Interior Designer · Lighting Specialist · BIM Expert
I was born in a small town in rural Brazil and started architecture school at 17. Since then, my path has always revolved around the same core: space, light, and how people experience both.
About
I was born in a small town in rural Brazil and started architecture school at 17. Since then, my path has always revolved around the same core: space, light, and how people experience both.
I've built my background in layers: a degree in Architecture in Brazil, a Master in Lighting Design at Politecnico di Milano, an MBA in Business Administration, and now a Master in Interior Design at Elisava — which I'm currently completing.
For the past decade, I've worked at Philips, ERCO, Occhio, and Flos, always at the intersection of design and strategy. Those years gave me something design school alone couldn't: a real understanding of how spaces are lived in, sold, and remembered.
For me, design has always been less about aesthetics and more about feeling. How does this space make you feel? That question — not style, not trend — is what drives everything I do.
I'm now moving back toward hands-on design practice, bringing with me a fluency in materials, light, client dynamics, and creative collaboration that only comes from having stood on both sides of the table.
Founder of MiaH Design Studio — miahdesignstudio.com
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Architectural · Retail · Hospitality · Sports · Urban
Lighting Design · Milan 2019
Designed a fully dynamic RGB-based illumination system for Floor 39 of Milan's iconic civic tower. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the building was illuminated in the colors of the Italian flag — a symbol of resilience and unity visible from across the city.
Strategy: uplighting of ceiling with wide-beam floodlights, narrow-beam projectors on structural columns, wall-grazing techniques, and accent lighting on exposed infrastructure. The entire interior volume became a luminous landmark through the glass façade.
Press coverage: Corriere della Sera · La Repubblica · MilanoToday
Italian flag — COVID solidarity
Orange — tropical diseases awareness
Dynamic RGB — cityscape landmark
Lighting Design · Bagno a Ripoli 2020
Complete lighting design for one of Europe's most advanced sports campuses — street and urban lighting for all internal roads, architectural lighting for building exteriors, and indoor lighting for offices, locker rooms, and lounges.
Entirely developed in Revit for full BIM integration. A key innovation: custom 3D-printed fixtures designed for the site's architectural language, plus dynamic color-changing capabilities to illuminate key elements in Fiorentina's iconic purple.
Exterior — architectural lighting
Interior — locker rooms & offices
Lighting Design · Gaeta Italy 2021
Full lighting design for a newly constructed commercial hub — façade, retail, parking, outdoor areas, and hospitality. Illuminated the building's distinctive sculptural roof to emphasize its geometry and visual identity during both day and night.
Retail lighting differentiated by department: fresh produce, baked goods, packaged items, wine cellar — each with tailored color rendering and contrast levels. All calculations conducted in Revit and Dialux Evo for energy compliance and visual comfort.
Retail interior — layered lighting
Exterior night — sculptural roof
Lighting Design · Milan 2019 · Retail Flagships
Retail lighting installation for the fashion flagship on Milan's busiest shopping street. Responsible for specification and technical coordination, ensuring the final result respected both brand identity and architectural intent.
Lighting concept and technical coordination for ENI's energy brand flagship. Layered ambient, accent, and feature lighting to reinforce corporate identity while creating a warm, inviting retail atmosphere.
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Corporate · Residential · Hospitality · Adaptive Reuse
Interior Design Concept · Academic · Elisava 2025
The central question: how do you attract a generation that doesn't want to come to the office? The concept responds by designing spaces impossible to replicate at home — energetic, informal, stimulating, and dog-friendly.
Materials: wool, metallic surfaces, velvet, timber, vinyl. Color strategy anchored in Eventbrite's brand palette, with lighting intentions aligned to support both focused work and spontaneous community.
Materials palette
Furniture strategy
Interior Design · Personal Project · Milan 2024
A low-budget renovation developed with a clear goal: create an accessible, timeless interior that reflects personality. Light and neutral tones combined with natural elements; bold colors reserved for transitional areas.
All phases managed and executed personally — from layout decisions to SPC flooring installation, waterproof wallpaper application, and lighting selection. The apartment quickly reached high Airbnb occupancy rates with consistently excellent guest feedback.
Living area
Kitchen
Bathroom
Interior Design · Ouro Preto Brazil 2014 · Adaptive Reuse
Multi-functional space within a federally protected 19th-century post office in downtown Ouro Preto. No original walls were altered. The concept tells Ireland's story through its counties — each zone (Tipperary, Kerry, Galway, Dublin) with distinct materiality: stone, timber, colored joinery, cultural artifacts.
Flexible lighting supports transitions from café to pub to bookshop throughout the day. Renders produced in SketchUp and VRay.
Dublin Room
Tipperary Room
Kerry & Galway Rooms
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Revit · Sustainable Design · Technical Documentation
BIM Revit · Academic · Elisava 2025
Full spatial organization and BIM documentation of a co-living building for 14 occupants. Concept based on ergonomic principles of 'buena distancia' — optimizing separation between furniture, objects, and people across private rooms, shared services, and appropriation spaces.
I was responsible for all Revit BIM modeling: plans, structural grid, zone matrices, seasonal light strategy (summer/winter), and full axonometric 3D output. All teammates relied on my Revit work for their design iterations.
Axonometric views — Revit 3D model
Architecture · GMIT Academic Exchange · Galway Ireland 2013
Six-storey sustainable building developed during academic exchange at GMIT. Design focuses on rainwater harvesting, greywater treatment, permeable pavements, photovoltaic panels, and a passive twinkin façade ventilation system.
The independent structural grid enables full adaptability of interior layouts. Program: basement parking, ground-floor retail, three flexible office levels, and a publicly accessible green roof.
Renders — Revit + SketchUp
Elevations & sections
Stefany Barbosa Valerio
Revit · AutoCAD · SketchUp · Dialux · InDesign · Photoshop