PEACE GALLERY: A PATH THROUGH HEARTS AND HOPE
On International Day of Peace 2025, we open our hearts the same way we opened our first Pizza 4P’s, with hope, flour on our hands and a dream of bringing people together. Our Peace Gallery is not simply a space to display artworks. It’s a special place of reflection for us and of finding a peaceful moment for you.
When stories of connection come to life
Nestled within Pizza 4P’s Au Co in Hanoi, Peace Gallery is a unique space that blends with experience, aimed at inspiring inner peace and happiness while delivering a powerful message of community connection. This gallery represents our journey through years of searching for peace and happiness, where each photograph and artifact speaks the truth we discovered early on. Here, you’ll witness the nervous excitement of our first guests (we were just as nervous), how shared meals turn strangers into friends and feel how “thank you” sounds different when it comes from the heart. These images tell the stories of hands that helped us grow, hearts that made us whole and connections that revealed how beautiful things happen when people gather around something simple – like a pizza shared in a good company.
The meaning behind the Indigo space
At the beginning of our gallery lies a profound question from our founder: “How can I be happy and spread happiness to people around me?” This existential inquiry sparked an ongoing journey toward making the world smile for peace. The quiet, serene indigo space, adorned with handcrafted linen fabrics dyed 100% by hand using traditional indigo techniques by Du Du Indigo, creates an atmosphere of tranquility and reflection.
We chose Indigo because it makes you slow down, breathe differently. It’s an honest color – the kind that comes from earth and time and human hands working patiently. The deep blue hues remind us that sometimes, a small gesture can spark lifelong happiness.
The things we keep on the table
Since 2011, Pizza 4P’s has pursued the ultimate goal of making the world smile for peace through food and meaningful actions. Every item displayed on the long table area carries this mission forward. Here is the first burrata served to our very first guest. There is the day we opened our first Cheese Factory. And somehow along the way, we met special Partners who made our journey even more joyous.
Letters to the future – love and hope in times of challenge
One of our most cherished pieces is the “Letters to the future” book, born during a time when the world faced heavy challenges. Collaborating with local creatives Ki Saigon and Zac Buehner, we created this project with the simple purpose of sharing compassion with the people and the world around us.
After hearing that every single piece of plastic ever made still exists on this planet, we wanted to do something about it. For starters, what does one say to their future family members? We decided to provide a guide for the letters, asking each participant to imagine what they would like to hear from them, given the fact the book will still be around in 1000 years. Each letter is also hand written, adding another dimension to the project while “staying true to the spirit of the project”. With a dedicated full time team of staff, each letter was carefully digitised, then translated into English if it wasn’t already. The letters were then exposed onto silk screens and used to print onto the plastic pages of the book. An illustration accompanies each letter, filling the pages of the entirely handmade book beautifully stitched together.
We wanted to create an emotional connection with the reader and the plastic they use. A connection that would make them feel that the plastic we mindlessly use has a life of its own after it’s out of sight. A life that lasts hundreds and hundreds of years. The emotional letters which fill its pages wish for peace and happiness in the times to come. Some share personal memories while others depict scenes of ordinary life for their future descendants to reflect on; scenes filled with blue rivers, elephants, forests and wildlife. Since most of the letters wished for optimism and peace for the generations to come, we thought that this book is almost like a prayer, so the first page of each book starts with: ‘This is a prayer to the future’.
Perhaps the most whimsical yet meaningful installations are our Peace Pizza artwork – garden of peace housed within pizza boxes. These unique pieces represent hope for peace and tranquility, embodying the belief that where flowers blossom, so does hope.
Each Peace Pizza is carefully handcrafted, with colors thoughtfully combined to represent flags from countries around the world. Like our food philosophy, these artworks celebrate unity in diversity, showing how different elements can come together to create something beautiful. The flowers blooming within pizza boxes serve as a powerful metaphor – nourishment and beauty can coexist and from the simplest containers can spring the most beautiful growth.
Finding Peace together
Right after the display area, you’ll find an animated story, created for International Day of Peace 2020, captures the essence of our mission through a child-like tale of two butterflies. Each butterfly embarks on an individual quest to find the key ingredient to happiness, only to discover it through finding each other. This simple yet profound story showcases how wonderful our world could be if we all came together. The story is a reminder that Peace is the one cosmic ingredient that makes everything better. Because without peace around us, there cannot be peace within us.
You’re dearly invited
Peace isn’t yours to find alone, but ours to find together. This gallery is our gratitude made visible, our way of honoring everyone who has walked through our doors and become part of something bigger. Every smile, every conversation, and every quiet connection has added to the peace we’re still nurturing together.
Compassion, gratitude, kindness, and hope, these are the ingredients that help us make the world smile for peace. They’re treasures we’ve discovered on our path, and we’re sharing them with you, hoping they spark your own journey toward inner peace and outward joy.