Foscarini Lights Up Euroluce at Milan
At Salone del Mobile.Milano Euroluce and Workplace are focused presentations that alternate every other year with Kitchen and Bathroom design. This year Euroluce was outstanding and I found the Foscarini stand to be especially interesting for its new light fixtures but also for its new tech. As you may know or certainly could have guessed, Foscarini is an Italian lighting company. It was founded in 1981 on the Venetian island of Murano, famous for its glass works. Consequently, for its first ten years or so, blown glass was the preferred (nearly exclusive) material of its products. In fact, its first big commercial success came in 1990 with the Rodolfo Dordoni designed Lumiere; a beautifully crafted table lamp with a polished aluminum base and a mouth-blown glass diffuser. But over time the siren call of new materials and the desire to innovate were too great to resist and the company moved …
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