Research Groups
The Department is divided into three thematic Sections: Design and cultures; Products, strategies and services; Design environments, landscape and mobility.
Research Groups
The Department's research is conducted in experimental research laboratories, competence laboratories, laboratories in international networks, and thematic research units.
AXD
Advanced eXperience Design
D4T
Design for Territories
Dcom + Dcom AI Lab
Communication Design cultures and systems
DeCH
Design for Cultural Heritage
DeCuPr
Design for Cultural Proximity
DensityDesign Lab
Data and information visualization
Design Intelligences
A more-than-human collective for regenerative futures
DESIGN POLICY LAB
Advancing the role of design in policymaking
Design+Strategies (D+S)
Design + Strategies
FiP
Fashion in Process Research Lab. Design Research for Culture Intensive Industries
IDEACTIVITY CENTER
Creativity for digital innovation and biodesign
IEX
INTERACTION AND EXPERIENCE DESIGN LAB
IMAGIS LAB
Designing Brands, Stories, and Audiovisual Content for Communication and Game Experiences
JADIS
Jewellery, Accessories, Design Innovation and Sustainability Lab
KD
KnitDesign.Polimi
LABIRINT
Laboratorio di Innovazione e Ricerca sugli Interni
Laboratorio mobilità e trasporti
LeNSlab POLIMI
Design and Innovation for Sustainability
Luce
Light and Color Perception Lab
MADEC
Material Design Culture
MaDe/Trans
Materials Design for Transition through biodesign and regenerative approach
PLACES+
Design of places for sustainable transitions
POLIMI DESIS LAB
Design for Social Innovation towards Sustainability
PUL
Product Usability Lab
RESIDE
REgenerative Spatial Innovation DEsign
Retail Experience Lab
Retail Design Innovation for Digital and Sustainable Transition
SIR
Service Innovation Research
Ti-M E TAILOR MADE ECOSYSTEMS
Design Research and Consultancy for Future Living Interiors
VisCo
Visual Computing & Extended Experience Lab
YDV
Yacht & Vessel Design Research Lab
Networks
The Department of Design is an active part of numerous research networks that link different international realities with the aim of promoting research and academic and professional training in all fields of design.