Our SQUAD
With over 40 years of combined experience, Jordan and Evan Carbotti continue to design custom experiences throughout the U.S. as well as abroad. As the sons of special event Hall of Famer Richard Carbotti, The Carbotti brothers were virtually born into the industry, designing events and speaking at major industry conferences by the age of 18.
Jordan and Evan truly have a love of all things creative, and continually work towards ensuring that each creative project reflects their positive lifestyle and cool aesthetic.
As co-owners of a company that has existed for more than three decades, Jordan and Evan pride themselves on being able to fuse a youthful modern perspective with an understanding of classic style and refinement.
It is this blend of their father's influence with their own vibrant energy that draws clients to the Carbottis from all over the world.
Our PHILOSOPHY
Our DESIGN
Event design has been the staple of our company for the last three decades. If Interior design is held at the core of our professional mindset as our foundation, it is the design and production of weddings, corporate, social, and non-profit special events that serves as the wide reaching platform through which we expand upon our creative visions, sharing with our diverse clients our ability to transform spaces and create lasting memories. From ballrooms to basements, parking lots and skyscrapers, to Denver’s Red Rocks, the sands of Aruba and beyond, Carbotti Experiences has been fostering creative leaps for decades. Our mission is to deliver a perfectly tailored design experience for any special event one can dream up. We work with budgets of all sizes, using our relationships and creative talents to offer the best value possible for our clients both nationally and internationally.
As a full service design company we specialize in the design and production of beautiful and stylish environments of any scale. In addition to our award-winning event design, Carbotti XP offers decades of innovative graphic design, visual merchandising and interior design experience from which the company was born. With attention to detail held to the highest standard, we at Carbotti XP ensure the quality and authenticity our clients demand.
Our philosophy at Carbotti Experiences involves much more than good design. An event is only as good as how our guests feel within its confines. We believe that the success of our creative endeavors is driven by our ability to connect and identify with all types of companies, individuals, brands, and groups. Our clients want something orginal. They want something new, fresh, exicting and fun. The experience for our guests must be about much more than a pretty installation.
Guests need to feel something when they
enter a space, and it is that feeling, that
visceral, emotional response, that we
pride ourselves on providing each time
we design and produce a space.
There are two precepts which are the
foundations for designing an event. First, a
knowledge of and respect for space and
how people are affected by it. Second, a
working knowledge of artistic and cultural
styles and periods as they are developed
through history. A successful combination of
these two perspectives is what yields the high level of sophistication and style at each event. Designing and producing events allows us the opportunity to move and inspire a wide array of people from accross the globe, and it is our job to create, motivate, and excite by using the basic elements of art and design.
Great events aren't won in the proposal. They're won on-site, in the four hours before doors open, when a hundred small decisions have to land right the first time. Jordan Carbotti has built his career in that window.
Born and raised in Newport, RI, Jordan is senior partner and lead designer at Carbotti Experiences (CarbottiXP), a family-run company with more than 40 years of experience creating intentional environments for some of the world's most recognized brands and financial institutions.
Jordan came up in the business hands-on and has led design and build for more than two decades. He's involved in every stage of a project, from the first concept through development and execution: the build, the install, the walk-through, and the moment a concept meets a real venue, a real timeline and a real crowd. He believes that design that looks incredible on paper but falls apart on-site isn't design at all. It's a liability. His creative vision shapes every CarbottiXP project, and his on-site presence is a big part of why each one comes together the way it was promised.
Over thousands of designs and builds, in venues of every shape and size, Jordan and his team have learned what makes an event feel seamless to the people in the room. Planners rely on that instinct when the stakes are highest. Jordan is a past recipient of Special Events Magazine's Rising Star award, and under his leadership CarbottiXP has won and been nominated for numerous industry awards for design and creative achievement.
Away from the drawing board, Jordan's love of design is matched only by his passion for fitness, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, vitamin D, tequila and French bulldogs. His love of design and travel has also led him to own entirely too many tailored suits, and he's known to change several times a day as he moves from one event to the next.
Corporate event professionals and meeting planners know the deal: a thousand moving parts, stakeholders with opinions, tight timelines, and the quiet pressure of making something look effortless when it's anything but. They don't need another voice adding to the noise. They need a creative partner who absorbs complexity instead of creating it. That's where Evan Carbotti comes in.
Born and raised in Newport, RI, Evan is partner and creative director at Carbotti Experiences (CarbottiXP). He believes every design decision should support the program, reinforce the brand, and give attendees something they actually feel. Under his creative direction, CarbottiXP pairs bold design with hospitality-grade execution. The team doesn't hand off a mood board and disappear. It designs, builds and installs the environment, so the "wow" never comes at the expense of logistics. Planners get a partner who moves fast, communicates clearly, and shows up prepared from first concept through final walk-through.
Over thousands of events in cities and countries around the world, Evan has learned to see around corners. He knows what falls apart on-site and what holds up when it matters. He knows what slows approvals and what helps planners look like heroes to their leadership. The result is an experience that photographs well, flows well, and works in the real world, whether it's a leadership offsite, awards dinner, general session or multi-day program.
When he isn't developing new design concepts, Evan trains Brazilian jiu-jitsu at Mission First Jiu-Jitsu Academy alongside his brother, a fellow black belt. He's a firm believer that an active, healthy lifestyle leads to a happier, more productive and more creative life, so he makes a point of getting outside and exploring the world whenever he can.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Ingrid was planning gatherings at home with seriousness and imagination from a very young age. Her passion for people and events led her to finish high school in the U.S. and earn a degree in Hospitality Management from Florida International University.
She began her career at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami, which she still calls "The Academy." There she learned the best practices of world-class hospitality and the importance of personalized attention. After building deep experience in food and beverage operations, she moved to the corporate side of the industry with Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts Americas, where she developed expertise in revenue management and online marketing strategy.
Today Ingrid (married to Evan Carbotti) leads creative marketing and business strategy at Carbotti Experiences (CarbottiXP) and plays an integral role in concept development and client relationships. She approaches every partnership the way she learned at the Four Seasons: by listening first, anticipating needs, and making each client feel like the only one. Planners and corporate teams value her ability to turn their goals into clear strategy, keep communication easy, and build relationships that last well beyond a single event. Her background in revenue management and marketing gives her a sharp business sense, so the creative vision always lines up with the client's objectives and budget.
Away from work, Ingrid's greatest passion is horses. She has loved them for as long as she can remember, and time at the barn is where she recharges. The patience, trust and quiet attention to detail that horses require are the same qualities she brings to every client relationship.