Filipe Alarcão

Filipe Alarcão
Born1963 (age 61–62)
Alma materDomus Academy, Postgraduate School of Design
OccupationProduct designer

Filipe Alarcão (born 1963 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese product designer. His designs range from the renowned china, porcelain and casual dishes manufactured by Vista Alegre to the contemporary furniture design of Temahome.

Education

He obtained a degree in equipment design from the Lisbon school of fine arts[1] and a master's degree in industrial design from the Domus Academy, Postgraduate School of Design in Milan, Italy.

Career

From 1995 to 1997, Filipe worked with Michele de Lucchi,[2] in Milan, as a consultant for Olivetti[3] Personal Computers, developing projects for personal computers.

Currently, he lives and works in Lisbon, with his own atelier where he develops industrial design projects in furniture, urban equipment and products, lighting, ceramics and glass in collaboration with several Portuguese and foreign companies among them Vista Alegre Atlantis, Asplund, Temahome,[4] Schréder,[5] Senda, Cerâmicas São Bernardo,[6] Larus[7] and Moda Lisboa.[8]

In interior design, he has created spaces such as the Moda Lisboa design shop, Galeria Atlantis, Design aus Portugal exhibit in Frankfurt and the Delidelux shop. His works are shown at the Design museum at the Belem cultural center in Lisbon.

Awards

  • 1994 National Design Award of the Portuguese Center for Design
  • 2002 Polis competition for global signage systems for urban places in Portugal
  • 2002 First place - Architecture competition Museum of Contemporary Art of Elvas

References

  1. ^ "Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon". www.fba.ul.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
  2. ^ "Produzione Privata". www.produzioneprivata.it. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  3. ^ "Dalle Audit ai BCS: Le macchine contabili diventano sistemi". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  4. ^ "HOME". TemaHome - Contemporary furniture made in Portugal. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  5. ^ "Schréder, leading independent smart lighting solution provider worldwide". www.schreder.com. Archived from the original on 2025-02-17. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  6. ^ "One moment, please..." www.s-bernardo.pt. Archived from the original on 2025-07-09. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  7. ^ "Larus Design". www.larus.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  8. ^ "ModaLisboa - Lisboa Fashion Week". modalisboa.pt (in European Portuguese). 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2025-12-04.