Alberto Rosselli graduated in architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1947. Two years later he was commissioned by Domus magazine founder Gio Ponti to produce a monthly column on design for the industry. In 1950 Rosselli joined the architectural office of Gio Ponti and Antonio Fornaroli in Milan. With support from Ponti, Rosselli founded the magazine Stile Industria in 1954, with the aim of enhancing the dialogue between design and industry in Italy. The magazine made an important contribution to the design discourse until it closed in 1963.
Rosselli was one of the co-founders of the Compasso d’Oro Award in 1954, as well as the ADI (Italian Association of Industrial Design) in 1956. During the 1960s’s Rosselli designed for manufacturers such as Arflex, Pavoni, and Kartell. For Fratelli Saporiti, Rosselli created one of his most well-known pieces; the Jumbo armchair in 1968 and the Moby Dick lounge chair in the following year. Both chairs were made of molded fiberglass-reinforced polyester and lacquer.
In 1970, Rosselli was distinguished with the Compasso d’Oro for the Meteor, a long-distance vehicle, designed for Carrozzeria Orlandi in collaboration with Isao Hosoe. Meteor was a part of the exhibition Italy: The New Domestic Landscape at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1972. Four years later, Rosselli passed away at the age of 55.
