If you’re a design aficionado, just like us, we’re sure that you know all about Michele De Lucchi‘s career and design projects he’s developed! The Italian design expert is considered of the best names in the interior design field, and Vintage Industrial Style Blog decided to select Michele’s most famous design projects!
The Italian designer was a prominent figure in movements like Cavart, Alchimia and Memphis. He designed lamps and furniture for the most well known Italian and European companies and realized architectural project in Italy and abroad. His work has been exhibited in Europe, the United States and Japan. The Italian design legend is known for being part of the period of radical and experimental architecture, today you’ll have the chance to discover a little more about the designer – continue scrolling!
Born in 1951 in Ferrara, Michele de Lucchi began taking his steps in the architecture area after his graduation in architecture in Florence. Among some of this man’s most marking experiences, we can definitely point to the fact that he was involved with the period of radical and experimental architecture. He was involved in great movements of Italian design, such as Cavart, Alchymia and Memphis. Michele de Lucchi has also been very involved in several great conceptions in furniture design worldwide. Not only did he create many bespoke furniture pieces for many well known Italian and European companies, but he’s also credited for his restored buildings, as well as in the conception of many architectural projects for private and public clients.
“The best way to define Michele de Lucchi’s architectural style, be it a huge building, or a simple wooden house, is that it definitely shows his tendency in his work of finding what he calls the “essentiality of the architectural style”.
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He designed and restored buildings in countries such as Japan, Germany, Switzerland and in Italy for prestige companies which include Enel, Olivetti, Piaggio, Poste Italiane, and Telecom Italia, having successfully redesigned both these the service’s environments and corporate images. In Italy, he’s been responsible for the conception of many marking buildings such as the Triennale di Milano, the Palazzo Delle Esposizioni di Roma, Neues Museum Berlin and the le Gallerie d’Italia Piazza Scala in Milan.
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Clark Suspension Lamp | DelightFULL
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Michele De Lucchi · St. Jakob’s chapel
Today at the ripe age of 67, Michele De Lucchi is still going strong and leaving many marking design concepts. With such a long career there came some prizes, most notably, the Compasso d’Oro-ADI award in 1989 for the lamp Tolomeo, designed for Artemide, and in 2001 for the printer Olivetti Artjet 10. Aside from being a Professor in many Italian Universities, De Lucchi has also been awarded an Honorary Degree in 2006 from the Kingston University for his contribution to the “quality of life” through his work.
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