CON3 ARMCHAIR BY FRANCESCO BALZANO

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CON3 ARMCHAIR
BY FRANCESCO BALZANO

LIMITED EDITION 12+4 AP
SIGNED, SERIAL NUMBER AND CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
CONCETTO COLLECTION
YEAR 2026

MATTE PALM WOOD FRAME WITH UPHOLSTERY IN CONNEMARA BY LORO PIANA OR HIGH-GLOSS PALM WOOD FRAME WITH UPHOLSTERY IN ALTAI UNITO BY LORO PIANA

IN H 29.5 W 19.6 D 43.3 SH 15.7 AH 21.6
CM H 75 W 150 D 110 SH 40 AH 55

HANDCRAFTED IN FRANCE BY ATELIERS SAINT-JACQUES FOUNDATION

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With the Concetto Collection, Francesco Balzano pays tribute to Italian artist Lucio Fontana and his celebrated Concetto Spaziale works, whose title translates as spatial concept. Through a single, decisive cut in the surface of a monochrome canvas, Fontana transformed painting from a flat plane into a threshold, opening the picture to the depth, shadow, and infinite space that lay beyond it. Balzano does not reproduce the gesture. Instead, he absorbs its underlying idea: that a surface becomes most alive in the moment it is interrupted

Throughout the collection, this philosophy is translated into the language of furniture. Bands of dark palm wood cleave through upholstered fields like Fontana’s incisions, while broad planes hover above solid, grounded volumes, leaving a measured void between mass and surface. Each work is composed of pared-down geometries, softly rounded tops, monolithic armrests, and low horizontal silhouettes that hold a quiet tension between weight and suspension, fullness and emptiness, what is revealed and what is withheld

Material carries the dialogue further. Richly figured dark Palm wood, its grain streaking across each surface like a gesture held still in time, frames upholstery treated as uninterrupted fields of color. The collection is offered in two readings of the same form: a matte palm wood paired with deep olive upholstery, earthy and contemplative, and a high-gloss palm wood paired with shaded white upholstery, luminous and sculptural. In both, the interplay of dark and light recalls the shadowed opening at the heart of every Concetto Spaziale

Handcrafted in France by Atelier Saint-Jacques foundation in strictly limited edition, the Concetto Collection is a meditation on the space between things. Like Fontana’s canvases, each work invites us to look beyond the surface and to find, in a single moment of rupture, an opening onto the infinite

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Francesco Balzano

Born Paris, France, 1979

Parisian architect and designer Balzano creates minimal, absolute, and timeless furniture, objects, and interiors. He seeks to uncover emotional resonance in the dialogue between shape and material, and to reveal the poetry in the relationship between scale, light, and space. Balzano’s aesthetic vocabulary draws inspiration from the timeless beauty of Venice, Rome, and Florence, where he spent much of his childhood

Guided by the principle that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, Balzano’s work combines noble materials, purity of line, and hyper-detailed architectural references with everyday functionality. With a sense of exquisite tension—between classical forms and contemporary ingenuity, serene nature and innovative urbanity, timeliness and timelessness—his work holds an enigmatic complexity within a deceptively simple aesthetic, inviting the viewer to discover personal and multifaceted meanings

Dedicated to the highest level of craftsmanship that stands the test of time, Balzano works closely with master artisans at Atelier Saint-Jacques Foundation and La Societe STRS to create each exquisite work. Each piece is created in a strictly limited edition, signed, and numbered

After studying architecture and design at Penninghen, Balzano joined the famed studio of Joseph Dirand, working on prestigious projects around the world. He has been recognized multiple times as one of AD France’s 100 Best Designers. In 2018 he opened his eponymous atelier and started designing custom and limited editions of furniture, while continuing his work as an interior designer for private clients at After Bach, which he founded in 2020. In 2023, he created the photographic collective Sogno Studio, an experimental project on contemporary photographic dialogues. In 2024, he launched Sattio Studio, a new collaborative project in unique and resolutely contemporary furniture, where he serves as artistic director

Balzano’s debut New York solo exhibition, Inizio, opened at STUDIOTWENTYSEVEN New York Gallery in 2024. An investigation of the origin of things, Inizio comprises two series of works that epitomize the artist’s values and vision: rooted in simplicity, craftsmanship, and the use of exceptional materials, they are meditative and playful explorations of intimacy and monumentality. In 2025, Balzano was awarded a prestigious residency at the Villa Medici with the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller


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Solo Exhibitions

2024

Inizio. STUDIOTWENTYSEVEN New York Gallery. September 4th – October 4th, 2024. View exhibition

2026

Tessuto. Villa Medici. Rome, Italy. April 14th, 2026. View exhibition
Tessuto. STUDIOTWENTYSEVEN New York Gallery. New York, USA. May 14th – June 12th, 2026. View exhibition


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