Incubator
Keep your independence. Share the rest.
Doing business in Italy is hard for a young studio. Bureaucracy is heavy, capital is small, and every hour spent running the company is an hour taken from the work.
Twelve carries part of that weight for studios that want to stay independent. We incubate resources, help with selection and management, and open the table to cross-business. If you are building something small and exacting, let us know you exist.
What we share
What a young studio usually carries alone.
Back office
Administration, finance, legal and HR, shared across the group at group cost. Less time on running the company, more on the work.
Capital
A minority stake when it helps you grow. Never control, never your name.
Clients
Briefs circulate at the table. Your craft can join commissions larger than one studio could take alone.
Spaces
Rooms, a courtyard and a photo studio in Milan, open to every member for work, shoots and events.
People
Help with hiring and organising: who to look for, how to shape a small team that lasts.
A public voice
Lectures, publishing and encounters alongside the other studios, from the first year.
How it works
Four steps. Any of them can be the last.
- 01
Signal
Tell us you exist. A page, a portfolio, two lines on what you need.
- 02
Conversation
We meet, in person, without commitment on either side.
- 03
Shared work
A first brief together, to see how we work side by side.
- 04
A seat
A stake and a seat at the table, or simply friendship. Both are good outcomes.
Who we look for
Young independent studios in design, architecture, film, production, publishing and culture. Founders who want to stay founders. Teams rooted in a place, in Italy first.
Signal your studio. We read everything and answer within two weeks.
Twelve Holding S.r.l.
Via Cesare Battisti 1, 20122 Milano