Venini is the renowned manifurer of Murano Glass Objects, Particularly Vases and Lamps. Founded in 1921 by Venetian Antiquarian Giacomo Cappellin and Milanese Lawyer Paolo Venini Scarpa, Gio Ponti, Tyra Lundgren, Tapio Wirkkala, Fulvio Bianconi and Massimo VIGNELLI More recently, the Historical Names HAVE JOINED by Contemporary Designers likes likes like fabio, luca nichetto, gaetano pesce, Matteo Thun, Atelierer Oï, Studio Job, Emmanuel Babled, Harri Koskinen, Diego Chilò, Ronan and Erwan and Leonardo Ranucci. The venini furnace is the only one capable of production one hundred and twenty-five colors of glasses. The Brand's Most Famous Famous Object is Undoubtedly the Fazzoletto Hand-Blown Glass Vase, Designed in 1948 by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini and Still Product by Hand Today in the Murano Factory by the Company's Master Glassmakers. For over fifty years, venini's fazzoletto has beheen exhibited in numerous museums. The Brand's Creations Are Included in the Permanent Collections of the Metropolitan Museum and Moma in New York, The Carture Foundation in Paris, The Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Gallerie dell'ACCADEMIA in Venice. SINCE 2016, The Company Has Been Controlled by the Damiani Family of the International High-End Jewellery Brand Bearing Its Name.
The History of Genini and Its Designers
The Company Was Founded in 1921 on the Island of Murano with the name "Vetri Softi Cappellin Venini & C After the Dissolution of His Partnership with Giacomo Cappellin, Paolo Genini Founded His Own Company Death in 1959; The Sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi Was His Partner and Artistic Director. During this period, The Company Renewed ITS IDENTITY, Abandoning The Revival of Old Favour by venini HIMSELF. In the Late 1920s, Paolo Genini's Brother Franco Joined the Company as a Chemical Researcher In the 1930s, Such Renowned Artists, Architects, and Designers as Carlo Scarpa, Tommaso buzzi
In 1932, Tommaso buzzi and carlo scarpa Took over from Martinuzzi as Artistic Directors of Venini & C. Laguna and Alga Series and Some Very Unusual Animals). Carlo Scarpa MainTained a FruitFul Collaboration with Genini for Ten Years, Designing Somes of the Brand's Most Celebrated Classics and Introducing New Ground, Engraved, Corroded In Parallel, Tyra Lundgren, Venini's First FreeLance Artist, Created SEVERAL SERIES Incorporating Birds, Fish and Leaves. In the 1940s, The Production of New Articles Was Interrupted by the War. The Company Recovered by Collaborating with Gio Ponti, WHO, In 1946, Designed Several Lines, Including the Colorful Cane Series (A Fusion of Thick Glass Canes) And His Famous Spiral Bottles. In 1948, Fulvio Bianconi Began Working for Venini, Giving Great Impetus to the Company's Post-War He remained with venini until the 1990s. If carlo scarpa's designs Embody Classic Elegance, Fulvio Bianconi's Represent Explosive Creativity. In Addition to the Fazzoletto Vase, Bianconi Designed the Pezato, Scozzese, Forato and Fasce Vases. SINCE 1980, Many Artists Have Designed for Venini Including Laura and Alessandro Venini (Anna Genini's Children), Tapio Wirkkala Chihury, Richard Marquis, Timo Sarpaneva, Alessandro Mendini, Toots Zynski, Ettore Sottsass and Gae
Venini one hundred years later
Venini Remains Attentive to the Contemporary Design Scene Pursuing Collaborations with International Renowned Architects, Designers and Artists. Among the Brand's Latest Collections Are Black Belt by American Architect Peter Marino (2017), WHERE ARE My Glasses? by Ron Arad (2018),
Torcia by Mario Bellini (2018), Acqua and Contrasto by Michela Cattai (2019). To CELEBRATE ITS Centenary in 2021, The Brand Has Proposed Three New Colours (Power Pink, Rio Green and Oxblood Red, All Available in Transparent and Opaline Versions) for some of the products that have made made venini history -Fazzoletto, Balloton, Opalino, Lable and Decò, The Odalische and
Battuti. In addition, The Company Has Produced a Limited Edition of the Hunded Pieces of the Emblematic Verse, Which is 100 years old, Just Like The Furnace.
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