Carlotta de Bevilacqua


Carlotta de Bevilacqua is an Italian architect, designer and entrepreneur. She is currently President and CEO of Artemide and President of Danese Milano.

Biography

Graduated in 1983 in Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, she is mainly known for her research in contemporary lighting design.
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 and awards.
Her products have been selected for several international exhibitions on contemporary design and have been awarded at some of the most important international design awards.
Since 2001 she is a Lecturer of Lighting Design at Politecnico di Milano.

Exhibitions

1999 La Triennale di Milano – "Essere e Benessere"
2005 Centre Pompidou, Paris – “D-Day. Le Design Aujourd'hui”
2009 Centre Pompidou, Paris – "Elles@centrepompidou – Artistes femmes dans les collections du Musée national d'art moderne"
2009 Indianapolis Museum of Art – "European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century"
2010 Serpentine Gallery, London – Mostra: "Design Real"
2010 St Etienne Biennal

Awards

2010 Good Design Award for the lamp Tian Xia 500
2011 Red Dot Design Award for the lamps Algoritmo and Copernico
2013 iF Product Design Award, Discipline Product, for the lamp Cata
2014 Wallpaper Design Award for Best Transparency for the lamp Empatia
2014 iF Product Design Award, Discipline Product, for the lamp Empatia
2020 Forbes CEO Award, Top Manager of the Year in Design category