Venice. Six projects in blown glass at Light Blowing 2018

Conceived by Ilaria Ruggiero and Samantha Punis, the second edition of Light Blowing brought together blown glass lighting projects by Italian and international designers.

Presented during The Venice Glass Week, an international glass festival, Light Blowing unveiled six projects combining lighting design and blown glass, that dialogue with the Murano glass tradition and the important international glass production centres. The exhibition took place at Fondaco Marcello in Venice, curated by Ilaria Ruggiero and Samantha Punis.

Light Blowing 2018 Lotus – table lamp designed by Serena Confalonieri for Mason Editions.

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018 Magus by Filippo Feroldi for Purho e Colleoni Arte is a light installation made up of twenty-five blown glass spheres in amber-coloured Murano glass each of 18 cm diameter, gathered in concentric circles and fixed to a supporting structure. Supported by long cables covered with velvets, silks, linens in a palette of colours from the green of the undergrowth to warm shades of orange and red.

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018 Physalis by Cristina Celestino for WonderGlass is inspired by the delicate process of harvesting fresh flowers for the purpose of drying.

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018 Cluster by Matti Klenell, Katja Pettersson, Simon Klenell, Åsa Jungnelius, Ludvig Löfgren, Stina Löfgren, Gabriella Gustafson, Monica Backström, Mattias Ståhlbom and Carina Seth Andersson for The Glass Factory in collaboration with The National Museum in Stockholm is a chandelier manufactured by The Glass Factory and Örsjö lighting with the production-workshop method.

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018 The Medusa Bloom by Ochre is a lighting installation created to resemble a large group (or Bloom) of jellyfish that gather in a small area. Composed of 76 hand blown glass pieces apparently freely floating in the air, this sculptural and immersive installation.

Light Blowing 2018

Light Blowing 2018 Crystal by Soffi is a lighting installation composed of different coloured clusters of three Crystal pendants.

Light Blowing 2018

Among the Italian and international projects we find the Cluster chandelier designed by 10 designers for The Glass Factory in collaboration with The National Museum in Stockholm (Matti Klenell, Katja Pettersson, Simon Klenell, Åsa Jungnelius, Ludvig Löfgren, Stina Löfgren, Gabriella Gustafson, Monica Backström, Mattias Ståhlbom and Carina Seth Andersson), followed by Cristina Celestino’s Physalis for WonderGlass, the installation Crystal by Soffi, the group of lamps Medusa Bloom by Ochre, Lotus designed by Serena Confalonieri for Mason Editions and finally Magus, designed by Filippo Feroldi for Purho and Colleoni Arte.

  • Light Blowing
  • Ilaria Ruggiero and Samantha Punis
  • 2018