Carlotta de Bevilacqua
Milano, Italy

Architect, designer, entrepreneur, teacher, Carlotta de Bevilacqua is one of the protagonists of contemporary design.

Graduated in 1983 in Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, she heads her own architectural, design and graphic studio and she’s involved in architectural and interior design in Italy and around the world also collaborating with other major architecture and engineering.

Designer with extensive experience and Art Director in Memphis and Alias from 1989 to 1993, she has developed an important path of research in the field of light developing for Artemide innovative concepts and products that open new performance lighting, new sensory experiences and perspectives as Metamorphosis and ALSO projects.

She investigates aspects of light and the environment related to the ability to produce wellness and to offer new standards of quality and experience to the life of man continuing her design work with Danese.

Until 2004 Carlotta de Bevilacqua has been CEO for the Brand Strategy & Development sector of Artemide Group, with expertise in the Marketing, Communication and Vision and Strategic Futures areas. Since 2004 she is member of the Board of Directors of Artemide.

In 1999 Carlotta de Bevilacqua has acquired Danese, of which she is President and Managing Director, leading company in the year 60/70 in the history of Italian design: in a short time she has revitalized it conquering new market space and a new leadership.

Since 2001 she is lecturer at the Politecnico di Milano in the Master Industrial Design of the Third Architecture Faculty, Design Faculty in lighting product laboratory. At the Politecnico di Milano Carlotta de Bevilacqua also teaches in the Masters in Light Product Design and from 1999 to 2001 she has been professor and project leader of workshops for the development of innovative products in the Master in Strategic Design (MIP). From 2001 to 2004 she has been teacher of the Master in Design at Domus Academy in Milan. There have been numerous lectures by Carlotta de Bevilacqua as professor at the Bocconi University.

It is much appreciated the contribution of Carlotta de Bevilacqua at conferences and seminars organized by the best placed institutions to explore the occurring transformations in contemporary society and international markets.