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Gianfranco Frattini (born in Padova - Italy on May 15, 1926 - died in Milan - Italy on April 6, 2004). Architect and designer, Frattini is a member of the generation that created the Italian design movement in the late 1950s through the 1960s. An architecture graduate of the Milan Politecnico in 1953, Gianfranco Frattini opened his own professional practice in Milan, after having worked in the office of his teacher and mentor Gio Ponti. Frattini said that "he became an industrial designer by default when he lacked appropriate lighting and furniture for his interiors". His collaboration with Cesare Cassina for his namesake company started in 1954, followed by collaborations with many other manufacturers, such as Bernini, Arteluce, Acerbis, Fantoni, Artemide (for whom among others pieces with Livio Castiglioni he designed the historic Boalum lamp), Luci, Knoll, Lema and many others.In 1956 he co-founded ADI (Associazone per il Disegno Industriale) and throughout his career he practiced both industrial design and architecture, focusing mostly on interiors. He was a board member of the "Triennale di Milano". Great connoisseur of wood craftsmanship, he forged a long and fruitful professional partnership with the master craftsman from Bovisio Masciago (Milan), Pierluigi Ghianda. Frattini won many professional awards and prizes, among them the prestigious Compasso d’Oro. (<"Gianfranco Frattini", Italian Design, a cura di Pier Carlo Santini, Edizioni Biblioteca dell'Immagine, Pordenone Italy 1988; "Gianfranco Frattini, Architetto d'Interni e Designer" by Giuliana Gramigna and Federica Monetti, Franco Angeli Editore, Milano Italy 2007>

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+Gianfranco Frattini (born in Padova - Italy on May 15, 1926 - died in Milan - Italy on April 6, 2004). Architect and designer, Frattini is a member of the generation that created the Italian design movement in the late 1950s through the 1960s.  An architecture graduate of the Milan Politecnico in 1953, Gianfranco Frattini opened his own professional practice in Milan, after having worked in the office of his teacher and mentor Gio Ponti. Frattini said that "he became an industrial designer by default when he lacked appropriate lighting and furniture for his interiors". His collaboration with Cesare Cassina for his namesake company started in 1954, followed by collaborations with many other manufacturers, such as Bernini, Arteluce, Acerbis, Fantoni, Artemide (for whom among others pieces with Livio Castiglioni he designed the historic Boalum lamp), Luci, Knoll, Lema and many others.In 1956 he co-founded ADI (Associazone per il Disegno Industriale) and throughout his career he practiced both industrial design and architecture, focusing mostly on interiors. He was a board member of the "Triennale di Milano". Great connoisseur of wood craftsmanship, he forged a long and fruitful professional partnership with the master craftsman from Bovisio Masciago (Milan), Pierluigi Ghianda. Frattini won many professional awards and prizes, among them the prestigious Compasso d’Oro.
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+(<"Gianfranco Frattini", Italian Design, a cura di Pier Carlo Santini, Edizioni Biblioteca dell'Immagine, Pordenone Italy 1988; "Gianfranco Frattini, Architetto d'Interni e Designer" by Giuliana Gramigna and Federica Monetti, Franco Angeli Editore, Milano Italy 2007>
-Gianfranco Frattini (born in Padova - Italy on May 15, 1926 - died in Milan - Italy on April 6, 2004). Architect and designer, Frattini is a member of the generation that created the Italian design movement in the late 1950s through the 1960s.  An arc h i t e c t u re graduate of the Milan Politecnico in 1953, Gianfranco Frattini opens his own professional practice in Milan after having worked in the office of his teacher and mentor Gio Ponti. Frattini said that "he became an industrial designer by default when he lacked appropriate lighting and furniture for his interiors". His collaboration with Cesare Cassina for his namesake company starts in 1954, followed by collaborations with many other manufactureres, such as Bernini, Arteluce, Acerbis, Fantoni,Artemide, for whom among others pieces with Livio Castiglioni he designed the historic Boalum lamp, ,Luci, Knoll, Lema and many others.In 1956 he c o - founded the ADI, (Associazone per il Disegno Industriale) and throughout his distinguished career he practiced both industrial design and architecture, focusing mostly on interiors. He, was a board member of the Triennale di Milano. Great connoisseur of wood craftsmanship, he forged a long and fruitful professional partnership with the master craftsman from Bov i s i o, Pierluigi Ghianda. Frattini won many gold medals and prizes, among them the prestigious Compasso d’Oro.
-("Gianfranco Frattini", Italian Design, a cura di Pier Carlo Santini, Edizioni Biblioteca dell'Immagine, Pordenone Italy 1988; "Gianfranco Frattini, Architetto d'Interni e Designer" by Giuliana Gramigna and Federica Monetti, Franco Angeli Editore, Milano Italy 2007)