Franco Raggi was born 1945, in Milan. He graduated with a degree in architecture in 1969, also in Milan.
From 1971 - 1976, he was the editor of the magazine Casbella and editor-in-chief of the design magazine Modo, which he directed until 1983.
In 1973 Franco Raggi and Aldo Rossi organized the International Architecture Department of the Milan Triennial. Again in 1973 he organized the first critical exhibition on the Italian Radical Design for the international Design Centrum of Berlin. He was responsible for the Design Collection at the Milan Triennial.