FRANCO CAMPO (b. 1926) & CARLO GRAFFI (1925-1985)

Franco Campo and Carlo Graffi were introduced to Carlo Mollino whilst studying architecture at the Polytechnic of Turin in the late 1940s. In these two young students Mollino sensed a kinship of spirit and invited them to work alongside him, encouraging them to create their own designs for furniture, that were executed by the same Apelli & Varesio workshop that Mollino himself employed to execute his own furniture. The range of furniture designs conceived by Campo and Graffi displayed a surrealistic liberty of spirit, often referencing anthropomorphic structures that were invested with sensuality, and contributing to the ‘Turinese Baroque’ style that briefly flourished in that city during the early 1950s.