Biography

Is Gaetano Pesce a designer who creates art or an artist who influences the world of design? Unlike many of his contemporaries, his specialty is seeing and working in design, art and industry as a whole.

Pesce gained international recognition with the "UP" series of furniture, which he developed in 1969. Mass-produced, the chairs were vacuum-packed in flat cardboard boxes, which solved some of the problems of storage and shipping. Pesce designed seven models to satisfy different users: from small children's chairs to sofas for two. The 'UP 5' or 'Donna' model has been part of our auctions several times. The irony in the design is obvious at first glance: the shape of the chair alludes to the curves of the female body, ironically referring to the socially defined role of women.

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Objects by Gaetano Pesce