This kind of projects, generally addressed to private companies or institutions, can result in a product, a service, an architecture project, or design-oriented strategic guidelines. The project is developed by the DARC team with, where needed, the collaboration of external partners.

Design-oriented research projects focused on product, service, and communication innovation. These projects are developed for companies, consortia of companies or institutions, and, often financed by European or Italian public research funds, see the collaboration of DARC with other research centers.

Training programs aimed at developing business knowledge, addressed to the companies’ management and design teams. The programs can be combined with design consultancy activities; in this instance, the DARC team works with the company’s staff to develop a consultancy process and an internal training program simultaneously.

Projects addressed to companies, characterized by the involvement of groups of emerging designers, chosen among DARC’s wide international network. The purpose of the labs is to identify product, communication and services solutions in line with the company’s brand. DARC builds and manages the team, which develops the project agreed with the client.