Riccardo Olivieri set up Foscarini Spa in Murano in 1981. Two years later, they debuted their catalog, with lamps from Carlo Urbinati and Allesandro Vecchiato, who would become the company’s managers by 1988. Eventually these new owners would move the company off the island and into Venice, as well as transition Foscarini from a glassworks shop to a major design competitor. They had already begun working with external designers in 1985, but their first success came in 1990 with Rodolfo Dordoni’s “Lumiere.” Most all lighting projects were made of glass until 1993, at which point the Havana lamp primarily used polyethylene, making it lighter, more cost-effective, and able to be used indoors and outdoors. It now resides in the MoMA in New York. Other successful lamps would come to define the company, such as the “Mite & Tite” series by Marc Sadler in 2000 (which earned a Compasso d’oro), Patricia Urquiola’s 2005 “Caboche,” and Marc Sadler’s signature lamp "Twiggy."
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Designed by Atelier OÏ, 2009Made in Italy by Foscarini Allegretto brings all the wonderful theatricality and magical harmony...
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Designed by Atelier OÏ, 2007Made in Italy by Foscarini Allegro is an entire family of hanging lamps that...
$ 966.00
Designed by Enrico Franzolini & Vicente Garcia Jimenez, 2005Made in Italy by Foscarini Big Bang ceiling lamp is...
$ 1,432.00
Designed by Enrico Franzolini & Vicente Garcia Jimenez, 2005Made in Italy by Foscarini Suspension lamp with diffused, direct...
$ 966.00
Designed by Enrico Franzolini & Vicente Garcia Jimenez Made in Italy by Foscarini Big Bang wall lamp is composed...
$ 1,942.00
Designed by Patricia Urquiola & Eliana Gerotto, 2005Made in Italy by Foscarini Rich, bright and sophisticated, the Caboche...
$ 3,080.00
Designed by Patricia Urquiola & Eliana Gerotto, 2005 Made in Italy by Foscarini Caboche floor lamp is a small...
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Designed by Patricia Urquiola & Eliana Gerotto Made in Italy by Foscarini Caboche established itself from the onset as...
$ 1,116.00
Designed by Patricia Urquiola & Eliana Gerotto, 2005Made in Italy by Foscarini Rich, bright and sophisticated,...
$ 966.00
Designed by Patricia Urquiola & Eliana Gerotto, 2005 Made in Italy by Foscarini Rich, bright and sophisticated, the Caboche...
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Designed by Defne Koz, 1994Made in Italy by Foscarini A soft shape made from blown glass appears fixed...
