All About Venini
THE ARTISTRY OF VENINI
Since 1921, Venini has been based in Murano, the famous island where, for the last 600 years, glass has been handcrafted. The company is considered a landmark in the world of art. The Venetian antiques dealer, Giacomo Cappelini and Paolo Venini, a Milanese lawyer with an old family tradition in glass, sought to revolutionize the glass industry when they founded the company. Venini's founding principles still define the company today. Its unique style is achieved by a constant desire to evade traditional patterns, to explore the direction of avant-garde art, and a mastery of techniques known only by the best glass-masters of the island. Venini's exclusive creations, refined details, and complicated techniques communicate luxury, representing the purest beauty of glass art.
THE CLASSICS COLLECTION:
BOLLE BY VENINI
Designed in 1966 by Tapio Wirkkala, the Bolle glass bottles are handmade and blown with the "Incalmo" technique. Available in multiples of colors, these bottles are a striking fusion of colors and craft.
THE AUTHOR COLLECTION:
OMAN BY VENINI
Created in 1984 by Ettore Sottsass, Oman comes in a numbered edition for each year. Made of milk white opal glass, which was created for the first time in Murano in the early 15th century to imitate porcelains, this particular type of color is obtained by overlapping transparent colors to the milk-white one.
THE TRADITION COLLECTION:
VERONESE BY VENINI
The Veronese vase was blown for the first time in 1921 thanks to Vittorio Zecchin's intuition. The artist, who was Venini's art director from 1921 to 1925, took inspiration from a painting by Paolo Veronese, finishes in 1580, which is today kept at the Accademia Galleries in Venice: "The Annunciation".
THE TRADITION COLLECTION:
FAZZOLETTO OPALINI BY VENINI
Designed in 1948 by Fulvio Bianconi, the vase Fazzoletto is an icon of Venini. For over 50 years it has been featured in museums and art exhibitions. Each Faccoletto vase is unique.