Venini - Zoe table lamp mole large 

Zoe is the collection of hanging and table lamps designed by Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas. The shape, reminiscent of a Chinese lantern, obtained by blowing and crafting opal glass coated with colored glass, evokes the millenary dialogue between Venice and the East. The structure is made of gilded metal.

Designer Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas

Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas; the Fuksas studio is one of the most successful international architecture firms in the world. Over the past 40 years the studio has developed an innovative approach through an amazing variety of work. For example urban interventions, airports, museums and places for culture and spaces for music. And also the conference centers, offices, interior projects and design collections. Massimiliano Fuksas has been one of the main protagonists of the contemporary architectural scene since the 1980s and has been a visiting professor at numerous universities. Indeed, we mention: the École Spéciale d'Architecture (Paris), the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste (Vienna), the Staadtliche Akademia des Bildenden Kunste (Stuttgart) and Columbia University (NY). In 2000 he was Director of the VII International Architecture Exhibition in Venice: “Less Aesthetics, More Ethics”. Since 2000 he has been the author of the architecture column, founded by Bruno Zevi, of the Italian weekly L'Espresso. Doriana O. Mandrelli was born in Rome where he graduated in History of Modern and Contemporary Architecture at La Sapienza University in 1979 and, later, he also graduated in Architecture at ESA in Paris. He has carried out teaching activities at the Department of History of Art of the Faculty of Letters and the Department of Industrial Design ITACA of Rome La Sapienza. In 2000 for the VII International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, he curated four "Special Projects": Jean Prouvé, Jean Maneval, the Pavilion of Peace and Space Architecture and the section dedicated to contemporary art. Regarding the studio located in Rome, Paris and Shenzhen, and a staff of 170 professionals, it has over 600 projects to its credit. Therefore, he has created works in Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Australia, receiving numerous international awards.

Venini

For more than a century, the best master glassmakers and artists have met at the Fornace, founded by Paolo Venini, giving life to a story of excellence and innovation that begins in Italy but later spread all over the world.
The excellence of this brand is the result of the special combination of the exclusive techniques of the Murano tradition. The latter are guarded by the wisdom of the most skilled glassmakers masters, the experimental creativity of artists from all over the world. This is because in the Fornace nothing is left to chance.
Moreover, the high quality is the reflection of the constant search for perfection and the passion for innovation that characterize each stage of realization, in a perfect balance between manual craftsmanship and daring creativity, far from the fads.

Finally, choosing VENINI means making your own a work of art of inestimable value, for culture, beauty and workmanship.