Carlotta de Bevilacqua

Carlotta de Bevilacqua graduated in Architecture from Politecnico di Milano in 1983 and is best known for her research in contemporary lighting design. In the early 1990s she began designing lighting projects for the Italian companies Artemide and Danese, developing a new generation of LED products, awarded several patents and prizes. Her products have been selected for several international exhibitions of contemporary design (Centre Pompidou in Paris, Serpentine Gallery in London, La Triennale di Milano) and have won awards at some of the most important international design exhibitions (IF Product Design Award, Red Dot Design Award and Wallpaper Design Award). Since 2001 he has been a lecturer in lighting design at Politecnico di Milano. She is currently President and CEO of Artemide and President of Danese Milano.