Exhibitions
1999 La Triennale di Milano – "Essere e Benessere"
2005 Centre Pompidou, Paris – “D-Day. Le Design Aujourd'hui” [12]
2009 Centre Pompidou, Paris – "Elles@centrepompidou – Artistes femmes dans les collections du Musée national d'art moderne" [13]
2009 Indianapolis Museum of Art – "European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century" [14]
2010 Serpentine Gallery, London – Mostra: "Design Real" [15]
2010 St Etienne Biennal [16]
Awards
2010 Good Design Award for the lamp Tian Xia 500 [17]
2011 Red Dot Design Award for the lamps Algoritmo and Copernico [18]
2013 iF Product Design Award, Discipline Product, for the lamp Cata [19]
2014 Wallpaper Design Award for Best Transparency for the lamp Empatia [20]
2014 iF Product Design Award, Discipline Product, for the lamp Empatia [21]
2020 Forbes CEO Award, Top Manager of the Year in Design category [22]
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