Michele De Lucchi

Place: Ferrara

Born: 1951

Biography:

Michele De Lucchi is an Italian architect and designer born in Ferrara, Italy in 1951. He graduated in architecture from Florence and during the period of radical and experimental architecture, he was a prominent figure in movements such as Cavart, Studio Alchimia and Memphis. He has designed lamps and furniture for well-known Italian and European companies, such as Artemide, Olivetti, Alias, Unifor, Hermès and Alessi. He has also designed and restored buildings in Japan, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy for companies such as NTT, Deutsche Bank, Novartis, Enel, Olivetti, Piaggio, Poste Italiane, and Telecom Italia. In 1999, he was appointed to renovate a number of ENEL power plants. He has also collaborated on the development of corporate image for Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bundesbahn, ENEL, Poste Italine, Telecom Italia, Hera, Intesa Sanpaolo and other Italian and foreign banks, introducing technical and aesthetic innovation into the workplace. He has been involved with numerous art and design exhibitions and created building plans for museums including the Triennale di Milano, Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, Neues Museum in Berlin, Fondazione Cini in Venice, and Gallerie d’Italia.