Designer
Gianfranco Frattini
Gianfranco Frattini (1926-2004) was born in Padua and studied architecture at the Politecnico in Milan.
His work belongs largely to the generation that shaped Italian design from the late 1950s through the 1960s.
The maker
Biography
Before setting up on his own in the mid-1950s, Frattini worked in the office of Gio Ponti. He then opened his own practice in Milan and began producing his own designs, and he died in Milan in 2004.
Models & collaborations
Models and collaborations
The collaboration between Frattini and Pierluigi Ghianda rested on a shared respect for wood as a material that is at once technical and expressive.
Available works