June 18, 2011
June 14, 2011
ANDO for VENINI's 90th anniversary
May 31, 2011 marked the 90th anniversary for Murano glass company VENINI. The special celebration was held in Punta della Dogana in Venice. VENINI unveiled "ANDO", a hand-made, blown glass sculpture designed by the world-famous Japanese Architect Tadao Ando.
“ From the time of its establishment, VENINI has continued to boldly take on challenges in its pursuit of the timeless theme to fuse tradition with innovation. The object made to commemorate VENINI’s 90th anniversary symbolizes VENINI’s esteemed creative spirit as an “encounter” between the 1000-year-old traditional Venetian glass craft techniques and pure geometric form. The object is composed from three elements of the same shape. These elements are triangular columns with curved surfaces that are generated from inverting isosceles triangles between the top and bottom of the shaft. The simple geometric operation conducted on the distinctively textured Venetian glass creates a glass product of a completely new character. By bringing together three of these elements in various arrangements, glass objects are made that take on different expressions with the light. The Venetian glass tradition that has been maintained for a thousand years will surely continue to live on through its further “encounters” with fresh, inspirational designs.”
The manufacturing of “ANDO” requires the contribution of one glass Master and four helpers for a number of hours, utilizing tools to shape the object, as they were used centuries ago.
The creation process begins with the fusion furnace that transforms the mineral sands into boiling magma, in which the fusion temperature gives the material a strong orange color. The glass “Master”, a title only received after at least twenty years of experience at the furnace, manually rotates the cane, so that the vitreous mass maintains the desired shape. During this process, the object must be continuously heated in order to continue the shaping. The temperature of the glass during all working stages cannot be under 800° C.
Once manufactured in the furnace, “ANDO” keeps a temperature of 500° – 600° C and must be cooled slowly, in order not to create internal tensions that can cause breakages. This slow cooling is realized in some furnaces of “recooking”, the so-called “muffle furnaces”. The work cools gradually inside the “muffle” for twenty-four hours.
Once "ANDO" has reached room temperature, the art-piece begins a cold-working stage called “grinding”. The “grinding” is a very important stage in the manufacturing of glass, of which there are many grinding techniques to create refined effects on glass surfaces. The grinding Master proceeds with slow and wise movements in order to complete the art-piece. Numerous grinding techniques are part of the historic and artistic heritage of VENINI, as well as the unique colors of VENINI, are handed down from generation to generation.
Perfect evidence of the ability in works of glass, “ANDO”, is an absolute synthesis between shape and chromatism.
June 6, 2011
June 3, 2011
May 30, 2011
Piero Lissoni Lecture at DZINE
On May 11th, Piero Lissoni lectured to a select group of design professionals during a breakfast presentation at DZINE. He spoke about his philosophy on design and the role an architect should play, which encompasses much more than just a building or structure. His perspective on design reaches across all scales as he aims to understand how people will relate to his work. Piero presented a handful of his latest projects, with some examples from his latest book ‘Piero Lissoni: Recent Architecture’.
Watch the Piero Lissoni Lecture from DZINE store below:
Watch the Piero Lissoni Lecture from DZINE store below:
Sketches by Piero Lissoni - Part 3
Michelle Kriebel from Lundberg Design received this sketch from Piero Lissoni.
May 24, 2011
Sketches by Piero Lissoni - Part 2
Take a look at the sketch that DZINE's Laura Benevento received from Piero Lissoni.
May 21, 2011
Sketches by Piero Lissoni - Part 1
At our special cocktail event for the launch of "Piero Lissoni: Recent Architecture" each guest was honored with the opportunity to have their book signed by Piero Lissoni. With each signature Piero included a unique sketch.
Take a look below at the sketch Roberto Tiscareno received from Piero Lissoni.
Take a look below at the sketch Roberto Tiscareno received from Piero Lissoni.
May 18, 2011
H.O.M.E Movie for Living Divani
Last week we received a visit from Living Divani's Managing Director Carola Bestetti and Export Manager Francesca Citterio. During their visit, they shared with us the H.O.M.E Movie for Living Divani, which details their design philosophy and plans for the future. Take a look at the video below featuring Renata Pozzoli, CEO of Living Divani.
May 17, 2011
Piero Lissoni visits DZINE
Last week DZINE received a special visit from Piero Lissoni. To honor our special guest, we hosted a breakfast presentation and a meet and greet cocktail hour.
During the breakfast presentation, Piero Lissoni spoke about his philosophy on design, of the need of an architect to also play the role of product designer, graphic designer and urban planner, all at once. His perspective on design reaches across all scales, small to large, as he aims to understand how we, as humans will relate to his work. Piero proceeded to present a handful of his latest projects, examples from his latest book ‘Piero Lissoni: Recent Architecture’, showing how a simple image of a Richard Serra sculpture is translated to a high-rise boutique for Benetton, or taking the idea of a toy crane and multiplying the scale to create a 250 meter cantilevered building. Piero pushes the boundaries of design not only through his concepts, but also through his execution, such as his 4-year undertaking to create gas-blown thermoplastic dining chairs which reduce the amount of nylon by 30% per chair, across a production of 100,000 chairs per year. Or his idea for the Coca-Cola headquarters to be fabricated of what looks like plastic straws.
After the showroom closed for business, DZINE opened its doors for a special cocktail event to celebrate the launch of Piero Lissoni’s book, where architects, interior designers and design enthusiasts got the chance to mingle and chat with Piero Lissoni. Also joining us were Carola Bestetti and Francesca Citterio from Living Divani, and Amelia Tagliabue from Porro, both companies in which Piero Lissoni serves as the art director. The lucky few that requested Piero Lissoni to sign a copy of his book, also received a unique sketch to accompany his signature.
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