The Artist
Francesco Pace founded Tellurico, a multidisciplinary design studio specialised in objects, spaces and installations.

The investigation of alternative solutions through the study of folklore, together with the relationship between craft and the environment has always been the centre of Tellurico's practice. What binds the objects of one place to the characteristic of the place itself intertwines the historical, geological and social aspects of humanity as well as the uniqueness and simplicity of every-day life. So far, Tellurico’s works have been presented in many international venues such as Biennale of Architecture in Venice, Van Abbe Museum, M.A.D.RE. in Naples, Triennale di Milano, Brohan Museum in Berlin, Beirut Design Fair, Italian Pavilion in Barcelona, Zoya Museum in Bratislava. He received different commissions from galleries such as Casavells in Barcelona, Galleria Salvatore Lanteri in Milan and Mint Gallery in London and Functional Art Gallery in Madrid.

The Residency
During his time at BAR Tellurico designed Visioni Opposte, a collection of objects that aim to raise a specific discussion, one tightly knitted to the location in which the process took place.
Modern-day Beirut is a fascinating multi-layered city of endless contradictions and contrasts. Its bustling Downtown, that has transformed the remaining facades of a timeless city half-destroyed by civil war through the use of glass and metal; the hip Gemmayze neighbourhood, the Old Town proof of a once comfortable Mediterranean lifestyle, now exploding with night-venues and construction work and the many unknown and unreachable less lucky parts of town seen through car windows stuck in constant traffic. Tellurico used design as a tool to understand the identity of a place of unique complexity. Through multi-disciplinary visual research of Beirut it has created a collection of objects that makes a point of tangible view by using marble and glass. The new Beirut and the old city, one pointing to the past, another to the future, sharing the same roots.