Giancarlo Piretti (Bologna, Italy, 1940–2026) was an Industrial Designer. Among his successful designs were Plia folding chair, (his best-seller exhibited at MoMA NY), Platone folding desk, and DSC (106-AXIS) seating system. obtained the Compasso d'Oro (Italy) for Vertebra chairs, as well as for his largest project, Piretti Collection office & institutional seating system. Other designs include Xylon wooden chairs, Torsion collection of institutional chairs, Engage & Impulse office chair lines featuring a synchro tilt mechanism developed by Piretti, #18000 nesting & stacking chairs, and the Strive chair collection. The Pirouette nesting table and Grazie and Doni chairs for KI U.S. were G. Piretti's last designs.