--- title: "Foscarini" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/foscarini" language: "en" type: "manufacturer" description: "Individual designer items from Foscarini ✓ Wide range of products & designs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2006-02-07T00:00:00+01:00" modified: "2022-03-24T16:23:14+01:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Foscarini ![](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/articles/logo-foscarini.png) Philosophy The Foscarini keynote is research, into forms and materials, as well as ideas. Established in 1981 in Venice, Foscarini started out by exploring the opportunities offered by Murano glass. The management assures brand identity and coherence by wood and aluminium, as well as patented materials such as an exclusive textured glass-tissue and carbone fibre composite or Kevlar R. A company with an agile production structure and efficient international distribution, Foscarini can guarantee it clients a high standard of service, as endorsed by the ISO 9001 certification obtained in 1996 (one of the first in the sector). KEVLAR® is a registered trademark of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Collections [ceiling lamps](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/foscarini/collection/ceiling-lamps) [floor lamps](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/foscarini/collection/floor-lamps) [Outdoor](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/foscarini/collection/outdoor) [pendant lamps](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/foscarini/collection/pendant-lamps) [table lamps](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/foscarini/collection/table-lamps) [wall lights](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/foscarini/collection/wall-lights) Features [FEATURED Diplomats, debates, decorations 3/5/2018 On the occasion of Stockholm Design Week 2018 Foscarini hosted a reception at the Italian Embassy in the Swedish capital.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/foscarini_stockholm-design-week-2018) [FEATURED Where does the day begin, where does the night end? 11/27/2017 Foscarini's cultural individualism gives rise not only to extraordinary luminaires, but also to artistic production. Newest example: The short film “Fare Luce” by Italian filmmaker and photographer Gianluca Vassallo.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/foscarini-fare-luce-gianluca-vassallo) [INTERVIEWS Freedom drives us on to greater things 9/8/2017 Daniel von Bernstorff and Robert Volhard spoke to Carlo Urbinati, founder and managing director of Italian luminaire maker Foscarini: about emotions, freedom, inspiration, and the creative world behind the products.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/interview-carlo-urbinati-foscarini) Related Articles [REVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE & MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2026 The Great Desire 4/28/2026 The Salone del Mobile and Milan Design Week 2026 kept us busy last week. 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And the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair is the showcase of the prospering industry. This year the fair has done a lot to become even more attractive. Our review.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stockholm-furniture-light-fair-2018) [SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017 Amazing, blow out 4/24/2017 There’s no longer any talk of a change in technology – it’s long since here to stay. A propensity for large decorative shapes is in evidence at the Euroluce in Milan and the various events around town.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/the-most-interesting-novelties-at-euroluce-2017-in-milan) [SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017 Euroluce 2017 in pictures 4/16/2017 The new luminaires presented in Milan not only surprised visitors with their refined shapes and details, but also demonstrated impressive technological innovations.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/euroluce-2017-salone-del-mobile-milan-photo-gallery) [SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017 Forza Salone! 4/6/2017 Off we go! Take a walk with us through trade-fair fairyland, catch the mood at the one or other booth and a glimpse of the novelties at this year’s Salone del Mobile.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/novelties-and-exhibition-design-at-salone-2017) [SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017 Festa and Fuorisalone 3/27/2017 At a glance: the most important events, exhibitions and parties at the Milan Design Week.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/preview-events-exhibitions-salone-del-mobile-2017) [DESIGN In the comfort zone 2/16/2016 At this year’s Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair the Scandinavians show how much we long for homeliness.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/in-the-comfort-zone) [DESIGN Carlo Urbinati 8/3/2015 It’s hardly surprising that Carlo Urbinati has chosen an article on a light bulb. But we wouldn’t have guessed that the modest founder of Foscarini is fascinated by as iridescent a figure as Carlo Mollino.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/carlo-urbinati) [FAIRS & EVENTS What only the giraffe knows 4/28/2015 This year during there were once again countless items of furniture and special moments during the Milan Salone. A small photo album of memories.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/what-only-the-giraffe-knows) [FAIRS & EVENTS In praise of Italianità 3/31/2015 Members of the furniture industry will soon be flocking to Milan again to worship the novelties cult at the Salone. What can we expect? Or is the furniture fair merely the appetizer before the Expo?](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/in-praise-of-italianita) [FAIRS & EVENTS Tutto è progetto! 