Dotdotdot: Interaction Design for Museums and Corporate Storytelling

Key facts

• Dotdotdot was founded in 2004 by four partners: Giovanna (architect), Fabrizio (designer), Alessandro (philosophy and R&D), and another architect.
• For Salone del Mobile 2019, Dotdotdot created an interactive wall for B&B Italia, Flos, and Louis Poulsen with 28 videoprojectors and 30+ interactive sensors.
• The wall told over 40 stories about designers and projects through touch-activated animations.
• Dotdotdot is developing an interactive installation for Enel Green Power at Trezzo sull'Adda that uses voice recognition to let visitors converse with five renewable energy characters.
• The Enel Green Power installation is designed as a scalable, stand-alone modular system with a 4-meter immersive cylinder, to be replicated in other Enel plants like Aquoria in Lazio.
• In June 2019, Dotdotdot will complete an expansion of Aboca Museum in Sansepolcro with an interactive path on the company's history, medicinal plants, and patronage.
• Dotdotdot is designing the interactive experience for a new large museum in Milan (name undisclosed), including software infrastructure for personalized visits.
• OpenDot, Dotdotdot's Fab Lab founded in 2014, focuses on healthcare, co-design, and digital fabrication to improve autonomy and accessibility.
• Dotdotdot's methodology is based on 'learning by doing' and human-centered design, creating toolkits for each project phase.
• The studio considers Art+Com Berlin and UVA London as peers rather than competitors.