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1935
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Architect and designer. Born in Venice, he graduated from the Istituto
Universitario di Architettura di Venezia. Invited by Paolo Venini in 1958
to collaborate in the furnace in the footsteps of his father Carlo, who
had been with Venini during the Thirties and Fourties. Tobia Scarpa designed
new collections for Venini even after the death of its founder, creating
refined blown and glass pieces characterized by the essential quality
of their design. The most successful vessels were his large battuti vessels,
the Occhi and Murrine series, for which he reinterpreted ancient glass
techniques. As architect and designer, together with his wife Afra, he
has collaborated with many companies such as Cassina, B & B Italia, Flos,
Molteni & C., etc., in creating works which belong to the best tradition
of Italian design. During the Eighties, he and his wife designed several
glass collections for VeArt.
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