Carlotta de Bevilacqua (born 23 June 1957) is an Italian architect, designer and entrepreneur. She is currently President and CEO of Artemide and President of Danese Milano.

Biography

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Graduated in 1983 in Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, she is mainly known for her research in contemporary lighting design.[1][2][3]

In the early 1990s she started to design lighting projects for the Italian companies Artemide and Danese, developing a new generation of LED products, recognized with several patents[4] and awards.[5]

Her products have been selected for several international exhibitions on contemporary design (Centre Pompidou[6] in Paris, Serpentine Gallery[7] in London, La Triennale di Milano) and have been awarded at some of the most important international design awards (IF Product Design Award,[8][9] Red Dot Design Award[10] and Wallpaper Design Award[11]).

Since 2001 she is a Lecturer of Lighting Design at Politecnico di Milano.

Exhibitions

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1999 La Triennale di Milano – "Essere e Benessere"

2005 Centre Pompidou, Paris – “D-Day. Le Design Aujourd'hui”[12]

2009 Centre Pompidou, Paris – "Elles@centrepompidou – Artistes femmes dans les collections du Musée national d'art moderne"[13]

2009 Indianapolis Museum of Art – "European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century"[14]

2010 Serpentine Gallery, London – Mostra: "Design Real"[15]

2010 St Etienne Biennal[16]

Awards

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2010 Good Design Award for the lamp Tian Xia 500[17]

2011 Red Dot Design Award for the lamps Algoritmo and Copernico[18]

2013 iF Product Design Award, Discipline Product, for the lamp Cata[19]

2014 Wallpaper Design Award for Best Transparency for the lamp Empatia[20]

2014 iF Product Design Award, Discipline Product, for the lamp Empatia[21]

2020 Forbes CEO Award, Top Manager of the Year in Design category[22]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Looking For Light: Carlotta de Bevilacqua". www.port-magazine.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  2. ^ Fletcher, Helen. "Carlotta de Bevilacqua | darc magazine". www.darcmagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  3. ^ "The right light - Interni Magazine". Interni Magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  4. ^ "Carlotta De Bevilacqua Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  5. ^ "Carlotta de Bevilacqua | ek magazine". ek-mag.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  6. ^ "Elles@centrepompidou - Accueil - Ina.fr". Elles@centrepompidou. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  7. ^ "Design Real". Serpentine Galleries. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  8. ^ "Cata". iF World Design Guide. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  9. ^ "Empatia". iF World Design Guide. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  10. ^ "Red Dot Design Award: Retrospect: red dot design award 2011". en.red-dot.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  11. ^ "Design Awards 2014: best of the rest". Wallpaper Magazine. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  12. ^ "D.Day, le design aujourd'hui". www.centrepompidou.fr. Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  13. ^ "Elles@centrepompidou – Accueil – Ina.fr". Elles@centrepompidou. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  14. ^ "European Design". www.imamuseum.org. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  15. ^ "Design Real". Serpentine Galleries. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  16. ^ "St Etienne Biennale 2010".
  17. ^ "Yearbook Good Design Award 2010". www.g-mark.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  18. ^ "Red Dot Design Award: Retrospect: red dot design award 2011". en.red-dot.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  19. ^ "Cata". iF World Design Guide. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  20. ^ "Design Awards 2014: best of the rest". Wallpaper Magazine. January 24, 2014. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  21. ^ "Empatia". iF World Design Guide. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  22. ^ "Forbes CEO Award". FORBES. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
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