MICHELE DE LUCCHI
Ferrara, 1951
Michele De Lucchi was born in Ferrara in 1951. He graduated in Architecture at the University of Florence. Throughout the years of radical and avant-garde architecture he was a prominent figure in movements like Cavart, Alchimia and Memphis.
He designed lamps and furniture for the most important Italian and European companies, such as Artemide, Olivetti, Alias, Unifor, Hermès, Alessi.
He designed working environments and corporate identity places for Deutsche Bank, Poste Italiane, Ferrovie dello Stato, Enel, Piaggio, Olivetti, Telecom Italia, Novartis, Intesa Sanpaolo, Unicredit. He realized architectural projects in Italy and worldwide, that include residential, industrial, corporate and cultural buildings. He also curated exhibitions for the Triennale di Milano, Palazzo delle Esposizioni di Roma, the Neues Museum Berlin, the Gallerie d'Italia in Piazza Scala and Museo Pietà Rondanini in Milan. He has recently realized a number of projects for the city of Milan: the pavilions for Expo 2015 (Padiglione Zero, Expo Center, Intesa Sanpaolo) and UniCredit Pavilion in piazza Gae Aulenti. In 1990 he founded Produzione Privata, a little small-scale production and retail company through which Michele De Lucchi designs products that are made using dedicated artisans and craft techniques. Since 2004 he sculpts wooden "cots" using the chainsaw, in order to find architectural simplicity.
In 2003 the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris has acquired a considerable number of his works. Selections of his products are exhibited in the most important design Museums in Europe, United States and Japan. In 2000 he was appointed Officer of Italian Republic by President Ciampi, for services to design and architecture. In 2001 he has been nominated Professor at the Design and Art Faculty at the University in Venice. In 2006 he received the Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University, for his contribution to "living quality". In 2008 he has been nominated Professor at the Design Faculty of the Politecnico of Milan and Member of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome. He lives and works between Angera and Milan.
