Barovier&Toso - Bollibolle vase

Vase in Venetian Crystal Designed by Franco Raggi. Available in different colors.

Franco Raggi

He graduated in Architecture from Politecnico di Milano in 1969 and in the same year started work for Nizzoli Associati. From 1971 to 1975 he was editor of Casabella magazine and from 1977 to 1981 editor in chief of Modo design magazine, which he headed until 1983. He has designed architectures, layouts, exhibitions, books, scenery, rooms and articles for famous international design companies. He has a longstanding partnership with FontanaArte, in the early eighties, under the artistic direction of Gae Aulenti, with Daniela Puppa he designed the layouts for events starring the company. He taught at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Pescara and at the IED in Milan where he directed the Department of Architecture until 2000. Since 2001 he has held a course in Interior Design at the ISIA in Florence. As an author he has participated in numerous exhibitions and has held conferences and seminars around the world. His works are present in the permanent collections of the FRAC museum in Orleans, the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and the Triennale in Milan.

Barovier&Toso

Barovier & Toso is a Murano glass company. The Barovier family's entrepreneurial activity began in the mid-13th century, making it the sixth oldest family business in the world still in business today. The Fratelli Barovier firm was refounded in 1878 by Benvenuto and Giuseppe Barovier, thus becoming Artisti Barovier. At the beginning of the 20th century the company embarked on a period rich in innovation, introducing many important developments in the field of glass production. In 1926 Ercole Barovier, Benvenuto's son, took over as artistic director of the company, which in 1942, joint with the F.lli Toso glassworks. Ercole invented the new technique of hot coloring without melting the glass. The company, is still a leader in the production of original Murano glass, and has become synonymous with quality all over the world.