Born in Milan, Emanuela Frattini Magnusson graduated from the Milan Polytechnic in 1983.She has operated her own architecture and design firm since 1985 in London and Milan, and since 1990 in New York.

She produced and marketed her product designs under the name of EFM prior to their distribution by the Museum of Modern Art.
She has been widely published and has received several industry awards for her designs.

For Salviati she designed Oliver glasses.