Besenzoni brings sea reflections to the Fuorisalone
An installation for Milano Design Week 2025 celebrates the experience of sailing between open sea and light, made unique by the innovative character of the Manta helm seat.
– For the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ettore Sottsass, the exhibition in Venice, celebrates his glass and crystal production.
– The glasses collection Barware Nove by the Venetian Vetreria Salviati is back. Nine shapes with six grinded decoration, a traditional technique that becomes contemporary.
– Located on the French Riviera, the extension of a Provençal house cladded in glass is conceived by Ellena Mehl Architects as an extension tightly related to the existing landscape.
– Snøhetta has designed a unique 65 sqm bar for the expansion of Oslo Airport re-using over 4000 original Norgesglasset jars to clad the ceiling and back wall.
– In the installation at Le Stanze del Vetro by Pae White, in Venice, every hand-cast brick is unique, owing much to chance and variation inherent in the manufacturing process.
– Created together with glasscraftsman Vicent Breed, Samuel Accoceberry designed a series of coloured vases inspired by illustrated Chinese literature.
– The new collection of Aldo Cibic for Venini is a hybrid object in between a lamp and a vase, manufactured with the ancient technique of the milk-white opal glass.
– Sleth’s proposal for the extension of the original Tønder town hall is based upon the dialog between the historical town hall and an addition that is a distinctly open and transparent public house.
– Inside the new Issey Miyake store in Milan, Tokujin Yoshioka showcases his new glass creations for Glas Italia with unexpected silhouettes, which shine like fountains.
– Inside the main hall of the Instituto dei Ciechi di Milano, Wonderglass has set up a display of new and revised projects all involving water.
Top: “Ettore Sottsass: the glass”, exhibition view, Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice, 2017. © Ettore Sottsass by SIAE
Franke presents “The House of Well-Living” at Fuorisalone
With a multi-sensory installation, Franke will welcome visitors to its flagship store during Milan Design Week and present the year's new products.