Carlotta de Bevilacqua

A Carlotta de Bevilacqua portrait by photographer Lea Anouchinsky

Carlotta de Bevilacqua is an Italian architect, designer and entrepreneur.

Biography

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.

She is currently Vice President of Artemide and President of Danese Milano.

Exhibitions

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

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]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Looking For Light: Carlotta de Bevilacqua". http://www.port-magazine.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05. External link in |website= (help)
  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. 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. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  11. ↑ 2014, Design / 24 Jan. "Design Awards 2014: best of the rest | Design | Wallpaper* Magazine". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  12. ↑ "D.DAY, le design aujourd'hui". www.centrepompidou.fr. 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 | Yearbook | Back numbers | Good Design Award". www.g-mark.org. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  18. ↑ "Red Dot Design Award: Retrospect: red dot design award 2011". en.red-dot.org. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  19. ↑ "Cata". iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  20. ↑ 2014, Design / 24 Jan. "Design Awards 2014: best of the rest | Design | Wallpaper* Magazine". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  21. ↑ "Empatia". iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
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