Piera Gelardi

Piera Gelardi is creative director and a co-founder at the lifestyle destination Refinery29. At Refinery29 Piera oversees all visual strategy and execution for the site and it's extensions—from branding and design to art direction, photography, video, and casting.

Prior to the launch of R29, Piera was Photo Director at CITY magazine which won an ASME for Best Photography under her direction as well as numerous SPD nominations.

Piera lives in Brooklyn. When she's not burning the midnight oil at Refinery29, she's breaking it down on the dance floor, sending snail mail, or indulging her love of adventures in far-flung places.