Venini in Paris

Venini carries the legacy as an instrument of communication for the present: each piece speaks of the future of artistic glass, proving how contemporary design is connected and is the continuation of the greatness of the past.

Emmanuel Babled relies on the teachings of Scarpa for his Kimono line. The language of a master from the past and the one of a modern designer are brought together in the soft shapes of the vases by Babled, at the cutting edge of technique in the use of glass in its pure Lattimo colour, in this case without sheer glass coating. The surface becomes naturally frosted, amplifying the contrast between matt and transparent of the applied decorations.

 The tribute to Carlo Scarpa and to the great legacy he left to the art of glass continues through the story of the murrina technique, revisited in modern black and white in the Mille E Una Notte (“One Thousand And One Nights”) cups, an abstract metaphor of a starry sky.

A reference to the work of Fulvio Bianconi is shown in Miraggio Di Colore (“Colour Mirage”), a spherical vase and amphora, two shapes and one protagonist: colour. The vases are embraced by a four-colour spiral that toys with shades and transparency, creating endless movement on the surface of these two pieces.

In the history of Venini the Fazzoletto (“Handkerchief”) is undoubtedly one of the most recognised pieces. It has now evolved, opening its petals like a blooming flower, into Narciso (“Narcissus”). Two centrepieces in a single size and two colours: mole-red and horizon-red.