Milan, 15-20.04.24. On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2024, AMDL CIRCLE presents Leaveitbe, a research project reflecting on the idea of liberating space, with installations by Michele De Lucchi and Sou Fujimoto, created by Produzione Privata and CondeHouse. The exhibition opens on April 15th, and welcomes visitors until April 20th. It’s free – book on Eventbrite

Città del Vaticano, 19.12.24. The new Vatican mobile post office, an architecture serving the public within one of the world’s most important squares, has been inaugurated. The work was commissioned by Poste Italiane, which donated the new building to Poste Vaticano.

Tokyo 20.09-14.10.24. Michele De Lucchi’s solo exhibition hosted by 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery 3, with the support of UniFor. The six works – three in wood and three in bronze – are part of the Logge series, sculptures that explore the idea of the ‘middle space’, understood as that part of a house that connects the inside with the outside: not a physical division but a place of union between domestic life and the outside environment.

Hong Kong, 31.05-15.06.24. Novalis Art Design presents the solo exhibition of Michele De Lucchi, supported by the Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong. In this exhibition Michele De Lucchi exhibits thirty works. They are houses, pavilions and rocks, simple forms but full of details, revealing the inherent multiplicity of our perception and inviting us to reflect on our constant effort to give meaning to everything around us.

Milan, 17.04.24. During Design Week, Michele De Lucchi and Sou Fujimoto talked about the concept of Leaveitbe. The renowned Japanese architect remarked: “I resonate with Michele’s approach because I believe it is crucial for our future. […] Each of us can create, by any means, a circle similar to Leaveitbe inside a room, outdoors, in nature, on the street, anywhere we can imagine spaces of positive emptiness”.

Milan, 14.04.24. During the gala dinner for the 70th anniversary of INTERNI, the Circle curated the mise en place of the Table 1974-1984. Plates, glasses, tablecloths, lamps, and chairs designed by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis were chosen to narrate the distinctive features of the collective founded by Ettore Sottsass, which revolutionized the world of design with vibrant colors and bold shapes. Photo by Paolo Consaga.

Piacenza, 6.04-29.06.24. At the former Church of Sant’Agostino in Piacenza, VOLUMNIA Gallery presents an exhibition dedicated to Michele De Lucchi’s most personal work. It explores his wide-ranging production, from architectural models to his experimental design objects from Produzione Privata, as well as sculptures and artworks. Curated by Paola Nicolin – Set up by AMDL CIRCLE.

Our design for the Nordic Pavilion won the international competition for Expo 2025 Osaka. The structure has been designed for easy disassembly and reuse, following a sustainable and circular approach. The use of wood pays homage to the beauty of a material deeply ingrained in the culture and economy of the Nordic peoples. This choice is an expression of our respectful connection to the environment and our commitment to preserving nature.”

Mornico al Serio (BG), 09.15.23. The Pedrali Pavilion, designed to celebrate the company’s 60th anniversary, is now open. It is a roof standing on solid wooden “legs” and inside houses the exhibition “Pedrali60, we design a better future”, curated by Luca Molinari Studio. The temporary structure is set to have a second life, again within the Pedrali Campus.

Venice, 18.05-26.11.23. In conjunction with the Architecture Biennale 2023, the exhibition DoorScape – The Space Beyond the Threshold, curated by Circle and promoted by Oikos and Fondazione Querini Stampalia, opens inside the Scarpa area of Palazzo Querini Stampalia. The project connects works and exhibition elements with the refined material and formal solutions of the space, composing a score that speaks of harmony, coherence, and the encounter between art, design and architecture.

Berlino, 15.05.23. During the iF Design Award night in Berlin, the multimedia face of the Novartis Pavillon was awarded the prestigious iF AWARD 2023 Gold.

From the jury’s statement: “This is a highly intelligent use of technology, architecture and lighting design. Created with organic solar modules, this zero-energy media façade points the way to a sustainable and communicative skin. The structure suggests an intense dialogue between art and solar power”.

Basel, 12.2022. old German Design Award in Excellent Architecture, Bronze Eurobest Award in Design and LIT Lighting Design Award in Exterior Architectural Lighting are the awards won by the zero-energy media façade of the Novartis Pavilion, technologically prepared to communicate meaningful images. We undertook a series of parametric design studies to define the geometry of the façade, which was designed in collaboration with iart, a studio for media architecture.

Grand-Hornu, 12.02-27.08.23. In the historic industrial mining complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Circle presents the humanistic approach of its projects, which focus on humans and their evolving needs. The experimental design of Produzione Privata, presented in the Hay Warehouses, and the visionary architectures of Earth Stations, described in the Stables, are the Circle’s visions for responding to increasingly complex challenges, respecting the planet and other human beings, for a Kind Future.

Paris, 19-23.01.23. A play of light and shadow, joints and seams tells the identity of Alessi: from kitchen to furniture, from masters of design to contemporary artists. We have relied on the lightness of panels of different sizes: like playing cards tied together by red straps, they allow the visitor to indulge in illusory compositions, rigid and soft at the same time, accompanying a path that winds sinuously and defines the exhibition space, the bar and the lounge.