Pierre Charpin is a French designer who was born in Saint-Mandé, near Paris, in 1962. He still works near the French capital, in the village of Ivry-sur-Seine, where he creates objects in different shapes and sizes for a series of internationally renowned brands among which the Italian giant Alessi stands out. For the latter, Pierre has realised some fruit-holders in different sizes with an extremely interesting design. His work was the subject of study of several researchers in the field of design and it travelled around the world participating in numerous prestigious fairs.