Franzolini, Enrico

Born in Udine in 1952. He studied in Florence and graduated in architecture at the University of Venice. In 1972 he was invited to the 36th Biennale Exhibition of decorative arts in Venice, exhibiting two objects produced by the Livio Seguso glass-manufactory in Murano. In 1978 his first personal exhibition at Plurima Gallery in Udine marked the beginning of his interest in purist architecture. At the same time however he became interested in architecture and interior and product design. In the 80’s and 90’s some of his projects in architecture and industrial design were published by specialized magazines such as Domus, Modo, Abitare, Interni. In 1993 his project for a private house received honoured mentions and won the Piranesi Prize. Many architectural works have been made during the last years; we would like to mention Calligaris Offices in Manzano, the R.I.F. Office Building, the Mercedes Crysler Jeep Showroom Buiding in Udine and Pordenone, the Tower and Shopping Center Antivari in Udine, the Office Building Potocco in Manzano Udine and some private houses in Vittorio Veneto. Other works are in progress, like the Hotel Resort in Otranto (Puglia), and other works for private and public clients. He has worked with several of most important furniture companies such as Accademia, Alias, Cappellini, Crassevig, Foscarini, Gervasoni, Knoll International, Montina, Moroso and Pallucco. In 1991 he won the first prize in the Top Ten competition at Promosedia Intenational Fair in Udine. In 1993 his Light Box Collection was exhibited first in Udine at Plurima Gallery, then it was presented by Cappellini in 1994 at the Salone del Mobile in Milan. In 1999 he received a honourable mention for the chair “Asia”, designed for Crassevig, at the Triennale Compasso d’Oro Prize in Milan. He also worked on conceptual planning for several exhibitions that took place in the S. Francesco Church Museum in Udine: the “Mosaico “exhibition in 1997, “Le arti a Udine in ‘900” and “L’antico a nuovo” exposition in 2001. Recently he worked for the recent permanent Museum Morpurgo in Udine.