Giancarlo Fassina

Giancarlo Fassina

The designer Giancarlo Fassina has enjoyed a long and successful career in international design. After studying at the legendary Polytechnic in Milan Giancarlo Fassina rose to become one of the most important figures of the design avant-garde in Italy. In the 1980s, he became famous as a leading protagonist of the "Antidesign Movement", and although Fassina is active in a wide range of areas, and has specialized in exhibition design during his career, he is particularly well known today for his lighting designs, especially the Tolomeo collection: developed in collaboration with Michele de Lucchi for the Italian manufacturer Artemide, the Tolomeo lighting series has been awarded the prestigious Compasso D'Oro.