Francisco Polo - Founder of We*Do Gallery & Design Curator
It’s little wonder that Francisco Polo, has emerged as one of the new leading voices in the design world as a vanguard curator who are giving design the same aesthetic attention as Artwork, selecting exceptional objects and Designers who have in common an authentic handwriting and very personal design view.
Francisco Polo is also widely known for his signature style & discerning eye, and finding the design that he likes, comes always spontaneously and through pure instinct.
With Chemistry-sciences as career, Francisco started his first creative and design steps as Visual Merchandiser at the well-known Brand Vinçon, later on, worked as Interior Designer for Ikea International and in 2002 he opened his first Interior-Architect studio and Distribution agency in Madrid specialized in Scandinavian Design, directing and executing interiors from concept to creation.
End of 2010 he moves to Asia opening the well known and aclaimed space We*Do Gallery Bangkok in 2012 ( www.wedo-gallery.com ), awarded by Maison & Objet in 2013 as one of the best Contemporary showrooms worldwide and receiving a big success into Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and Singaporean markets.
Through We*Do Gallery, Francisco introduced the first Concept store in Thailand, working with Fashion, Art, Lifestyle objects and Furniture from Brand names as: MOROSO, Tacchini, Cappellini, VITRA, Asplund, BD Barcelona, or Matteo Grassi and realized periodical Design Exhibitions with most acclaimed contemporary designers and new emerged talents.
After 4 years living and working in Asia, most recently, Francisco decide to focus all his experience in the past into curational services, Curating Design Exhibitions and Commissioning Unique & Limited Edition pieces from leading designers as Marre Moerel, Formafantasma, Doshi & Levien, Front, Bryjan Singuroarson or Richard Hutten with exclusively showcase at We*Do Gallery Bangkok.
Francisco curational works and Interior projects have been published extensively into many design blogs and magazines as: Wallpaper* Magazine, Elle Decoration, Yatzer, Domus, Superfuture, DAMn Magazine, The Pandorian, Surface, Frame, Dezeen, CNN, The Bangkok Post or Architectural & Digest.