In preparation for the exhibition, which will open at Le Stanze del Vetro in summer 2014, and for the first catalogue raisonné on Tomaso Buzzi’s glass production for Venini, we are carrying out an in-depth research.

Please notify us about any historical photos, drawings, objects, lamps and original documents relating to the works that Buzzi designed for the Murano glassware company during the 1930s in your collection or of which you are aware.

The program of exhibitions devoted to the history of the Venini glassware company continues. The exhibitions are organized by Le Stanze del Vetro, the exhibition space and cultural project jointly promoted by Pentagram Stiftung and the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice.

Following  Carlo Scarpa and Napoleone Martinuzzi, the next exhibition – scheduled for summer 2014 – will be dedicated to the architect and designer Tomaso Buzzi (1900-1981).

Buzzi was a lively protagonist of the so-called “Novecento Milanese”, he was also friends with Gio Ponti, with whom he collaborated, and partner of “Il Labirinto” – along with Ponti, Marelli and Venini himself, among others. Between 1932 and1933, Buzzi played an active role in the life of the Murano glassware company.Buzzi’s creative contribution was characterised by his experimentation with both materials and shapes. Indeed his broad research included also lamps, leading to new applications of Murano glass.