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Frattini Gianfranco (Padua 1926 – Milan 2004) He graduated in Architecture at the Milan Polytechnic in 1953. His professional activity is mainly aimed at interior furnishings and industrial design. Read the full biography

Frattini Gianfranco (Padua 1926 – Milan 2004) He graduated in Architecture at the Milan Polytechnic in 1953. His professional activity is mainly aimed at interior furnishings and industrial design. Its design, with an essential style and rigorous lines, favors the use of wood. His participation in exhibitions, exhibitions, conferences and furniture shows all over the world is assiduous. Numerous prizes have been awarded to his projects. He collaborated with Gio Ponti until 1954 and in 1956 he was among the founders of the ADI, Association for Industrial Design, for which he carried out numerous tasks. To name some of his products: the Coffee Table from 1969 for Cassina, the storage unit with roller doors from 1957 produced by Bernini and the ashtray 1 for Progetti from 1974. In 1970 he designed the Boalum lamp with Livio Castiglioni for Artemide, a sort of 'snake' ' bright transformer, changeable and modular which has become part of the history of design.