MUN3 BENCH BY FRANCESCO BALZANO

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MUN3 BENCH
BY FRANCESCO BALZANO

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

LIGHT GREEN LEATHER WITH MATTE DOUGLAS WOOD BASE AND EDGE OR IVORY LEATHER WITH MATTE ZIRICOTE WOOD BASE AND EDGE

IN H 17.7 W 98.4 D 19.6
CM H 45 W 250 D 50

CUSTOM SIZE OR FINISH ON REQUEST

HANDCRAFTED IN FRANCE BY ATELIERS SAINT-JACQUES FOUNDATION

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With the Mundi collection, Francesco Balzano turns to the world itself—not as geography, but as feeling. Mundi is an ancient word, almost sacred in its resonance: it names the totality of all that exists, bound together by a silent and invisible tension. To speak it is to sense something vast held gently in place, matter and mystery, the outer and the inner, woven into a single continuous fabric

Balzano gives form to this philosophy through a vocabulary of pure, unbroken curves. Each piece traces the world’s essential logic: that nothing stands alone, that every line belongs to a larger arc, that the most honest forms are those that suggest wholeness rather than fragment it. The cylinder base rises with quiet authority beneath a surface that extends with effortless calm, at once monumental and weightless, precise and deeply serene

The collection is offered in light green leather with matte Douglas wood, and ivory leather with matte Ziricote wood, materials chosen for their capacity to hold light without demanding it, to inhabit space without overpowering it. Together they speak of the world as a place we shape and are shaped by in equal measure

Handcrafted in France by the Ateliers Saint Jacques Foundation, The Mundi collection is a quiet and total vision of the world as Balzano knows it best: whole, woven, and endlessly present

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BIOGRAPHY

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 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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