Vico Magistretti (October 6, 1920 - September 19, 2006) was an Italian industrial designer, known as a furniture designer and architect.[1] A collaborator of humanist architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers, one of Magistretti's first projects was the "poetic" round church in the experimental Milan neighborhood of QT8.[1] He later designed mass-produced appliances and furniture for companies such as Cassina S.p.A.,[1] and won several awards, including the Gold Medal of the Chartered Society of Industrial Artists & Designers in 1986