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Five places to meet Gaetano Pesce's joyful designs
From a Paris gallery to an Osaka office block, where to see the Italian radical's work.
Gaetano Pesce never believed that objects should all look the same. Born in La Spezia in 1939, he spent more than six decades bending, dripping and stretching foam, resin, rubber and felt into furniture and buildings that celebrated imperfection. He was linked to Italy's Radical Design movement and moved to New York in 1983. The Spaces has picked five places to see his work in person.
Pulp Galerie, in Paris and New York, is the obvious starting point. It shows pieces from across his career, including the Nobody's Perfect series and the Greene Street chair, and has published a book on his Chiat/Day office in New York. In the south of France, his felt Feltri chair from the Centre Pompidou's collection appears in 'Suivez le fil!' at Hotel des Arts in Toulon until 31 October. In New York, Salon 94 has an archive show curated by artist Anthea Hamilton, including the UP7 and Tramonto a New York, on view until 24 October.
You can also spot a green Feltri chair in the River Loft at 180 The Thames in London, chosen by Eagle + Hodges. And in Osaka, his Organic Building from 1993 is a nine-storey office block with a red-orange facade covered in planters, a vertical garden in the middle of the city.
Our summary of a story from The Spaces, published 28 September 2026. Read the original
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