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Pietro Franceschini

  • Milan, Italy
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Italian Minimalism mixed with Modernist Impressions

The Bio

Pietro Franceschini is an Italian architect and designer based between New York, Milan, and Florence. He studied architecture in Italy, Portugal, and the United States, graduating with honors from the University of Florence and Pratt Institute in New York. After working with international firms such as Leeser Architecture, Claudio Nardi, Laisné Roussel, and Carlo Ratti Associati, he founded PF | Studio in 2020, focusing on interiors, furniture, and collectible design. His work blends minimalism with playful, organic forms, often exploring the boundary between digital and physical. Exhibited internationally, Franceschini’s designs reflect his curiosity, cosmopolitan background, and a constant drive to push creative boundaries.

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The Conversation with Pietro

Looking back, is there an early memory — an object, a place, or a person — that first awakened your sensitivity to form and beauty?

I was born and grew up at Poggio Secco, an 18th-century villa in the hills around Florence. My childhood unfolded in the harmony of the Tuscan countryside, in a home filled with art, quiet proportions, and a kind of historical melancholy.

It all feltcompletely natural then, almost unconscious - beauty was just part of the atmosphere. It’s hard to isolate a precise moment when that sensitivity to form truly began. But I remember seeing Il Tempietto del Santo Sepolcro by Leon Battista Alberti inside the Marino Marini Museum - a beauty somehow disruptive from the pure harmony I was used to. Its proportions felt strange, slightly off, almost uncanny.

When life feels overwhelming, where do you find peace? Is there a ritual, a place, or a practice that helps you return to yourself and to inspiration?

"When things become overwhelming, I tend to withdraw into silence. No rituals, really — just distance. Driving to the sea or walking without a destination usually helps reset the scale of things. The sea, especially, has a way of clearing the noise - it’s where I find peace and reconnect with myself."

What keeps you restless, returning again and again to the studio? Is it curiosity, discipline, a need to prove something, or something else entirely?

What truly brings me back to the studio isn’t discipline or ambition - it’s discomfort. The feeling that something hasn’t yet been said the right way. Every piece opens a question rather than answering one. Curiosity plays a part, but it’s a restless kind - the urge to test how far an idea can stretch before it collapses.

You often collaborate closely with artisans. Beyond the work itself, what have these relationships taught you about patience, humility, or even friendship?

Working with artisans has taught me that control is an illusion. You can design every millimetre, but in the end, the material and the hand that shapes it have their own will. That dynamic demands patience - and a kind of humility that’s not about submission, but about listening. Over time, some of these collaborations have turned into friendships, not because we talk much, but because we share a deep understanding.

"I often return to metal, especially stainless steel. There’s something fascinating about its contradiction - cold, industrial, almost sterile, but capable of incredible sensuality when shaped well. I’m drawn to imagining forms that shouldn’t exist in metal: folds, soft curves, impossible seams."

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