Arturo Dell’Acqua Bellavitis

Arturo Dell'Acqua Bellavitis (b. 1947) is the current director of the [http://www.triennale.it/ Milan Triennale] Foundation and Exposition.

The Professional Career

Apart from being the director of the [http://www.triennale.it/ Triennale] , Arturo Dell'Acqua Bellavitis has his own architectural and design practice in Milan, 'the heartland of modern Italian design' [ [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/stories/s1098994.htm Abc.net.au] ] . Among other customers, he has worked for Twinings, Nestle', Renault and HGV.

The Academic Career

Arturo Dell'Acqua Bellavitis has been a lecturer, and is now full professor of Industrial Design, Interior Design, Textile Design and Fashion Design at Politecnico di Milano University in Milan, Italy. At the same university, he is also the director of the Polidesign project, chairman of the Fashion Design department, and since 1990 he has been the director of the Masters Degree in Design Management and Interior Design.

He has been visiting professor at many European and extra-European universities. He has lectured at the Royal Academy of Copenhagen (Denmark), at the Faculty of Architecture of Aarhus (Denmark), at De Montfort University (UK). He has conducted workshops at the Universities of Helsinki (Finland), Oslo (Norway), Orleans (France), Barcelona (Spain), Montreal (Canada), Sao Paolo (Brazil).

He has held Interior & Lighting seminars in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo and Barcelona.

He has taught Design Strategies and Technology and Prototypes workshops for the Design and Fashion Management courses at Bocconi Business School in Milan [ [http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:OMQuQNUwcOwJ:www.museum.vic.gov.au/design/pdf/manufacturing_ideas_speakers.pdf+Arturo+Dell+Acqua+Bellavitis&hl=it&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=it&lr=lang_en Museum.vic.gov.au] ] .

He has also supervised the Italian international exchange students project (Erasmus Programme) for the Industrial and Interior Design departments at Politecnico di Milano.

Publications

Dell'Acqua Bellavitis has published many books and written various articles on international magazines such as [http://www.internimagazine.it/start.html Interni] [ [http://www.internimagazine.it/s013001000121/s013001000123/d013001000535/d013001000535.htm Interni Magazine] ] and [http://www.rivistedigitali.com/Bagno_design/2006/1?targetPagNum=118&searchTerms= Bagno Design] .

Among others, he has co-written with other famous Italian architects, such as Andrea Branzi [ [http://www.francoangeli.it/ricerca/Scheda_Libro.asp?ID=6609&Tipo=Libro Franco Angeli Editore] ] .

Books

* Dell'Acqua Bellavitis, Arturo and Annicchiarico, Silvana: "Custom Built: The Concept of Unique in Italian Design", "Brossura", Milan, 2003
* Dell'Acqua Bellavitis, Arturo and Branzi, Andrea: "Ipotesi tardocontemporanee. Spazi tra agonia e mutazione", "Franco Angeli Editore", Milan, 1998
* Dell'Acqua Bellavitis, Arturo and Annicchiarico, Silvana: "Fuori serie. Pezzi unici, prototipi e prodotti su commissione nell'archeologia del design italiano", "Brossura", Milan, 2003
* Dell'Acqua Bellavitis, Arturo; Ferré, Giusi and Sammicheli, Marco: "Moda e design: il progetto dell'eccellenza", "Franco Angeli Editore", Milan, 2006

References

External links

* [http://www.idot.it/site/htm/comitati.html I.DoT - Italian Design on Tour 2006/07 - NEW YORK, LAS VEGAS, SHANGHAI, NEW DELHI, BERLIN, LONDON]
* [http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/design/exhibition/m_ideas.asp Manufacturing Ideas: Design and Manufacture in Melbourne and Milan]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/stories/s1098994.htm "La Linea Italiana - Arturo Dell'Acqua Bellavitis" by Julie Copeland (Abc.net.au)]
* [http://www.outdoorexperiencedesign.it/media.html Outdoor Experience Design with Arturo Dell'Acqua Bellavitis]
* [http://www.iwsc.org.uk/conf_jubilee.htm Dell'Acqua Bellavitis at the British Institute of Wood Science (IWSc)]
* [http://www.progetto-exp.org/ A digital remake in traditional print]
* [http://www.demacode.com/demacode/category/Exhibition Dell'Acqua Bellavitis and Andrea Branzi]
* [http://www.hkdesigncentre.org/activities/red07/masterclass/speakers_06.htm Professor Arturo Dell'Acqua Bellavitis at the Hong Kong Design Centre]
* [http://www.dolcn.com/data/eng_2/news_2001/2005-01/1106661324.html DESIGNING DESIGNERS 2005 - 6th edition]
* [http://content.enewslettersonline.com/333/2598.html eNewsletters Online]
* [http://www.triennale.it/ Milan Triennale]
* [http://www.internimagazine.it Interni Magazine]
* [http://www.rivistedigitali.com Italian Digital Magazines]
* [http://www.francoangeli.it Franco Angeli]
* [http://www.polimi.it Politecnico di Milano]