2050.Lab

Moscow’s Lab 20/50 describes itself as a national centre for industrial design and innovation, and its portfolio runs to the scale of rolling stock and city transport. The team has designed the TEM23 mainline locomotive, the AIRSCP urban electric train, the Moscow 2024 metro train, an autonomous transport system called OIII and lifts for MEL, alongside domestic appliances for Kitfort and the brand DNA of cable manufacturer DKS.

Work is organised as a full pipeline rather than a styling service: market and trend research, concept sketching, photoreal visualisation, detailed STEP surface models and engineering documentation for serial production. The bureau also runs an education centre, publishes on design trends and cooperates with universities, framing industrial design as part of the country’s creative economy.