Gianfranco Frattini
Italy — b. 1926 — d. 2004
Biography
After working with his teacher and mentor Giò Ponti, Gianfranco Frattini developed his own office in 1953 and collaborated with the most important Italian companies: Cassina, Arteluce, Artemide, as well as the greatest manufacturers of the 1960s, such as Lema and Knoll. Throughout his career, he practiced both industrial design and architecture, with a focus on interiors. Notably, the glassware designed by Frattini for Progetti is part of the permanent collection of the MoMA, and the Boalum lamp (created alongside Livio Castiglioni) forms part of many collections including the Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum...
After working with his teacher and mentor Giò Ponti, Gianfranco Frattini developed his own office in 1953 and collaborated with the most important Italian companies: Cassina, Arteluce, Artemide, as well as the greatest manufacturers of the 1960s, such as Lema and Knoll. Throughout his career, he practiced both industrial design and architecture, with a focus on interiors. Notably, the glassware designed by Frattini for Progetti is part of the permanent collection of the MoMA, and the Boalum lamp (created alongside Livio Castiglioni) forms part of many collections including the Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.