Italo Rota (1953-2024) was one of the most important Italian designers of recent decades. In the 1980s he designed the interior renovation of the Musée d'Orsay, with Gae Aulenti, the rooms of the French School in the Cour Carré of the Louvre, the lighting of the Notre Dame cathedral along the Seine in Paris and the renovation of the centre of Nantes. In the 1990s he returned to Milan and with the new studio he created projects and architecture becoming one of the references of new architecture. Symbolic are the Museo del Novecento in Piazza Duomo in Milan, the headquarters of Columbia University in New York, the Hindu Temple in Dolvy in India, and the Media Library in Perugia. Over the years, Italo Rota developed unrivalled expertise in the museography field and exhibitions, creating countless iconic exhibitions and installations. With CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, created the Italian Pavilion in Dubai for the EXPO Dubai 2020, the creative direction of the MEET Digital Culture Center projects in Milan, Casa Mutti in Parma, MAE Museum in Fiorenzuola d'Arda, AGO Museums Modena.
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