Franco Albini

Architect, urban planner and furniture designer, Franco Albini began his career working for the Ponti and Lancia design studios after receiving a degree in architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1929. From here, the Italian played a key role in the rationalist movement, fuelled by his work for Casabella, and founded his own practice in 1931 where he took on the challenge of workers’ housing. A long term collaboration with Italian brand Cassina began in the 1940s — a partnership