Francesco was born in Milan, where he still lives. He spent his early childhood, during the war, in a small mountain village in Valtellina, where the contact with nature opened his mind to contemplation and art. He learnt to draw and paint from his father.He prefers to design furniture and decor objects, and in particular sofas, because they call into play the Other, Space and Communication, the spheres in which he most loves to work, and that respond more than others to his questions about behaviour and relationships.