Gianfranco Frattini: design 1953-2003

A passion for quality craftsmanship, a clear–sighted pragmatism based on empirical experience, and the ability to give shape and expression to the spirit of the times were just some of the qualities that made Gianfranco Frattini (1926–2004) one of the undisputed leading names of Italian and international design. 

In this comprehensive volume, the biography charts Frattini’s professional and personal history: his training in architecture, his early years in Gio Ponti’s studio–workshop, his creative coming of age in the 1960s, and his collaboration with major figures in the modern industry of the sector. The catalogue raisonné presents for the first time his entire body of work in the field of design: over 430 projects, including furniture, lamps, objects and jewellery, from 1953 to 2003. The result is a thorough and passionate portrait of a designer capable to carry on a balanced experimentation and to transform the technique into timeless elegance.