Founder, Architect - Q-BIC

Q-BIC is a multidisciplinary design studio founded in Florence in 2005 by Luca Baldini, architect, and Marco Baldini, designer and artist.

Since its inception, the studio's activities have ranged from architecture to graphics, dealing with interior design, special fittings and events related to the world of fashion and theatre sets.

It is especially when designing temporary installations that a marked propensity for experimenting with novel stylistic solutions and innovative use of materials emerges and takes shape. In architecture, this translates into a desire to integrate traditional techniques and solutions with a language that is fully contemporary.

Constant research into form and the use of materials has also led the studio to deal with design for the conception and realisation of everyday objects, always working in the intersection of memory and innovation.

Over the years, a strong experience has been consolidated in the design of commercial environments related to food, hospitality and urban regeneration projects through the recovery of existing buildings in disused industrial contexts.

Significant projects

• Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence_Urban regeneration project (master plan, residential, commercial and office uses, temporary uses)
• Lubna, Milan_Listening restaurant bar
• Europa Palace, Sanremo_Hotel
• Ditta Artigianale, Florence and Milan_Specialty cofee stores
• Moebius, Milan_Cocktail bar & restaurant
• Re Versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta_Hotel
• fOO.out of ordinary, Florence_Multi concept space
• The Central Market, Rome and Turin_Food court
• The Box, Riccione_Hotel
• La Menagere, Florence_Concept restaurant
• Treemme faucets_Installations

Awards

• Tuscany Architecture Prize 2024, First Prize for Restoration and Recovery Worko_Factory at Manifattura Tabacchi Florence
• Archiproducts design Award 2022, for Treemme faucets_WATT collection
• Reddot Design Award 2022, for Treemme faucets_WATT collection
• Food & Wine Awards 2021, Best interior design_Ditta Artigianale