GAETANO PESCE FOR CORSI DESIGN

GAETANO PESCE WAS BORN IN LA SPEZIA, ITALY IN 1939. HE IS AN AWARD-WINNING ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER WHOSE WORK IS HELD IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS OF MOMA OF NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM IN NEW YORK, VITRA MUSEUM IN GERMANY, VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM IN LONDON, POMPIDOU CENTER AND MUSEE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS OF LOUVRE IN PARIS. PESCE LIVED IN LONDON, PADOVA, HELSINKI AND PARIS BEFORE SETTLING IN NEW YORK IN 1980.

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER PESCE HAS COMBINED ELEMENTS FROM ART, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE TO CONSISTENTLY CREATE PRODUCTS THAT PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF DESIGN AND COMMUNICATE HIS UNIQUE OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

WORKING PRIMARILY WITH RESIN SINCE THE MID-90S, PESCE CREATES VASES, PLACEMATS AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS IN COLLABORATION WITH CORSI DESIGN THAT STRADDLE THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN ART AND DESIGN.