Michele De Lucchi & Giancarlo Fassina

Michele De Lucchi began his architecture studies at the University of Padua, switching to the University of Florence, where he graduated in 1975. For two years he later taught architecture there as an academic assistant. In 1973 Michelle De Lucchi joined forces with other designers and architects to form Cavart, a radical design group. In 1978, Michele De Lucchi went to Milan to work for Kartell as a designer at Centrokappa, the design studio Kartell owned. After meeting designer Ettore Sottsass, Michele De Lucchi joined the designers at Studio Alchimia. For Studio Alchimia exhibitions, Michele De Lucchi came up with several quirky and comical design objects, such as the 1978 "Sinerpica" table lamp, which was practically useless as a lamp, as was "Sinvola" (1979), which looks like a Outsize pincushion with a rod that has a light bulb stuck in the center. In 1979, Michele De Lucchi also designed several prototype home appliances, which were shown at the Milan Triennale, but never produced. Since 1980 Michele De Lucchi belonged to Memphis, the Ettore Sottsass designer group around. In 1982, Michele De Lucchi designed "Lido", a colorful sofa, and, in 1983, the president of "Start" for Memphis. In the late 1980s, Michele De Lucchi returned again to good design, landing a bestseller in "Tolomeo", a clear-cut, functional aluminum task lamp he co-designed with Giancarlo Fassina for Artemide , in 1987 In 1990, Michele De Lucchi found a small business of his own to manufacture lighting that was neither complex nor had to take into account the demands of mass production so it could be produced by artisans working in the traditional way. The Michele De Lucchi dairy white " Fata " and " Fatina " lamps made of blown Murano glass date from 2001 . On the side, however, Michele De Lucchi continued to work with his design studio for large companies. Since 1979 he has been a design consultant for Olivetti. In 1993, Michele De Lucchi designed branches for Deutsche Bank, in 1995 a Mandarina Duck workshop system, and, in 1997, the Deutsche Bahn travel center in Frankfurt.