BORN IN FLORENCE, 1988.
LIVES AND WORKS IN MILAN AND NEW YORK.
PIETRO FRANCESCHINI IS AN ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER WHOSE PRACTICE OPERATES BETWEEN MATERIAL CRAFT AND DIGITAL CULTURE. IN 2020 HE ESTABLISHED PF|STUDIO.
THROUGH COLLECTIBLE FURNITURE AND OBJECTS, HE DEVELOPS A DIALOGUE BETWEEN REALITY, FUNCTIONALITY, AND DIGITAL ILLUSION. HE DEFINES HIS PRACTICE AS THE FICTIONAL OBJECT, WHERE EACH PIECE EXISTS ALONGSIDE A DIGITAL COUNTERPART THAT EXTENDS ITS NARRATIVE.
THE WORK OPERATES THROUGH HYBRIDISATION, BLENDING REFERENCES FROM ANTIQUITY, INDUSTRIAL MODERNITY, POP CULTURE, AND SPECULATIVE FUTURES.
HE HAS COLLABORATED WITH LEESER ARCHITECTURE (BROOKLYN), LAISNE ROUSSEL (PARIS), AND CARLO RATTI ASSOCIATI (NEW YORK).
HIS WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED INTERNATIONALLY THROUGH GALLERIES AND INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING GALERIE PHILIA, STUDIO 27, THE INVISIBLE COLLECTION, THE COLLECTIONAL, OBJECTS WITH NARRATIVES, 1818 COLLECTIVE, STAHL + BAND, ORIGINE AU, FREEMAN, ELLE DECORATION, AND SIMON DE PURY.
TEAMELIO ROMANAZZI / CLAUDIA BERRO
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STUDIO ADDRESS: PALAZZO BONACOSSA, VIA QUINTINO SELLA 4, 20121 MILAN, ITALY
EMAIL: [email protected]
INSTAGRAM: @PIET_FRAN
EXHIBITIONS
“The Temperature of Form“ / Galerie Philia / 2026-08-29
“Eternal Fragment“ / Public Installation / 2026-06-05
“How High The Moon“ / Galerie Philia / 2026-04-21
“Tivoli“ / Serafini / 2026-04-19
“The Atelier Edition“ x Henzel Studio / 2026-04-18
NOMAD St. Moritz / MondavilliScagliola / 2026-02-12
NOMAD Abu Dhabi / MondavilliScagliola / 2025-11-18
Design Miami / MondavilliScagliola / 2025-10-21
COLLECTIBLE / Interval / 2025-09-03
JIA Curated / 2025-08-14
“Design for a Real World” / Vestigia / 2025-06-07
“Floral Echoes” / Galerie Philia / 2025-06-04
TAAD / Galerie Philia / 2025-02-28
“ITALIAMANIA 2025” / 2025-02-10
“Excused from Efficiency” / Origin AU / 2024-12-10
“Marks of Existence” / Pad London 2024 / Movimento Gallery / 2024-10-08
“Making Memories” / Paris DW 2024 -/The Invisible Collection / 2024-08-07
“Liminal Dreams” / Melbourne Design Week / Origin AU / 2024-05-23
“Materia Perpetua” / Galerie Philia / 2024-02-27
“ITALIA MANIA 2024” / 2024-02-11
“Paris Design Week 2024” The Invisible Collection / 2024-01-20
PAD London 2023 / Gravity & Grace by PHILIA / 2023-10-10
“Desacralized” / Galerie Philia / 2023-04-13
“D3SIGN CAPSULE SHANGHAI” / Elle Decoration / 2023-03-01
“Maison&Objet 2023” / Pietro Franceschini x Dooq
“D3SIGN CAPSULE PARIS” / Elle Decoration France / 2022-09-08
“Veloutées” / Pietro Franceschini x Metaphores / 2022-09-07
“Jean Nouvelle: Racines Aériennes” / Galerie Philia / 2022-08-01
“Milan Design Week 2022” / Pietro Franceschini x Dooq
“Pietro Franceschini x Hegi Design House” / 2022-05-20
“Collectible Fair” - Objects with a Narrative / 2022-05-19
“C.R.E.A.M” - Philia x Angelique Sagaert / 2022-05-18
“1818 Collective Opening” / 2022-05-21
“Heritages” / Galerie Philia / 2022-04-30
“Hometown” / Galerie Philia / 2022-04-19
“Dedar x The Invisible Collection” / 2022-02-09
“Transatlantico” / Galerie Philia x HOK / 2022-02-08
“Porosites” / Galerie Philia / 2021-12-16
“The Shape of Things to Come” / The Collectional / 2021-11-09
“Cabinet de Virtuosites” / Galerie Philia / 2021-10-22
“First Times” / Galerie Philia / 2021-10-09
“Philia x Numeroventi” / 2021-07-16
“Walker Tower” / Galerie Philia / 2021-01-20
“Style AD” / Piasa / 2020-12-03
“Transhumances” / Galerie Philia / 2020-09-05
“So Close So Good” / Numeroventi / 2020-07-02
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