Lucio Traficante

Lucio Traficante Industrial Designer

23/09/2025

Kalasin Washbasin, Naturalized by Design Media.

The Kalasin washbasin, designed for Bathco, has been featured in several specialized design media, most notably in AD España magazine, issue 206 (May 2025), one of the leading international publications in architecture, interior design, and contemporary design.

Its presence in the magazine highlights the growing interest in proposals that, starting from everyday objects, explore connections between form, material, and nature. In this case, a geometry inspired by tree bark and organic growth patterns resonates within a context that values both formal innovation and conceptual depth in the creative design process.





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Kalasin Washbasin, Inspired by Nature.The wooden skin of the Kalasin washbasin, designed for Bathco, is defined by longi...
18/09/2025

Kalasin Washbasin, Inspired by Nature.

The wooden skin of the Kalasin washbasin, designed for Bathco, is defined by longitudinal striations that, like the bark of a tree, reflect its radial growth structure, with wrinkles and cracks endlessly circling the entire circumference.

The alignment of the bark fibers parallel to the tree’s axis is essential for resisting mechanical and natural stresses, helping to minimize the risk of transverse fractures. This is Nature whispering the ancient language of resilience: the quiet strength to endure tension, to rise without breaking, to reach ever upward.

Kalasin’s longitudinal striations evoke the upward growth pattern of the tree’s structure, which, like life itself, is grounded in strong roots and rises with the strength and momentum of a trunk. A trunk that ultimately opens and lifts its arms in a longing to reach the sky.

Designed for Bathco





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Design, Passion & Commitment.Our team is composed of a heterogeneous, dynamic, and multidisciplinary group of profession...
07/01/2025

Design, Passion & Commitment.

Our team is composed of a heterogeneous, dynamic, and multidisciplinary group of professionals who love what they do and do what they love. The studio is led by Lucio Traficante, a product designer widely recognized for his award-winning designs and numerous publications throughout his career.

When defining the secret of his achievements, Lucio Traficante prefers to attribute them to two simple concepts: commitment and passion.

Commitment, that allows him to understand Design as a vindicating element of the contemporary man against a material culture that expands voraciously under the rules and demands of the market.

Passion, that turns him into a kind of modern poet who interprets the emotions and feelings of the user, like the words of a poem in which the prose materializes to describe the human heart.





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WRI Prize for Cities, 3rd and 4th Award Ceremonies.On February 2, 2023, business leader, philanthropist, and Prize Jury ...
17/12/2024

WRI Prize for Cities, 3rd and 4th Award Ceremonies.

On February 2, 2023, business leader, philanthropist, and Prize Jury Chairman Stephen M. Ross presented the $250,000 grand prize to Barranquilla Mayor Jaime Pumarejo at the Ford Foundation for Social Justice in New York City. The city’s parks and green spaces initiative, Todos al Parque, showcases how to live and thrive in turbulent times through inclusive investment in safe, green, and healthy public spaces.

On September 25, 2024, the Prize for Cities award ceremony took place during Climate Week in New York City. This year’s grand prize was awarded to Fortaleza for its project Re-Ciclo, an innovative waste management initiative that combines e-mobility with the empowerment and dignification of informal workers.

Photos courtesy of WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

2020-2021 Grand Prize Winner Municipalidad de Rosario
2021-2022 Grand Prize Winner Alcaldía Distrital de Barranquilla
2023-2024 Grand Prize Winner Prefeitura de Fortaleza

2021-2022 Finalists Iloilo City Government Chaire ETI Suda Odisha TransPeshawar
2023-2024 Finalists Trust for Public Land CARPE - EcoSattva Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Klimaetaten i Oslo kommune

3D printed by Sandhelden





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WRI Prize for Cities, Made by Nature.Always with sustainability in mind, the Prize for Cities trophies were brought to l...
10/12/2024

WRI Prize for Cities, Made by Nature.

Always with sustainability in mind, the Prize for Cities trophies were brought to life through an innovative and eco-friendly sand 3D printing process.

