Affiliations
Carlo D'Alesio
IALD – International Association of Lighting Designers
Professional Member from 2020
ADI – Associazione per il Disegno Industriale
Osservatorio permanente del design 2022/23, 2024/25
Commissione tematica “Design per l’illuminazione” 2022/23, 2024/25
Politecnico di Milano – Scuola del Design
Adjunct Professor at Master’s Degree in Interior and Spatial Design
“LIGHTING DESIGN” since 2022
“LIGHTING THEORY” from 2017 until 2021
Politecnico di Milano – POLI.design
Adjunct Professor at Master in Lighting Design & LED Technology
“LIGHTING DESIGN FOR INTERIORS AND COMMERCIAL SPACES”
since Edition 12 (2015)
Piero Santoro
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Adjunct Professor at National Research Centre for Agricultural Technologies (Agritech)
“FOTOBIOLOGIA APPLICATA ALL’AGROINDUSTRIA”, 2024/25
Università degli Studi di Milano
Adjunct Professor at Master’s Degree in Digital Systems in Agricolture
“LABORATORY OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR PLANT PRODUCTION” 2024/25
ToSeed
Partner since 2023
Awards
Mondiale Media Ltd., Light Collective - London, UK
[d]arc Awards 2020 Global Shortlist
Projects selected:
Category EVENTS – C.P. Company “Next Landscape” Lighting Design & DOP
Category SPACES/HIGH BUDGET – Roma Tiburtina train station Lighting Design
Rat für Formgebung - Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY
German Design Award 2020
Winner Excellent Architecture / Urban Space and Infrastructure
Project selected: Valle Aurelia train station Lighting Design
ADI Associazione per il Disegno Industriale - Milano, ITALY
ADI Selezione XXV Compasso d’Oro 2018
Project selected: MEG – Micro Experimental Growing
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Regione Lombardia, ADI Lombardia - Milano, ITALY
Eccellenze della Lombardia 2017
Project selected: MEG – Micro Experimental Growing
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ADI Associazione per il Disegno Industriale - Milano, ITALY
ADI Design Index 2017
Project selected: MEG – Micro Experimental Growing
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EUR SpA and Roma Capitale - Rome, ITALY
Urban Lightscape 2015
1st Prize (with Helena Gentili and Daria Casciani)
Project selected: GENIVS LVCI
ADI Associazione per il Disegno Industriale - Milano, ITALY
ADI Design Index 2012
Project selected: 3M “Infinite Innovation” exhibit at Palazzo della Triennale
Editoriale DOMUS - Milano, ITALY
Domus / Autoprogettazione 2.0 2012
1st Prize Lighting Design category
Project selected: Chimera
Patents & IP
Assignee via subsidiary company MEG
WO 2020104895A1
“Apparatus and method for the growth of photosynthetic microorganisms and the biofixation of carbon dioxide through a high-efficiency optical diffuser with variable spectrum and intensity”
Assignee via subsidiary company MEG
MISE 402022000002412
“Piattaforma di crescita microalgale per applicazioni laboratoriali e di ricerca”
Inventorship (Carlo D'Alesio, Piero Santoro)
US D671672
“Natural Light conduit system with Artificial Light real-time compensation”
Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN USA)
Inventorship (Carlo D'Alesio, Piero Santoro)
US D671675
“Indirect emission via thermoformed high-performance reflective material”
Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN USA)
Inventorship (Carlo D'Alesio, Piero Santoro)
US D671676
“Thin and light floating hoop with independent inward and outward flux emission (DW/RGBW)”
Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN USA)
Inventorship (Carlo D'Alesio, Piero Santoro)
US D664284
“Indirect emission via thermoformed high-performance reflective material”
Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN USA)
Panels, Conferences & Public Speaking
Jury Panel [Carlo D'Alesio]
ADI – Associazione per il Disegno Industriale
2022/2023 ADI Design Index – Commissione Tematica “Design per l’Illuminazione”
2024/2025 ADI Design Index – Commissione Tematica “Design per l’Illuminazione”
Selected Speaker [Piero Santoro]
XX Congresso Nazionale AIDI
“Fotobiologia e circolarità: un modello”
2022, Napoli, ITALY
Merit Judge [Carlo D'Alesio]
IES – Illuminating Engineering Society / IES Illumination Awards
2019, Chapter New York City – NY USA
2020, Chapter New York City – NY USA
2021, Chapter New York City – NY USA
2022, Chapter Los Angeles – CA USA
R&D Poster Presentation
Professional Lighting Design Conference / PLDC 6th edition
2017, Paris – FRANCE
Selected Speaker
Professional Lighting Design Conference / PLDC 5th edition
2015, Rome – ITALY
R&D Poster Presentation
14th International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Lighting / FAST-LS
2014, Como – ITALY