The charming story of Barovier&Toso started in 1295 in Murano (Venice, Italy) where the company has been established and is still based: it was when the first Barovier was mentioned as glass master in official documents about the emerging art of glass blowing. This story has continued from generation to generation, overcoming wars, eras, styles and tastes unscathed, with an ability for transformation and innovation that only passion and dedication can instil. Angelo the Great and his “Venetian Crystal” around 1450, Ercole and his inventions and designs in the 20th Century: separated by five hundred years, they were so similar in their brilliance and sensitivity as to understand the change that their respective periods imposed in order to pass on an art to this day and age. Even today, Barovier&Toso interprets the tastes of the period by combining the glass tradition of its forefathers with trends and innovations in style and technology. In doing so, it enhances the life and the emotions of those who know how to capture the nuances of “beauty”. The company mission is to create high-end decorative lighting solutions – both classic and contemporary – that are timeless masterpieces unique for design, exquisite manufacture, technology fused with creativity, to inspire true emotions, positive feelings and special atmosphere. This is why the most important luxury brands all around the world choose Barovier&Toso for their interior designs: hotels (Four Seasons, Marriott, Ritz Carlton, Hilton, Bulgari, boutique hotels), flagship stores (Dolce&Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Blancpain, Hublot, Jaeger-LeCoultre), corporate offices and also public spaces or important buildings. Barovier&Toso usually supports the clients’ ideas and briefings with a full consulting service since the very first steps of the project to the finalization of the product. Alternatively, Barovier&Toso suggests lighting solutions designed on client’s needs. Experiencing Barovier&Toso is a continuous emotion, which originates from seven hundred years of history that are skilfully nurtured in an ongoing reinventive process. Lighting products are manufactured in accordance with the EEC quality standards and security regulations. The majority of Barovier&Toso products have been approved by the most important product safety certification organizations. The company is a truly international firm with over forty sales agents around the world. The exclusive Palazzo Barovier&Toso in Murano, is a festival of light in all its infinite interpretations spanning innovation and tradition, art and design alongside the Milan Showroom in the Design District.
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Lodes’ Design Curator, in 2006 Luca Nichetto founded a multidisciplinary design studio in Venice, Italy, which specialised in industrial design, product design and design consulting. From the very beginning, this studio collaborated with a number of different brands and organisations, quickly expanding its influence far beyond Venice and Italy’s borders. Five years later, in 2011, Nichetto opened a second studio in Stockholm, Sweden. This practice was founded in response to an ever–growing number of requests for collaboration from international companies, with the studio’s work also broadening out from its initial focus on designed objects. Nichetto Studio has since expanded into areas such as interior design and architecture. Today, Nichetto Studio works with a variety of brands and clients from all around the world, and its expertise is sought out across all design disciplines.
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Profile Marcel Wanders is a product and interior designer who drew international recognition for his Knotted Chair produced by Droog Design in 1996. His work is ubiquitous; designing for leading international companies such as Flos, Alessi, Puma, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, MAC Cosmetics, Cappellini, B&B Italia, Moroso and Target. Wanders also designs for architectural projects, such as the Kameha Grand hotel in Bonn, the Mondrian South Beach hotel in Miami and the Villa Moda store in Bahrain. In addition to running his studio, Wanders is co-founder and Artistic Director of the successful design label Moooi (2001). He exhibits widely and his work is included in such significant museum collections as MoMA New York, The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the V&A Museum, London. Wanders has further published numerous books and is extensively profiled in the global media, appearing in such publications as the New York Times, Domus, The Financial Times and Wallpaper Magazine.
About Barovier&Toso
The charming story of Barovier&Toso started in 1295 in Murano (Venice, Italy) where the company has been established and is still based: it was when the first Barovier was mentioned as glass master in official documents about the emerging art of glass blowing.
This story has continued from generation to generation, overcoming wars, eras, styles and tastes unscathed, with an ability for transformation and innovation that only passion and dedication can instil. Angelo the Great and his “Venetian Crystal” around 1450, Ercole and his inventions and designs in the 20th Century: separated by five hundred years, they
were so similar in their brilliance and sensitivity as to understand the change that their respective periods imposed in order to pass on an art to this day and age.
Even today, Barovier&Toso interprets the tastes of the period by combining the glass tradition of its forefathers with trends and innovations in style and technology. In doing so, it enhances the life and the emotions of those who know how to capture the nuances of “beauty”. The company mission is to create high-end decorative lighting solutions – both classic and contemporary – that are timeless masterpieces unique for design, exquisite manufacture, technology fused with creativity, to inspire true emotions, positive feelings and special atmosphere.
This is why the most important luxury brands all around the world choose Barovier&Toso for their interior designs: hotels (Four Seasons, Marriott, Ritz Carlton, Hilton, Bulgari, boutique hotels), flagship stores (Dolce&Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Blancpain, Hublot, Jaeger-LeCoultre), corporate offices and also public spaces or important buildings.
Barovier&Toso usually supports the clients’ ideas and briefings with a full consulting service since the very first steps of the project to the finalization of the product. Alternatively, Barovier&Toso suggests lighting solutions designed on client’s needs.
Experiencing Barovier&Toso is a continuous emotion, which originates from seven hundred years of history that are skilfully nurtured in an ongoing reinventive process.
Lighting products are manufactured in accordance with the EEC quality standards and security regulations. The majority of Barovier&Toso products have been approved by the most important product safety certification organizations.
The company is a truly international firm with over forty sales agents around the world.
The exclusive Palazzo Barovier&Toso in Murano, is a festival of light in all its infinite interpretations spanning innovation and tradition, art and design alongside the Milan Showroom in the Design District.
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