Filipe Alarcão

He trained at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon and at the Domus Academy in Milan, where he stayed after completing his master's degree, working with Michele De Lucchi between 1995 and 1997. From his studio in Lisbon, he develops furniture, street furniture, lighting, ceramics and glass projects for Vista Alegre/Atlantis, Asplund, TemaHome, Schréder, Larus and Loja da Atalaia, among others. Filipe has also taken on the artistic direction of product lines for some of these companies, thanks to his strategic vision of design, which balances quality and functionality with scrupulous attention to the needs and expectations of the end user. Filipe Alarcão is co-author of the new Museum of Contemporary Art in Elvas. He is represented in the permanent collection of MUDE - Museu do Design e da Moda, Lisbon.

Distinctions

1994 - National Design Award, Centro Português de Design.

2002: Polis competition for global signage systems for urban places in Portugal.

2002: First place, architecture competition museum of contemporary Arts of Elvas.