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Franco Sargiani
An architect, he was born in Modena in 1940 and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan.
After early experience at Studio Morassutti and numerous internships abroad, in England, Sweden, Finland and Denmark in particular, where he came into contact with some of the most prominent design and production centres in those countries, he began his autonomous professional activity by opening a Studio in Milan.
His interventions range from civil architecture to industrial and interior architecture, from industrial design to corporate image organisation, the last often in collaboration with Eija Helander.
He taught industrial and visual design at the Scuola Politecnica e di Design, run by Nino Di Salvatore.
He collaborated with numerous other companies, including Alessi, Fantini, Filasp, Fidenza Vetraria, Inda, Emicar, Sipea ...
His designs have been published in books and specialist magazines, have been selected for the Gold Compass Award and have been presented in numerous museums, including the Beaubourg in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tel Aviv Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, the Museum of Applied Arts in Helsinki, the Kunst Museum in Düsseldorf, the Triennale di Milano, etc.
His creations can be found in the permanent collections of the Triennale di Milano, the Museo de Arte de Sao paolo in Brazil, the Kunstgewerbemuseum SMPK in Berlin, the Kunstmuseum in Düsseldorf and in the Deutsches Klingenmuseum in Solingen, Germany.
After early experience at Studio Morassutti and numerous internships abroad, in England, Sweden, Finland and Denmark in particular, where he came into contact with some of the most prominent design and production centres in those countries, he began his autonomous professional activity by opening a Studio in Milan.
His interventions range from civil architecture to industrial and interior architecture, from industrial design to corporate image organisation, the last often in collaboration with Eija Helander.
He taught industrial and visual design at the Scuola Politecnica e di Design, run by Nino Di Salvatore.
He collaborated with numerous other companies, including Alessi, Fantini, Filasp, Fidenza Vetraria, Inda, Emicar, Sipea ...
His designs have been published in books and specialist magazines, have been selected for the Gold Compass Award and have been presented in numerous museums, including the Beaubourg in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tel Aviv Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, the Museum of Applied Arts in Helsinki, the Kunst Museum in Düsseldorf, the Triennale di Milano, etc.
His creations can be found in the permanent collections of the Triennale di Milano, the Museo de Arte de Sao paolo in Brazil, the Kunstgewerbemuseum SMPK in Berlin, the Kunstmuseum in Düsseldorf and in the Deutsches Klingenmuseum in Solingen, Germany.
