The Sections are headed by Professors, Researchers, Research fellows and PhD students, organized in research groups or thematic laboratories. The Department collaborates with other Politecnico di Milano departments and with many universities and international research centers for collaborative research activities and is part of several international networks for research and teaching development.

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.