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Gianfranco Frattini by Cassina
1 resultsCollection: Gianfranco Frattini
Brand: Cassina
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A collection that became emblematic of the 1960s, an era of optimism and experimentation, when the focus was on unremitting functionality. Designed by Gianfranco Frattini, these four low tables, the smallest being 42 cm in diameter and the largest 61, their heights being similarly graduated, can be stacked to form a sculptural effect reminiscent of a drum. The frames are in beechwood, either in a walnut stain, or in a black lacquer finish. The plastic laminate top is reversible, the underside being lacquered white. Today, as yesterday, this model is a popular choice, the fact that it can be stacked adding to its versatility.
Gianfranco Frattini was an Italian architect and designer. He is a member of the generation that created the Italian design movement in the late 1950s through the 1960s and is considered to have played a major role in shaping it. Frattini opened his own professional practice in Milan, after having worked in the office of his teacher and mentor Giò Ponti. Frattini 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.