The pieces were expertly crafted by Sandhelden using binder jetting technology—a zero-waste process that employs a layering system to shape objects. During the printing process, multiple layers of quartz sand are bonded together with binder agents derived from renewable resources, such as sugarcane, corn husks, and rice hulls.

The result is a stunning collection of pieces that showcase exceptional formal complexity and eloquence, proving that the only technical limitation is human creativity.

Designed for WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
3D printed by Sandhelden





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WRI Prize for Cities, The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts.Always drawing from nature as a source of learning ...
03/12/2024

WRI Prize for Cities, The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts.

Always drawing from nature as a source of learning and inspiration, the trophy design emphasizes the importance of individual details while simultaneously demonstrating that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

The design concept behind this organic trophy cannot be reduced to a single natural reference or idea. Paradoxically, it is both nothing and everything at once. Its design seeks to uncover a universal language of organic forms—not to imitate mother nature in its finished shapes, but to express its essence, its soul. In other words, it aims to represent the intrinsic structures and underlying processes that shape nature and keep the flame of life alive.

Designed for WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
3D printed by Sandhelden





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WRI Prize for Cities, Our Responsibility as Designers.The trophy awarded to the four Prize for Cities finalists has also...
28/11/2024

WRI Prize for Cities, Our Responsibility as Designers.

The trophy awarded to the four Prize for Cities finalists has also been 3D printed using sand, but in a darker gray tone to distinguish it from the winner’s trophy.

Amid an increasingly segmented and specialized world, full of ephemeral and shallow connections, where trends follow one after the other, we are keenly aware of our responsibility as designers, so we strive to create objects that justify their existence and earn their rightful place on this planet.

A universal and timeless object, capable of adapting to any space and context as well as lasting over time. Because in such a dizzying era where fashions quickly succeed one another, there is no more honest and sustainable object than the one designed to withstand the test of time.

Designed for WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
3D printed by Sandhelden

2021-2022 Finalists Iloilo City Government Chaire ETI Suda Odisha TransPeshawar
2023-2024 Finalists Trust for Public Land CARPE - EcoSattva Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Klimaetaten i Oslo kommune





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WRI Prize for Cities, Learning from Nature.For the design of the trophy, we looked to nature as our model and source of ...
26/11/2024

WRI Prize for Cities, Learning from Nature.

For the design of the trophy, we looked to nature as our model and source of inspiration. We focused not on what we can extract from the natural world but on what it can teach us. After millions of years of evolution, nature has discovered what works, what is appropriate, and what endures.

The trophy for the winning city has been crafted using a sustainable 3D printing process with sand—a natural element that provides both its color and texture. An ancient and timeless material that, due to its nobility, simplicity, and efficiency, has withstood the passage of time and evolved in harmony with human beings. A material that originates from the earth and returns to it, completing the life cycle dictated by nature.

Designed for WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
3D printed by Sandhelden

2020-2021 Grand Prize Winner Municipalidad de Rosario
2021-2022 Grand Prize Winner Alcaldía Distrital de Barranquilla
2023-2024 Grand Prize Winner Prefeitura de Fortaleza





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(What) A Designer Must Read! Design for a Better World & Meaningful Stuff.Our responsibility as designers is to create o...
15/10/2024

(What) A Designer Must Read! Design for a Better World & Meaningful Stuff.

Our responsibility as designers is to create objects that justify their existence and earn their own place in this world. In such dizzying times where fashions follow one after the other, there is no more sustainable and sincere product than the one that is meant to overcome the passage of time.

These two books, “Design for a Better World”, written by Donald Norman and “Meaningful Stuff, Design That Last”, written by Jonathan Chapman, both published by The MIT Press , demonstrate why design can—and must—lead the transition to a sustainable future.





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Cervino Washbasin, Nature’s Essence. The Cervino collection is a design masterpiece that combines elegance and functiona...
01/10/2024

Cervino Washbasin, Nature’s Essence.

The Cervino collection is a design masterpiece that combines elegance and functionality in a single product.

With its fusion of pure lines, luminosity, and simple geometry, each washbasin in the Cervino series captures the essence of nature in every detail, infusing the bathroom with an air of serenity and greatness.

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