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.”

original, made-to-art cutting edge design

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…

our collections
exhibitions
2023

Lake Como Design Festival (Naturalis Historia)

Como, Italy

2023

Venice Design Biennial (Autoexotic)

Venice, Italy

2023

Rossana Orlandi Collectible Design (Guiltless Plastic Finalist Exhibition)

Milan Design Week 23, Italy

2023

Design Alabastro 22 (Curated by Luisa Bocchietto at Fabbrica Del Vapore)

Milan Design Week 23, Italy

2023

Man in Town (Wine Loves Design)

Milan Design Week 23, Italy

2022

Arte in Nuvola

Roma Nuvola Di Fuksas, Italy

2022

Edit Napoli

Napoli, Italy

2022

Unique Design Savannah

Savannah, USA

2022

Rossana Orlandi Summer Gallery

Porto Cervo, Italy

2021

Arte in Nuvola

Roma Nuvola Di Fuksas, Italy

2021

Edit Napoli

Napoli, Italy

2021

Rossana Orlandi Collectible Design

Milan Design Week 2021, Italy

2021

Rossana Orlandi Collectible Design

Milan Art Week 2021, Italy

2021

Venice Design Biennial (Design as Self-portrait)

Venice, Italy

2021

Alfabeto Artigiano

Seravezza Palazzo Mediceo, Italy

2020

Collect 2020

Somerset House, London

2020

Rossana Orlandi Summer Gallery

Porto Cervo, Italy

2020

Mint Exhibits (Raw)

London, UK

2019

Rossana Orlandi Collectible Design

Milan Design Week 2019, Italy