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Foscarini

Research and innovation, high-quality products, top service, international soul and maximum flexibility. These are the elements that form Foscarini's identity. The lighting collections by Foscarini boast a decided personality; they are all created with care through collaborations with established international designers and young talents.
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Foscarini Lamps of Design / h2>

Famous worldwide for creations such as the Twiggy lamp and the Caboche table lamp, the Foscarini lighting brand & egrave; one of the flowers in the eyelet of Italian design. In its rich catalog, you will surely find your next design lamp for the living room or studio, a unique piece with a story to tell through the light. & Nbsp;

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The objective of Foscarini, in fact, is always the one to transform the design lighting sector destined for interior design. To do so, Alessandro Vecchiato and Carlo Urbinati guide Foscarini towards the emotional side of light, investigating the sensations and effects that a good lighting product can produce, both when switched on and off. & Nbsp;

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For this it is It is important to highlight the inspiration that leads designers to design lamps as well; unforgettable, like the fishing pole for the Twiggy floor lamp by Marc Sadler or a bracelet for the Caboche by Patricia Urquiola. & nbsp;

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From 2008 and for seven years Foscarini & egrave; official sponsor of the Venice Biennale. From 2014, Carlo Urbinati & egrave; president and sole director of the Foscarini brand. & nbsp;

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The history of Foscarini begins on the island of Murano , in the Venice lagoon, in 1981. Here the first nucleus of the company deals with the realization of lighting systems for the contract sector. But this first phase is used; also very important to dictate the production line that has always characterized the Foscarini brand. The tradition of Murano, in fact, is; that of blown glass processing, but it is; also that of craftsmanship and manual workmanship, attention to detail and the highest quality & agrave; of the final product. This is serious; an element that characterizes all Italian design and, in particular, the modus operandi of the Foscarini brand. & nbsp;

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After a few years, in 1983, the first steps are taken in the world of design, with the design of the first collections of lamps designed by Alessandro Vecchiato and Carlo Urbinati, a duo destined to change Foscarini's face forever. After two years & egrave; the turn of two international designers, Adam D. Tihany and Joseph Mancini, the first collaboration of this type for the company. Tihany and Mancini realize for Foscarini a colored and geometric wall lamp with an evocative name, Wassily off the wall . & Nbsp;

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In 1988 Alessandro Vecchiato and Carlo Urbinati, who entered the Foscarini world as a designer, took over the company and became the owners of the brand. This route is essential to understand the evolution of Foscarini: Vecchiato and Urbinati, although now head of the company, keep their soul as designers and guide them. always the attention to the product and to the processing. They are not just investors, but passionate and enamored designers of the light. & Nbsp;

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The 1990 & egrave; the year of the first Foscarini icon, the Lumiere table lamp designed by Rodolfo Dordoni. & Egrave; a tribute and at the same time an update, or a rereading, of the traditional lamp and presents a blown glass diffuser, a tribute to the origins of the company and the Murano laboratories, supported by a modern aluminum tripod. & nbsp; p>

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In 1992, Foscarini began a new evolution with the Orbital lamp designed by Pietro Ferruccio Laviani, the first in industrial glass. The lacquered metal holds five colored frosted glass screens, giving life to an object that is; a hybrid between a lamp and a sculpture that recalls the shapes of galaxies. This floor lamp by Foscarini is considered an icon of contemporary Italian design and it is; exhibited in numerous museum collections all over the world, including the New York MoMA. & nbsp;

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The following year Foscarini experiments with a still different material, polyethylene, for the Havana lamp by Jozeph Forakis, which takes its name from its shape that resembles that of a Cuban cigar. Also in this case, this Foscarini lamp is cos & igrave; d & rsquo; impact to deserve the entrance in the MoMA collection in New York. But Foscarini's experimentation does not stop there: a new material is even created from the union between glass, Kevlar and carbon for the Mite and Tite lamps by designer Marc Sadler, who receive the Compasso d'Oro 2001 award for technological innovation. .