Finessi has earned a PhD and is an a rchitect, teacher (associate professor at the Design School of Milan’s Polytechnic, where he teaches Design and the arts), critic (he was editor of Abitare magazine under Italo Lupi) and researcher (he has curated exhibitions and publications dedicated to masters such as Bruno Munari Achille Castiglioni, Corrado Levi, Vico Magistretti Angelo Mangiarotti Pio Manzù and Alessandro Mendini). In 2010 he founded and was editor in chief of Inventario an editorial project that won him the Compasso d’Oro.
He curated “Italian Design beyond the Crisis”, seventh edition of the Triennale Design Museum (2014) and “The Spoon and the City”, the inaugural and permanent exhibition of the ADI Design Museum (2021).
For the Salone del Mobile he has curated, among others, the exhibitions A Dream Come True SaloneSatellite Projects from Inception to Production (2007) "Marvellous Tables” (2008), “Unexpected Guests” (2010) "Rooms" (2016), and “SaloneSatellite 20 Years of New Creativity” (2017).
He has been a member of the SaloneSatellite Selection Committee since its first edition (1998)
