Spacelife. Design for a multi planetary humankind
Experimental Research developed in IED Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome and Barcelona.

Project coordinator
Gianfranco Bombaci (Head of Design School)

Program leaders
Marika Aakesson
Marco Provinciali

Program specialists
Matteo Viscogliosi
Isabella Zampi
Gaia Zangrilli

Advisors
Design School
Prof. Luca Bradini (Interior Design)
Prof. Luca Galofaro (Interior Design)
Francesco Subioli (Product Design)

Fashion School
Laura Bernasconi (Fashion Design)

Visual Arts School
Bruno Cannucciari (Illustrazione)
Stefano Luceri (Graphic Design)
Gianluca D’Ottavio (Media Design)
Gian Paolo Sammarco (Sound Design)

Tutors
Marco Galofaro (Model Making)
Giulio Aleandri (Technical Studies)
Benedetta Gaiani (Video Making)
Marco De Angelis (Visual communication)
Claudio Castaldo (Visual communication)
Alessio Tommasetti (Visual communication)
Chen Zhao (Visual communication)

Guest lecturer
Lukas Feireiss (curator and educator)
Ing. Maria Antonietta PERINO (Thales Alenia Space)
Carlotta Pittori (AGILE Data Center coordinator)
Stefano Polato (Nutritional & Nutraceutical Consultant)
Ing. Ornella Bombaci (Thales Alenia Space)
Franco Caimi (CAIMI Acoustic Products and Interior Design)

Partner for Marslife
CAIMI Acoustic Products and Interior Design

Photographs
Gabriele Lungarella (Moonlife)
Antonio Cama (Marslife)

Marslife project have been devloped in collaboration with IED Barcelona thanks to the funds by the Erasmus+ Programme, Blended Mobility model: a training approach that combines periods of physical mobility in another country with virtual learning activities, offering a comprehensive, dynamic educational experience connected to the contemporary European landscape.

Moonlife and Marslife project have been exhibited during the Europen Researchers’ Night hosted by ASI Agenzia Spaziale Italiana in 2024 and 2025.


Design for a multi planetary humankind.

A platform developed at IED – Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome, focused on spaces, objects, and services that place human factors at the center of the space industry.

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