Glas Italia is nowadays a benchmark in the design sector for the manufacturing of crystal furnishings and complements. From tables to mirrors, from doors to partition walls; the tradition of the Lombardy region merges with contemporary influences that respond to the demands of the most innovative trends in interior design with the aim of offering products with a striking visual impact, resulting from a thorough study of shapes and colors, lights and reflections. Founded in Macherio, in the Brianza district, the company quickly monopolized the market. The eye for detail and the rich experience related to transparencies and light plays are Glas Italia's workhorses and what allowed its market to expand. The project design and production of tables and mirrors, shelves, and furnishing complements are framed in a perfectly balanced combination between functionality and visual pleasure.
Glas Italia. Furnishing and crystal components
Crystal manufacturing was the first step in terms of material that the company from Lombardy decided to move in the early '70s in order to produce a wide array of furniture and complements for interior design. Year by year, Glas Italia has been undertaking a decisive evolutionary path that brought it from a small family business to the entrepreneurial reality it is today, present on five continents and in over 100 countries. The refinement and transparency of crystal, the aesthetic purity of glass, and the thoughtful use of light have attracted the attention of hundreds of designers who decided to partner with the brand. Alessandro Mendini, Ettore Sottsass, Jasper Morrison, Jean Marie Massaud, Naoto Fukasawa, Nendo, Patrick Norguet, Piero Lissoni (art director since 2004), Philippe Nigro, Tokujin Yoshioka, and Johanna Grawunder are just some of the most renowned personalities who have left their signatures on Glas Italia furnishing solutions.
Glas Italia has also received numerous awards and recognitions. Among them are the Compasso D’Oro 2014 awarded to Luminous, the pieces designed by Tokujin Yoshioka. The collection of high tables with tops and legs in transparent crystal has earned praise from the international board for the formal purity and extraordinary quality of the details achieved through sophisticated techniques of crystal processing and three-dimensional gluing. Winner of the Interior Innovation Award-German Design Council in 2009 and Mention of Honor at the XXII Compasso D’Oro ADI in 2011, the Oscar table by Piero Lissoni is made of extra-light, transparent glass, a symbol of lightness and purity that has captivated many customers, professionals, and enthusiasts for its blend of robustness, fragility, purity, and formal cleanliness.
How does a furnishing by Glas Italia come to life
The company has recently released a short film steeped in a nostalgic tone, shot with the aim of enhancing the industrial and artisan manufacturing that leads to the creation of Glas Italia furniture. “All the invisible,” the short film's title, aims to make “the invisible visible” by conveying the passion that drives the company every day. The furnishing elements acquire a completely new value – ideal and rich in implications that go beyond aesthetics – with the goal of opening a privileged and authentic view of a production phase that is usually unknown to most. In fact, the manufacturing of a product involves human experimentation, knowledge of the material, and the objective pursued by every designer with their project. All this is conveyed through the clear and highly explanatory images of the short film by Federico Pepe, founder and art director of Le Dictateur Studio. Ancient wisdom is magnified by the film editing and music that guide the viewer through the discovery of an industrial reality often kept too hidden and distant from the collective imagination.
Glas Italia online shopping
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