Martina Frattura is a Lighting Designer and PhD student at the University of Bologna, in “Architecture and Design Cultures”. Class 2020 of the 40 under 40 lighting designers, she graduated in Interior Design at the Politecnico di Milano and at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Architectural Lighting Design and Health, with a master thesis research the Human Technology Interaction department at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).

Martina has a special interest in the non-visual effects of lighting, and works with the goal of implementing psychological and biological responses to architectural planning. Her research ‘A Beautiful Light’ investigates the use of artificial lighting in support of restorative attention. She started “The Beauty Movement”, a think tank to inform and research the power and importance of aesthetic experiences in built environment.

She is a member of the International Association of Lighting Designers IALD, Women in Lighting, and Fellow at The Centre for Conscious Design.