Puntozero

PUNTOZERO is a Milan-based design and engineering team specialised in design for additive manufacturing, working from Via Larga in the centre of the city. It was co-founded by Francesco Leonardi, Ivan Vecchio and Elia Schiavi, engineers trained at Politecnico di Milano and Torino with backgrounds in materials, nanotechnologies, mechanics and additive manufacturing.

The studio applies generative design, topology optimisation, implicit modelling and lattice structures to 3D printing, and uses biomimetics as its main design driver: natural forms are read as optimised structures that can be translated into industrial problems. Work spans automotive, aerospace, medical, fashion, sports protection and industrial automation, positioning the team as an R&D and consultancy partner rather than a service bureau.