Corecom and is now strategic marketing consultant for several major companies.
Graduated in Economics with a Master in Business Administration from SDA Bocconi in Milan, he has an entrepreneurial background of more than 20 years in the fields of Innovation & Innovative Ecosystem Development.
With an established 20-year background in listed multinational companies, Ilario has spent the last 15 years in the high-end bedding industry, first in the role of CFO and later as Managing Director.
Journalist, founder and director of Startupbusiness, the magazine about startups and scaleups. Curator of StartupDigest Italy, advisor to Austrian Business Agency, Fondazione Symbola, Quadrans Foundation,
TechChill Milano.
Co-founder of the digital strategy and social media management company Werybiz, he has a 20-year background in marketing and commercial management.