1/6/2015 Based in Veneto, luminaire manufacturer Foscarini relies wholly on the strength of design. Instead of developing models itself, the company has devised a system whereby it selects convincing designs from projects.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/tutto-e-progetto) [FAIRS & EVENTS On Spokes and Shadows – Spokes by Studio García Cumini for Foscarini 5/16/2014 Designers Vicente García Jiménez and Cinzia Cumini presented their new magical piece for Foscarini in Milan: A spacious ceiling-mounted luminaire that is thoroughly well conceived technologically speaking, and entrancingly light.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/on-spokes-and-shadows-spokes-by-studio-garcia-cumini-for-foscarini) [MAGAZINE Young British Charisma 6/5/2013 Three intensive days in May on Clerkenwell Design Week are brought to a close. Catching up with a truly British interpretation of international design impulses and gaining glimpses of the thought processes that drives creative studios.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/young-british-charisma) [MAGAZINE Life is too short for jetlag 5/2/2013 Jean-Marie Massaud lives and works according to the motto “Design is nothing, life is everything.” Uta Abendroth spoke to the Frenchman about his “Lightwing” design for Foscarini, the quality of light, the right way to grow and life outside of work.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/life-is-too-short-for-jetlag) [MAGAZINE To light or to illuminate – that is the question 4/24/2013 For quite some time, manufacturers of decorative luminaires were hard hit by the innovation of LEDs. What to do with their traditional designs that were built around lamps and spots? 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It is, together with other highlights from the collection, on view in Superstudio Più at Zona Tortona.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/2-questions-to-simon-pengelly) [FEATURED The concept behind the Effizienzhaus Plus in Berlin 4/10/2012](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/sustainability-the-concept-for-the-effizienzhaus-plus-in-berlin) [MAGAZINE On LEDs and other small items 5/10/2011 The end of the traditional light bulb clobbered the luminaire industry, which is slowly recovering. At the Euroluce in Milan the clear trend was an effort to harmonize design and technology again.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/on-leds-and-other-small-items) [MAGAZINE We always remain authentic 5/4/2011 Two years ago, Foscarini and Diesel presented their first luminaire collection. Initially, the joint venture struggled owing to the fallout from the global economic crisis, but now it is receiving feedback from a recovering market. Sandra Hofmeister spoke to Carlo Urbinati about luminaires between product design and fashion design.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/we-always-remain-authentic) [MAGAZINE Milan is here again 4/6/2011 En route for Milan. It’s that time of the year; the Milan furniture salon is just round the corner and the design world is in pandemonium. To give you an idea of the countless events throughout the city we have compiled a list of what we consider to be the most promising among them.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/milan-is-here-again) [INTERVIEWS There is a design world outside Italy! 11/7/2010 Luca Nichetto is one of the few Italian designers in the upcoming generation. Sandra Hofmeister talked to him about the life and death of his furniture, about new perspectives in Scandinavia and about the meaning and meaninglessness of national borders in design.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/there-is-a-design-world-outside-italy) [MAGAZINE Shall no wish be left unfulfilled 5/13/2010 In Munich's Mühlbachviertel you can "test-live in" a new apartment block.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/shall-no-wish-be-left-unfulfilled) [MAGAZINE Almost everything that is new! 5/4/2010 Salone del Mobile 2010 has been and gone. Which of the new designs will endure, and which will swiftly be forgotten? The Stylepark ABC of the most persuasive new products predicts what may that future may be.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/almost-everything-that-is-new) [MAGAZINE The second and third skin 6/22/2009 Even just a few decades ago the roles were clearly distributed: on the one side, the superficial and ephemeral world of fashion, and on the other the world of furniture design, which strives for timelessness and for durability. At this year's Salone in Milan, a surprising amount of cross-over between fashion and furniture was in evidence, as for instance. - How strong is the reciprocity between these two apparently so different disciplines today?](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/the-second-and-third-skin) [MAGAZINE All about of carbon 12/18/2008 Strong and light: Carbon is the high-flyer. In product design too and even in times when sustainability should play an ever greater role, the industrial material shows its sensational potential.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/all-about-of-carbon) [MAGAZINE The best of the best 11/12/2008 DS Awards presented for the first time at the Designers' Saturday in Langenthal](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/the-best-of-the-best) [MAGAZINE Joyful feelings awaken on arriving in the countryside 11/12/2008 The 12th Designers' Saturday in Langenthal - Suddenly you enjoy being in the factory on Saturday. But only because on Designers' Saturday tables, chairs, wallpaper, floor coverings, fittings, carpets, luminaires and much else besides enters the local design industry's workshops. The result: a festival for the design community, which presents the things embedded in the culture of how they are made.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/joyful-feelings-awaken-on-arriving-in-the-countryside) [MAGAZINE Fundstücke: Tropical slot-together 11/10/2008 The basic element is simpler than a clothes peg: A piece of plastic the size of a finger which at first glance looks useless and yet can effect true miracles. Together with Foscarini, Milan-based designer Giulio Iacchetti has created a modular ceiling luminaire consisting purely of thermoplastic components.