Franco Grignani Biography
Franco Grignani (Pieve Porto Morone, 1908 – Milan, 1999) was an Italian designer, painter and architect. After spending the first years of his life in his hometown in the province of Pavia, he graduated in architecture in Turin, but already in the 1930s (at the age of 18-20) he participated in demonstrations of second futurism, and then approached geometric abstractionism and constructivism. He develops his interests in the optical visual field, conducting analytical research through not only pictorial but also photographic means. Among the various participations, the one in 1972 at the XXXVI Venice Biennale is remembered, where he designed the experimental graphics section. Grignani has supported numerous private and public exhibitions around the world, and participated in the first congress on human communication: Vision 65]. his works are preserved in some of the most important international and national museums, such as the MOMA in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington in London and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. International fame was also largely given to him by his production in the field of graphic design. Certainly one of the works best known to the public is the project for the pure virgin wool brand (International Wool Society) created in 1964, but also the advertisements for the pharmaceutical company Dompè and for the Alfieri & Lacroix printing house. He was a member of the AGI Alliance Graphique Internationale.
