Franco Albini
Franco Albini was a major
figure in the Rationalist Movement, excelling in architectural, furniture,
industrial and museum design. After receiving a degree in
architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1929, he worked with the Ponti
and Lancia design studios. His work for the magazine Casabella also played a key
part in his development, marking his conversion to the Rationalist Movement and
his becoming its spokesman on the Italian cultural scene. When he
set up his own practice in Milan in 1931, he took on the challenge of workers’
housing and continued in this vein after the war, thanks to the opportunities
offered by the reconstruction projects he worked on with Franca Helg from
1952. During the 1940’s, Albini expanded his collaboration with
Cassina, which started with chair designs that paved the way for his signature
style.
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