Associazione T12 Lab

T12 lab is a cultural and research agency, born in Via dei Transiti 12, in the most multicultural  neighbourhood of the peripheral city, in Milan. T12 – lab is involved in social and public spacial design, producing site specific installations, unique pieces on demand, or small series; re-cycling, as a strategy and as a technique, is key in its modus operandi, since we use trimmings of first quality materials and scraps from factories as new materials to generate our products. We receive them as donations from leading producers in order to re-use those materials involving deaf workers otherwise excluded from the labour market, providing them with high quality product design hands-on experience and training, in collaboration with universities, research agencies, product design professionals and architectural design school teachers and students.T12 lab realizes urban regeneration and public space projects that develop non-verbal dialogue, physical experience, which invite to overcome physical and mental barriers, applying experimental methodologies.