Carlotta de Bevilacqua

Carlotta De Bevilacqua (1957-) is an Italian entrepreneur, leading the Artemide group. She Graduates in architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan in 1983 and a few years after, the meeting that would change her life occurs: a human and professional partnership is born with the founder of Artemide Ernesto Gismondi which culminates in the choice of becoming her third wife. Within the Artemide Group, Carlotta De Bevilacqua is initially responsible for managing the Danese Milano brand, a historic brand dedicated to objects and small furnishings which has been in decline for a few years and which she relaunches in 1999 through the injection of new creative energy. In 2004, a temporary separation from Artemide occurrs following contrasts with the management, which disagreed with her idea of a "light company" (a model that would later become the standard for all the main lighting companies): Carlotta dedicates a decade to practicing as an architect and teaching at the Polytechnic of Milan, as well as to the Danese brand which she personally takes over. With her return to Artemide in 2013, she starts working alongside her now aging husband in increasingly important tasks, to the point of assuming the roles of CEO and President of the group directly in his hands, guiding him through experiments with the most innovative technologies of the moment such as the latest discoveries of LED lighting and integration into Internet of Things objects. In addition to directly designing various products, Carlotta De Bevilacqua has promoted collaborations with some of the most important international architecture firms such as Bjarke Ingles