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/fundstuecke-tropical-slot-together) [MAGAZINE Foscarini at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt | 06. - 27.04.2008 3/30/2008 On the occasion of Luminale, the lighting design company Foscarini, based in Marcon near Venice, introduces a world premiere of the new design concept "Tropico". It is designed by Giulio Iacchetti, one of the most successful and promising newcomers of the Italian design scene, recently awarded with the important design prize Compasso d´Oro.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/foscarini-at-the-museum-fuer-angewandte-kunst-frankfurt-06-27-04-2008) [MAGAZINE Mondrian speaks Italian - Ferruccio Laviani 3/14/2008 It can be quite a burden to accept an inheritance. In this case, it may help to nurture a somewhat uncomplicated dialog with color, material and form, like Ferruccio Laviani, born in Cremona (Italy) in 1960, whose approach gives him a definite advantage.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/mondrian-speaks-italian-ferruccio-laviani) [MAGAZINE Explosions of light - Vicente García Jiménez 3/14/2008 Fields is the name of the luminaire, which builds upon the basic geometric shape of the rectangle, by the young Spanish designer Vicente García Jiménez for Foscarini. Different sized rectangles overlap on several levels, creating different areas of light and shadow. Jiménez developed the idea for this striking luminaire from a view of the rural expanses of the region where he grew up, La Mancha.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/explosions-of-light-vicente-garcia-jimenez) [MAGAZINE H.O.M.E.D.E.P.O.T - Vienna's Design Event Fair with a Lounge Format 2/26/2008 Vienna, a city that knows how to celebrate with countless celebrities, will be hosting Austria's only design event fair for the 8th time on March 5-9, 2008. H.O.M.E.D.E.P.O.T in the Semperdepot will showcase novelties by internationally renowned designers made by 50 top manufacturers.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/h-o-m-e-d-e-p-o-t-viennas-design-event-fair-with-a-lounge-format) [MAGAZINE Of light and other sources of inspiration - LUX8 by Foscarini 2/7/2008 Foscarini is not only an Italian luminaire manufacturer but also a supplier of insights into the multifarious aspects of light, which they gather in a variety of ways and, time and again, show that light is not just light: lighting determines the character of a room and interprets it in a certain way. Foscarini are extremely sensitive when it comes to registering these different moods and in moulding them into luminaires, the designs of which embody the different requirements placed on them with great clarity and precision.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/of-light-and-other-sources-of-inspiration-lux8-by-foscarini) Address Foscarini Srl Via delle Industrie 27 30020 Marcon / Ve Italy T: +39 041 595 3811 F: +39 041 595 3820 - Estimate - Printed catalogue Products [![Tobia wall](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Tobia-Parete_190415_142917.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/tobia-wall) [Foscarini Tobia wall](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/tobia-wall) [![Tobia floor](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Tobia_bianca_press.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/tobia-floor) [Foscarini Tobia floor](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/tobia-floor) [![Sun - Light of Love](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Sun_the_light_of_love_4.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/sun---light-of-love) [Foscarini Sun - Light of Love](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/sun---light-of-love) [![Nuée](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Nuee_2.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/nu%C3%A9e) [Foscarini Nuée](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/nu%C3%A9e) [![Newton](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Newton_011.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/newton) [Foscarini Newton](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/newton) [![Madre](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Madre_01A.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/madre) [Foscarini Madre](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/madre) [![Gioia](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Gioia_2.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/gioia) [Foscarini Gioia](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/gioia) [![Belle de Jour](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Belle-de-Jour_HI.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/belle-de-jour) [Foscarini Belle de Jour](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/belle-de-jour) [![Beep](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Beep_02_ok.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/beep) [Foscarini Beep](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/beep) [![Uptown](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/UPTOWN-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/uptown) [Foscarini Uptown](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/uptown) [![Candle Light](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Candle_Light_1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/candle-light) [Foscarini Candle Light](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/candle-light) [![Melting Light](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Melting_Light_1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/melting-light) [Foscarini Melting Light](https://www.stylepark.com/en/foscarini/melting-light) [All products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/foscarini)