Francesco Rota is an interior and product designer based in Milan. Born in 1966, he graduated in product design at the Art Center College of Design in 1994, La Tour de Peilz (Switzerland), and in 1998 opened his own studio in Milan, where he does not limit his work to a single field. The secret of his success lies in the breadth of his interests: product, furniture, lighting, showrooms, offices, residential interiors, events, etc. In 2004 he taught a master’s degree at the Istituto Europeo di Design in collaboration with Magis. In 2013 he was appointed creative director of Lapalma. In addition to introducing new products for the brand, his goal is to strengthen its positions in the most demanding global markets: Europe, North America and the Far East.<\/p>\n
Over the years, Francesco has collaborated with a number of widely recognised brands such as Bals Tokyo, Barilla, Driade, Fiat, Frag, John Richmond, Knoll International, Lapalma, Lema, Living Divani, L’Oreal Paris, Malo, Martini & Rossi, Mercedes Benz, Moroso, Paola Lenti, Oluce, Versus.<\/p>\n
Francesco’s long-term collaboration with Paola Lenti and Lapalma has been extremely productive.<\/p>\n
Francesco has obtained three Compasso d’Oro honourable mentions with \u2018Linea\u2019 and \u2018Island\u2019 and \u2018ADD\u2019, which are now part of the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award Historical Collection. The products \u2018Kanji\u2019 and \u2018Move\u2019 received The Good Design Awards in 2016, while \u2018Screen\u2019 was awarded the WallPaper* Design Award in 2017. Francesco has also received a special mention from the German Design Award with the products \u2018Daydream\u2019, \u2018ADD\u2019, \u2018Kanji\u2019 and \u2018Move\u2019; the Red Dot Design Award with \u2018ADD\u2019 and \u2018Kanji\u2019 in 2016 and \u2018Uptown\u2019 in 2017, the Muuuz International Design Award with the products \u2018Frame On\u2019 and \u2018Smile\u2019 and the Interior Design Best of the Year 2014 Awards with the product \u2018Cloud\u2019. In 2013 it was a finalist for the Wallpaper Judges’ Award in the \u201cDesigner of the Year\u201d section.<\/p>\n
The authentic values of Italian design – comfort, simplicity, functionality and visual appeal – are an integral part of Francesco’s philosophy and are present in all his works. He is often inspired by the beauty of industrial production processes as well as the aesthetics of popular iconic designs.<\/p>\n
Francesco’s products could be described as elegant and pure forms that are unaffected by time and fashion. He designs for a variety of companies and environments, but always with an innate sense of composition, a delicate taste for colour and a focus on functionality. His works are intended to complement environments and contribute to the overall feeling of comfort. This design effort is highly appreciated not only by his partners, but also by the public, a fact that is evidenced by the growing interest in his work.<\/p>\n
He has participated in several exhibitions held at: St. Etienne Biennale du Design, Hannover Messe, Triennale di Milano, Reggia di Venaria Reale Torino, Moss New York, Material Connection New York, Biennale di Architettura Venezia, Royal Academy of Arts London, The Merchandise Mart Chicago, Miami Design District, Biltmore Fashion Park Phoenix, Bellerive Museum Zurich.<\/p>\n
He has also created spatial installations for Daimler Chrysler_Mercedes Benz during the 8th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice at The Corderie dell’Arsenale in 2004 and the \u2018Terrazza Martini\u2019 for Martini&Rossi during the 62nd International Film Art Exhibition in Venice in 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18114,"template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categorias-profesionales":[1326],"class_list":["post-22101","profesionales","type-profesionales","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorias-profesionales-designers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profesionales\/22101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profesionales"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profesionales"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profesionales\/22101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorias-profesionales","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorias-profesionales?post=22101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}