In 1959, he commenced his studies of architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Venice, and from 1961 to 1965, attended the new Venice College of Industrial Design, an experimental school whose teachers included Ernesto Rogers, Mario Bellini, Carlo Scarpa, Richard Sapper, and Giuseppe Mazzariol. Before completing his studies, Pesce opened a studio in Padua with Milena Vettore, a young designer he had met at the Venice College of Industial Design. Pesce lives and works primarily in New York, although he maintains a studio in Paris, where he lived for many years. He is the designer of the I Feltri" armchairs
