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Michele de Lucchi
On November 8, 1951, the Italian city of Ferrara gained a future designer; Michele de Lucchi! After de Lucchi received his degree in architecture from the University of Florence, he began working for such well-known names as Artemide, Olivetti and Alessi.
De Lucchi was from part of the Memphis Group, a well-known group of artists that included Ettore Sottsass was the founder of. In 1987, this group unfortunately fell apart. A year later, in 1988, de Lucchi was appointed Director of Design for the Italian company Olivetti. Here he worked until 2002.
De Lucchi was also still active as an architect. He designed buildings in Japan, Germany, Switzerland and Italy, among other places. In 2015, de Lucchi entered into a collaboration with the also Italian Alessi. He designed the Pulcina series; a percolators collection.