Design - Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Annalisa Dominoni and Benedetto Quaquaro founded their design studio (a+b) in Milan in 2011 with the aim of making design combining research and technological innovation with poetry.Both architects, Ph.D., specialists in space design and extreme environments, experiment and design by hybridizing space and terrestrial technologies to creating new products. The constant search for transversality and the interdisciplinary approach lead them to operate in very different areas: transportation design for big industry, fashion tech, collections of objects and furniture for companies, limited editions for art galleries and design.In 2015 they designed the new Milan Metro Leonardo trains for ATM produced by Hitachi Rail Italy and for which they received the Premio Eccellenze della Lombardia ADI Design Index 2016.They collaborate permanently with the main international space agencies and with important design companies, in parallel they conduct research activities through the teaching and publication of essays on the culture of the project.They are professors at the School of Design of the Politecnico di Milano, where they created the 1st and only course in the world of Space Design, "Space4inspiraction", supported by the European Space Agency (ESA).Among their latest projects, in 2019 a new space station for Thales Alenia Space, which for the first time introduces a module dedicated to the entertainment activities of astronauts and the style "made in Italy", and Pinna acoustic objects designed and produced by Caimi Brevetti, selected by ADI Design Index. Design Ambassadors 2020.They designed for ABV-Borsani, ASI-Italian Space Agency, ATM, Baleri Italia, Benetton Group, Caimi Brevetti, Caoscreo, Ceramiche Mazzotti, Cerruti Baleri, Electrolux Zanussi, ENEA, ESA-European Space Agency, Ferrero, Foster & Wheeler, Ichendorf, Itachi Rail Italy, Living Divani, Kayser Italia, NASA, Novartis, Paola C, Pirelli Real Estate, TechnoGym, Tecno, Thales Alenia Space.
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