Projects

We’ll design a factory in space that will need to be fully closed loop, based on Additive Manufacturing practices in order to produce any objects that may be needed, with no additional material supply from the Earth. This means that the materials used to produce a product are then re-atomized and fully re-used with no scraps, no waste possible. Circularity brought to the very extreme!

Products will be designed to have minimum footprint and optimized lifetime performances, minimum energetic impact, smart functions and morphing capabilities by leveraging digital technologies. Furthermore, the use of local or recycled materials, zero-waste Additive Manufacturing practices and on-demand policies during production will show the effectiveness of resilient and circular factories and value chains.

New solutions for urban mining combined with virtual design and the zero-waste Additive Manufacturing production techniques for customized jewellery will be explored. Products will be designed directly by the users and in the metaverse to avoid the need for sampling, then they will be assembled by an augmented craftsman with help from a collaborative robot, in a lean and low-impact production environment without the need for warehousing.

Materials bio-printing will pave the way to a new dimension of sustainable luxury, where organic, but artificially created material is considered as reference example. Products will be designed directly by the users and in the metaverse to avoid the need for sampling, then they will be assembled by an augmented craftsman in a lean and low-impact production environment with help from a collaborative robot.

Counterfeiting will be addressed through a number of different and integrated technologies such as tracking by using specific materials, digital technologies such as blockchain to track the supply chain, alongside Additive Manufacturing practices used to design and produce unique products containing special RFId and tags to trace the origin of the item.