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Continental
Designed by
Michele De Lucchi
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Style
Memphis, Postmodern, Coming Soon
Brand
Memphis Milano
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Base Game
Creator
Meinkatz
About this Product
The Continental table, designed by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Milano in 1984, is a striking example of the playful and rebellious spirit of the Memphis movement. Constructed from wood and covered in brightly colored decorative laminate, the piece is composed of intersecting geometric planes that appear to balance in a visually unexpected way, almost as if defying gravity. Its bold shapes, contrasting colors, and graphic patterns challenge the rational purity of modernist design, transforming a simple side table into a sculptural statement. Both functional and expressive, the Continental embodies the Memphis philosophy of experimentation, irony, and visual energy that redefined furniture design in the 1980s.

About the Designer

Michele De Lucchi
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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