Gaetano Pesce

Gaetano Pesce: 183 items online, from €26 to €21,253

The bulk of the collection comes from Fish Design, the studio founded by Pesce: 168 hand-cast resin objects — vases, baskets, trays, coasters, soap dishes, candle holders — each one different from the others, as the material never pours the same way twice. Alongside these are twelve pieces produced by Meritalia (Nubola sofas, Shadow armchair, La Michetta sofa) and three Cassina pieces: the Feltri felt armchair, and the Tramonto a New York sofa and screen.

Where to start

• For a first piece — small Fish Design resin items, starting at €26: coasters, soap dishes, candle holders
• For a table or shelf — resin vases and bowls, no two alike: see decoration
• For a sofa or armchair — Nubola, Shadow, and La Michetta by Meritalia, Feltri by Cassina: see sofas
• For a collector's item — the Tramonto a New York screen and sofa, produced by Cassina: see the Cassina collection

About Gaetano Pesce

Gaetano Pesce is a major figure in Italian and global design. Architect, designer, painter, sculptor, set designer, and professor, his work is as polymorphous as it is rich: strong, innovative, colorful pieces that are at once functional and garish, full of humor, and sometimes even shocking.

His work as an architect reflects the same taste for innovation, using atypical materials — resin, recycled paper, plastic. The Pink Pavilion, entirely pink, is built from rigid polyurethane. His most famous architectural work remains the Organic Building in Osaka in 1993: prefabricated pockets containing soil anchored into the wall, forming a vertical garden that changes color with the seasons.

Among his notable creations are the UP5 Donna armchair, a female body made of foam chained to a ball, the Golgotha chair, and his Tchador lamp. For him, an object must transcend its status as a useful item and create surprise. He thus invented the unique piece within a series produced using the same mold — what he calls a "diversified" or "pluralist" series. Manufacturing flaws become the hallmark of a quest for authenticity, in reaction to standardization. His work is on permanent display at the MoMA in New York, the Centre Pompidou, and the Louvre, as well as in London, Germany, and San Francisco.

View the pieces and get advice

Our gallery is in the 18th arrondissement of Paris: online orders can be picked up there, and the team is available to answer questions before you purchase — store pickup. For a complete furnishing project, we can provide a quote: write to us.