Biography

Gaetano Pesce is a contemporary Italian industrial designer and architect. Known for his imaginative use of shape and color, Pesce’s work is characterized by its individuality and the designer’s belief in Modernism as an interpretive method more so than a strict style. About Modern architecture, Pesce has said, “I’d like to see more human feelings, less abstraction, less being neutral. I would like to see the human touch, not abstract geometry, and more personal stories in design, architecture and objects… I think that’s very important.” The designer’s works, most popularly the Gaetano Pesce Chair and Up Chair, express his interest in eroding the boundaries between art, design, and industry. Born in 1939 in La Spezia, Italy, Pesce received his formal training at the University of Venice under Carlo Scarpa and Ernesto Rogers. His models and drawings are in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, among others. Pesce lives and works in New York.