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Scarlet
Scarlet - 1985
designed by Michele De Lucchi
Exhibition Milan - Hong Kong design, new forms and functions in parallel with Italian iconic works
for Memphis
(Ferrara, Italy, 1951)
Michele De Lucchi is an Italian designer and architect. In 1975 he graduated in Architecture from the University of Florence, where from 1975 to 1977 he worked as an assistant to Adolfo Natalini, the founder of Superstudio. Between the late ’70s and ’80s he was a leading figure in Radical Architecture, and participated in the leading Italian design movements of the time; he was also one of the co-founders of the Memphis Group, with which he collaborated from 1981 to 1987. De Lucchi’s projects at the time were carried out in collaboration with numerous Italian and European furniture brands. In 1990 he founded the Produzione Privata experimental workshop with the aim of combining an experimental approach with traditional techniques and craftsmanship. He has curated numerous art and design exhibitions and designed museum buildings such as the Triennale di Milano, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome and the Neues Museum in Berlin. He has carried out several projects for the city of Milan, including pavilions for Expo 2015, the UniCredit Pavilion in Piazza Gae Aulenti, and the setting up of the Pietà Rondanini at Castello Sforzesco. He teaches at the Faculty of Design of the Politecnico di Milano and is a member of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome.
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Furniture in plastic laminate and metal.
W 180 x D 85 x H 243 cm
Michele de Lucchi on Memphis design: ‘Design is an extraordinary tool for communicating because its intrinsic characteristic is the fact that it is used and distributed anyway, even without communicating anything. We are inventing the possibility of communicating through objects. We are trying to connect design and industry to the broader culture within which we move.’
Scarlet is a room divider rendered in a seductive red all over accented with a graphic pattern on the sides. The vertical extending stacked shapes at the top provide shelving space for books and bottles.
