Valerio Di Lucente is a designer, publisher, educator, and co-founder of Julia (2008 – 2023). In 2021, he launched Veii, a Rome-based publishing imprint devoted to visual culture and critical enquiries into art, photography, architecture & design.
Notable commissions include the exhibition design and identity for the Italian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, the art direction of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London (2012–2017), and many books for leading publishers such as Sternberg Press, MIT Press, and Humboldt Books.
Currently acts as art director of Publics, a curatorial agency with a dedicated library, event space and reading room in Helsinki. For Publics he devised a ‘total identity’, overseeing all aspects of the institution’s expressions, and designing its visual, spatial and furniture elements. In particular, he is responsible for the design of Publics Library and Publics Stool, a custom version of Stool 60 by Alvar Aalto, commissioned and produced by Artek.
In 2016 he was the recipient of the British Council’s Lina Bo Bardi Fellowship, with his research focusing on Bo Bardi’s editorial work and culminating in the public presentation Habitat Magazine: Lina Bo Bardi’s Architecture in Writing at the Barbican in London; and the volume Habitats, published by Humboldt Books in 2018. In 2023 he was awarded a residency at HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme.
Parallel to this, he has taught in universities in the UK and abroad, including the Royal College of Art in London and IUAV in Venice. He is currently a professor at ISIA Urbino and John Cabot University in Rome.
Abraaj Art Prize, Alberto Malossi, Anna Barham, Architecture Foundation, Arika, Artangel, Barry Esson, Biennale di Venezia, Brigthon University, British Council, Bryony McIntyre, CalArts, Campo, CCS Bard, Chiara Carpenter, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Condé Nast, Cornelia Lauf, Crafts Council, Darmstadt Faculty of Design, David Blamey, David Mozzetta, Design Museum, Ditto Press, Divario, Enrico David, EPFL, Ermes Ermes, Erwan Lhuissier, Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, Falmouth University, Florence Trust, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Forma Arts, Frame Publishers, Gibson Thornley, Giovanna Silva, Giustini / Stagetti, Gregor Muir, Hatje Cantz, Hayward Gallery, Hinrich Sachs, Hochschule Darmstadt, Home, Manchester, Hugo Timm, Humboldt Books, ICA London, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Iowa State University, ISIA Urbino, IUAV, Jieun Lim, John Cabot University, Juliette Desorgues, Kingston School of Art, Korean Culture Centre, Lenard Giller, Liliana Moro, Lisa Andreani, London College of Communication, LUMA, MACRO, Manchester International Festival, Mark Boulos, Marsilio, Matthew Schum, Michele Abrigo, Mintlist, MIT Press, Mousse Publishing, Musumeci, National Maritime Museum, Nero Editions, Omar Kholeif, Open Editions, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Paolo Di Lucente, Paul O'Neill, Publics, Richard Sapper, RISD (Rome, Program), Rodrigo Valenzuela, Royal College of Art, Somerset House, Stefania Scarpini, Sternberg Press, Sumitra Upham, Thames & Hudson, Tiburtini, Unit Editions, University of Winchester, V&A, Wallpaper magazine, Whitechapel Gallery, Yto Barrada, Zasha Colah