Gianfranco Frattini

An architecture graduate of Polytechnic University of Milan, Gianfranco Frattini became an industrial designer by default when he lacked appropriate lighting and furniture for his interiors. In 1956 he co-founded the ADI, Associazone per il Disegno Industriale.

During his distinguished career, he collaborated with Gio Ponti, worked for Cassina and Acerbis, designed lamps for Artemide, was a board member of the Triennale di Milano, designed for Knoll and won many gold medals and other prizes. Gianfranco Frattini is a member of the generation that made up the Italian design movement in the late 1950s through the 1960s.