fmm mission
“I believe in the value of authentic craftmanship and unique materials and the driving force of my design practice is always the development of challenging concepts and the pursuite of original, made-to-art cutting edge designs which challenge trends and commercial movements. In addition,when designing, great importance is given to contemporary global issues like global warming and ocean plastic pollution, to which the collections Glacies ( dedicated to polar and Alpine ice melting ) and Re-plustic ( made of 100% recycled plastic ) are directly referred to and aim to raise awareness about these tragic issues.”
Architectural Digest India
The Venice Design Biennial is back after a year’s break for its third edition. One of the most prestigious design exhibitions in the world, the Venice Design Biennial is open to the public from till June 27th, 2021, alongside the first month of the Architecture Biennale.
Man in town
“Per l’esposizione Collectible Design ospitata dalla Galleria Rossana Orlandi, Francesco Maria Messina ha presentato Pyrite, cabinet composto da cinque moduli di diverse dimensioni assemblati tra loro, che come suggerisce il nome assume le linee irregolari del cristallo di pirite. Un oggetto scultoreo in equilibrio tra funzionalità e decoro...”
Room Diseno
Siguiendo una línea similar se encuentra la cajonera deconstruida de Francesco Maria Messina, Pyrite. Con una base pétrea —un rasgo presente en su serie Rissing Ocean—, reproduce la forma maciza del mineral sulfuroso, multiplicando su apariencia cúbica como un guiño a su naturaleza cristalina y a creadores como Mattia Bonetti o Fredrikson Stallard..
Nuvo Magazine
Other designers explicitly express their engagement with environmental issues, as in the mirror inspired by an iceberg that is known to have melted and a table in the shape of the shrinking land mass of Antarctica by Francesco Maria Messina…
Design Wanted
Contemporary furniture designer Francesco Maria Messina paid tribute to Naples with a table inspired by Mount Vesuvius. Plinio resembles volcanic…
Fashion Times
“È tra i giovani top designer contemporanei che oggi si osservano con grande curiosità e forte interesse perché tracciano – almeno nel suo caso – il loro linguaggio design e architettonico in un mondo che si muove tra reale e digitale.”…
Globe Styles Magazine
Fuorisalone 2021 Collectible Design – In occasione della Milano Design Week 2021 Francesco Maria Messina presenta, all’interno dell’evento Collectible Design da Rossana Orlandi Gallery, Pyrite, un cabinet composto da 5 contenitori di dimensioni diverse e assemblati tra loro..
Man In Town Magazine
Un percorso internazionale quello di Francesco Maria Messina che dall’originaria Pisa, cresce a Parigi e si forma professionalmente tra Francia, Stati Uniti, Africa e Mauritius. Per lui il punto d’inizio è sempre rappresentato da una storia, un tema o anche un reportage, da declinare non in modo astratto, bensì concretamente in oggetti, installazioni e complementi d’arredo che riescono a raccontare una storia…
Lake Como Design Festival (Naturalis Historia)
Como, Italy
Venice Design Biennial (Autoexotic)
Venice, Italy
Rossana Orlandi Collectible Design (Guiltless Plastic Finalist Exhibition)
Milan Design Week 23, Italy
Design Alabastro 22 (Curated by Luisa Bocchietto at Fabbrica Del Vapore)
Milan Design Week 23, Italy
Man in Town (Wine Loves Design)
Milan Design Week 23, Italy
Arte in Nuvola
Roma Nuvola Di Fuksas, Italy
Edit Napoli
Napoli, Italy
Unique Design Savannah
Savannah, USA
Rossana Orlandi Summer Gallery
Porto Cervo, Italy
Arte in Nuvola
Roma Nuvola Di Fuksas, Italy
Edit Napoli
Napoli, Italy
Rossana Orlandi Collectible Design
Milan Design Week 2021, Italy
Rossana Orlandi Collectible Design
Milan Art Week 2021, Italy
Venice Design Biennial (Design as Self-portrait)
Venice, Italy
Alfabeto Artigiano
Seravezza Palazzo Mediceo, Italy
Collect 2020
Somerset House, London
Rossana Orlandi Summer Gallery
Porto Cervo, Italy
Mint Exhibits (Raw)
London, UK
Rossana Orlandi Collectible Design
Milan Design Week 2019, Italy