Martinelli Luce Ruspa table lamp

Gae Aulenti Gaetana Aulenti, better known as Gae, was born in Palazzolo dello Stella on 4 December 1927. Her father, Aldo, hailed from Puglia, and her mother, Virginia Gioia, was a Neapolitan of Calabrian origin. For many years, she was the companion of Carlo Ripa di Meana, from whom she separated because of political differences. Young Gae immediately dedicated herself to her great passion and, in 1953, obtained a degree in architecture at the Milan Polytechnic. She qualified to practise the profession in the same university.