Research Center

Through the continuous study of the human habitat, OpenLab becomes a research and development center where ergonomics, aesthetics, modularity and technology meet to explore yet unexpressed design potential and apply it effectively to materials and products. The laboratories are equipped with the most innovative instrumentation and equipment, some of which is specially designed and manufactured in-house.

“… the Politecnico di Milano community is watching the latest challenge taken up by the company with interest and admiration: the company has invested in a major research facility, the Open Lab sound absorption laboratory for testing materials and objects. This remarkable investment will not go unnoticed.”

Luisa Collina,
Dean of the Milan Polytechnic
School of Design

“The latest developments achieved by the Nova Milanese-based company are very exciting indeed and include the creation of the Caimi Open Lab centre, a facility with a focus on the fundamental question of sustainability in design. The interdisciplinary hub has a keen interest in experimenting with new materials and technologies that respect nature and the environment.”

 

Stefano Boeri,
Chairman of Triennale Milano

“… the best lesson that broad-minded, curious design students fascinated by the future and keen to take a leading role going forward could possibly receive; a lesson now enriched by the exciting new possibilities offered by Caimi’s Open Lab. With Caimi students can think about how to tackle today’s challenges and even imagining those of tomorrow, through the sharing of research activities.”

 

Niccolò Casiddu,
Director of the Department of Architecture and
Design University of Genoa

“Considering industrial research as a driver of cultural development puts the Museum and Caimi on the same wavelength in the parallel development of shared activities. In this respect, the soon-to-be-inaugurated Caimi Open Lab, with its international outreach and welcoming attitude towards compatible public institutions, represents a rare example of cooperation.”

 

Fiorenzo Galli,
General Manager of
Leonardo da Vinci National Museum
of Science and Technology, Milan

“… Open Lab, the latest initiative from Caimi, which has once again shown that top-notch design is firmly ingrained in both the family’s and the company’s DNA.”

 

Luciano Galimberti,
Chairman of ADI
Industrial Design Association