Giovanni Botticelli

Born in Rome in 1987. He lives and works in Rome.

He studied Product Design at IED Rome (European Design Institute) from 2006 to 2009, focusing on eyewear design and the craft and industrial processing of ceramics, glass and sheet metal. He expanded his technical expertise through training at ENSA Limoges and Abate Zanetti Murano. Since 2009, he has worked with companies throughout Italy, designing and overseeing the production of eyewear and sunglasses for Mondelliani and other brands exhibiting at international fairs, including Silmo Paris, Mido Milano, and Tranoï Paris. In 2010, his design for the Oled lighting systems for PPML was chosen for the ADI Codex Lazio publication and won the competition put on by Alstom in collaboration with IED. After his thesis project, he developed products for DMG Spa’s collaborations with Schindler Group and Otis Elevator Company. In 2016, he took part in the Salone Satellite in Milan and started to work at IED as an assistant and teacher.

EXHIBITIONS/FAIRS

2019 HABITAT, SWING Design Gallery, Benevento
2019 OSSERVATORIO, Forma, curated by Domitilla Dardi, Cantiere Galli Design, Roma
2017 OPERAE Independent Design Fair, curated by Alice Stori Liechtenstein (with SWING Design Gallery), Lingotto Torino, Torino
2017 SaloneSatellite. 20 anni di nuova creatività, curated by Beppe Finessi, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano
2017 White Young Innovative | WHITE IN THE CITY, curated by Giulio Cappellini (EQUILIBRISTA Mirror for SWING Design Gallery), Milano
2017 Ottovolante for Mondelliani, Silmo, Parigi
2016/2017 EQUILIBRISTA Mirrors, SWING Design Gallery, Benevento
2016/2017 Under35 – Italian Design, Triennale Design Museum, Milano
2016 OPERAE Independent Design Fair, curated by Annalisa Rosso (with SWING Design Gallery), Palazzo Cisterna, Torino
2016 Mirror Mirror, Exworks, Vicenza
2016 PERSONALE Mirrors, Salone Satellite, Milano-Rho
2010 Moa Casa Roma, NaturalMente