Paolo Lucidi and Luca Pevere move fluidly between design fields, reinterpreting materials and technologies and applying them in unexpected ways. “You have to innovate and say something interesting,” says Lucidi of what comprises a successful piece. Based in Milan, LucidiPevere design lighting, furniture, ceramics, textiles, and small home goods, with each partner presenting to the client his own response to the brief. The pair then collaborate on the winning proposal, refining it until it reaches fruition. Explains Pevere of the approach: “When you work for eight hours on the curve of a shell, you can’t tell the right direction. That’s when having two people helps you make the best decision.”