Name: Albini Mini Desk
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Franco Albini’s 1928 desk combines glass, steel and wood with striking clarity and balance. A clear demonstration of Albini’s rationalist design philosophy and minimalist aesthetic, the design derives its appeal through simplicity of form and celebration of material, without extraneous ornamentation.

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Franco Albini

Franco Albini was born in 1905 in Robbiate. He got a degree in Architecture at the Politecnico in 1929. In 1931 he opened his own private practice with Camus and Palanti. He began working on outfitting for exhibitions for the V Triennale in 1933 with the House with a steel frame created with Pagano and others. He began collaborating with Franca Helg in 1952. In the sixties together with the graphic designer Noorda they planed the Metropolitana Milanese (subway stations). Franco Albini was also the University professor in Venice, Turin and Milan for almost 30 years. He died in 1977 in Milan.

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