Paolo Venini and Fulvio Bianconi: two titans of Italian post-war glass
Inspired by Carlo Scarpa’s use of murrine glass in the 1930s and 1940s, Paolo Venini (1895-1959) designed a number of vessels in the 1950s that have become classics of post-war Italian design.
Using relatively simple forms, Venini experimented with numerous combinations of tightly packed mi…