Designer
Francisco Gomez Paz
Francisco Gomez Paz was born in Salta, Argentina, in 1975. He took an Industrial Design degree at the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, moved to Milan in 1998 and attended the Master in Design at Domus Academy. He opened his design office…
Biography
Background
Francisco Gomez Paz was born in Salta, Argentina, in 1975. He took an Industrial Design degree at the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, moved to Milan in 1998 and attended the Master in Design at Domus Academy. He opened his design office in Milan in 2004.
Signature Style
His approach is driven by his own curiosity, his knowledge of technology and materials, and a highly experimental, hands-on creative process. He has developed products for Artemide, Driade, Danese, Landscape Forms, Lensvelt, Luceplan, Olivetti and Sector, among others.
Notable Works
Works include the Hope chandelier, Mesh, Candela, Solar Bottle, the FGP Bike Rack and Bulbullia. The Hope chandelier for Luceplan won the Compasso d'Oro 2011 with Paolo Rizzatto, and the Mesh lamp for Luceplan won a Red Dot Award "Best of the Best" in 2016. Africa is his first collaboration with Vibia.
Legacy
He has been a visiting professor at Domus Academy since 2000 and has lectured in Italy and abroad. His work has received the Good Design Award 2010, the Red Dot Award 2010 and 2016, the INDEX Award 2007 and the Compasso d'Oro 2011.
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