“Glass is an incredible medium, at once mysterious, transparent and fragile” – Sottsass said during one of his last interviews. “Needless to say, beyond glass one finds a whole universe of centuries-old traditions. For one of the first Triennale exhibitions, after the war, I was asked to design a glass object. I remember that at the time we were designing spheres with a Scottish pattern, with interwoven clear and dark stripes. It was my first experience of the kind.”