Brand profile
VENINI
An encounter between artists, colour and the Murano furnace, shaping glass and light since 1921.
- Origin
- Murano, Venice · Italy
- Heritage
- Founded in 1921
- Design world
- Art glass · Decorative objects · Lighting
01
Origins & history
VENINI was founded in Murano in 1921 by Paolo Venini and Giacomo Cappellin, with Vittorio Zecchin as artistic director. From its early years, the glassworks brought artists, designers and master glassmakers together. Collaborations with figures such as Carlo Scarpa, Fulvio Bianconi and Gio Ponti helped make the furnace a meeting point for Venetian craft and twentieth-century design.
02
Vision & philosophy
The house approaches glass as a medium for artistic research. Colour, transparency and technique are explored through ongoing conversations between designers and the furnace. Its Art Glass and Art Light collections extend that idea from intimate objects to chandeliers and installations, preserving the knowledge of Murano while allowing each generation to develop a new expression.
03
Style & materials
A strong command of colour unites sculptural vases, decorative objects and lighting. Forms can be fluid and folded, precisely geometric or inspired by historical painting. Fazzoletto, Monofiore Balloton and Veronese illustrate three distinct approaches: movement captured in glass, a tactile optical pattern and a classical silhouette reduced to an elegant outline.
04
Selected designs
A closer look at pieces from the brand’s collections, revealing its forms, details and approach to craft.
Vases · Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini
Fazzoletto
The handkerchief-like rim holds a sense of movement, with folded forms explored through different colours.
Vases
Monofiore Balloton
A crosshatched surface gives the rounded vessel a textured, optical depth within the transparent glass.
Vases · Vittorio Zecchin
Veronese
An early house icon, its slender classical form reflects Zecchin’s interest in Venetian painting.
Product and collection imagery: VENINI.
