Gaetano Pesce is an Italian architect

Architect

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 and designer

Designer

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Biography

Gaetano Pesce was born in La Spezia

La Spezia

La Spezia , at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the Liguria region of northern Italy, is the capital city of the province of La Spezia. Located between Genoa and Pisa on the Ligurian Sea, it is one of the main Italian military and commercial harbours and hosts one of Italy's biggest military...

 in 1939. He studied Architecture at the University of Venice

University of Venice

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. He has since worked worldwide as an architect and a designer for companies such as B&B Italia

B&B Italia

B&B Italia SpA is an Italian modern furniture company whose luxury products are sold worldwide. The company was founded in 1966 by the Busnelli family, who currently manages the company. On March 1, 2011, the Busnelli family officially became majority shareholders of the company once again and now...

, Vitra

Vitra (furniture)

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 and Cassina

Cassina S.p.A.

Cassina S.p. A. is an Italian manufacturing company specialised in the creation of high-end designer furniture.-Origins:The "Amedeo Cassina" company was created by the brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina in 1927 in Meda, Brianza,...

. His most famous building is the "Organic Building" in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

. He has lived in New York

New York

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 since 1980, and has been a guest professor in institutions like the Cooper Union

Cooper Union

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly referred to simply as Cooper Union, is a privately funded college in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States, located at Cooper Square and Astor Place...

 in New York and the Institut d'Architecture et d'Etudes Urbaines in Strasbourg

Strasbourg

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. Some of his designs have been included in the collections of the MoMA

Museum of Modern Art

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 and the Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

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.. He is known for experimenting with new materials, and the material of resin has become his signature material.

Awards

• 1993: Chrysler Design Award
  Chrysler Design Award
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• 1995: Interior Design magazine Award for his collapsible chair / umbrella
• 2005: Design Excellence Award of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
  Philadelphia Museum of Art
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• 2006: Designer of the Year for the German magazine "A&W Architektur und Wohnen"

External links

• Designboom interview with Pesce from 2000
• Icon magazine another interview, from September 2004
• MoMA Pesce objects in the collection
• New York Times article on Pesce's furniture
• Interior Design 2006 article on Pesce