The Italian brand Foscarini designs exclusive lamps and was established in Venice by Carlo Urbinati and Alessandro Vecchiato in 1981. The revolutionary halogen lamp had just been introduced to the market, and the company’s vision was to explore new lighting technologies while creating expressive designer lamps. In 1985, the company...
The Italian brand Foscarini designs exclusive lamps and was established in Venice by Carlo Urbinati and Alessandro Vecchiato in 1981. The revolutionary halogen lamp had just been introduced to the market, and the company’s vision was to explore new lighting technologies while creating expressive designer lamps.
In 1985, the company began collaborating with two external designers, Adam Thiany and Joseph Mancini. Under the motto “pure emotions”, Foscarini continued to experiment with materials, function and contemporary technology, leading to a series of acclaimed collaborations and striking designer lamps.
The first major breakthrough came in 1990 with the Lumiere lamp, designed by Rodolfo Dordoni. Over the next few years, the company experimented with materials such as industrial glass and polyethylene to create cutting-edge Italian design. In 2000, it launched the Mite and Tite lamps in collaboration with designer Marc Sadler, a floor lamp and a ceiling lamp in fiberglass and steel that look more like a sculpture than a lamp. These lamps won the prestigious Compasso d’Oro award and are considered a true technological innovation. This was the first but by no means the last time that Foscarini’s designer lamps would be nominated for the award.
In 2005, the next big breakthrough came with the Caboche lamp, designed by Patricia Urquiola and Eliana Gerotto. Caboche, from the French for white cabbage, is designed to spread as much light as possible without glare. With an inner glass shade and distinctive plastic balls, it makes a strikingly beautiful lamp that is now being produced in a new LED version available in two colors. The success of Caboche is due to the success of Marc Sadler’s Twiggy and Gregg, designed by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba. This proved to be a prominent period in the history of the design firm, when several innovative design lamps spread their light.
In 2013, the company celebrated its 30th anniversary by opening showrooms in Milan and New York and launching new versions of the Twiggy lamp. Forscarini kept up with the technology of the modern age by launching an app, iFoscarini. In the app, design enthusiasts can place Foscarini lamps in rooms and settings in their own surroundings to see which lamp creates the right atmosphere. In 2014, the company again won the Compasso d’Oro and received honorable mention for four additional designer lamps.
172 products
Foscarini
Tress Piccola Mini
From € 607,00
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Tress Wall
From € 520,00
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Twice as Twiggy Pendant
€ 3.502,00
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Plass
From € 615,00
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Tress Media
€ 981,00
Foscarini
Chouchin 2
From € 676,00
In stock
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Gem Table Lamp
€ 965,00
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Folio Wall
From € 356,00
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UpTown Floor
€ 4.728,00
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Satellight Pendant
€ 915,00
In stock
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Chouchin Reverse 3
From € 599,00
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Spokes 2 Piccola
From € 1.059,00(RRP € 1.064,00)
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Allegro Ritmico
From € 3.616,00
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Allegro Assai
From € 7.255,00
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Bit 5 Wall
€ 295,00
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Cri Cri Outdoor
€ 445,00
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Bit 4 Wall
€ 295,00
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Birdie Pendant
From € 267,00
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Allegro Vivace
€ 4.805,00
Foscarini
Lumiere Nuances Grande
€ 745,00
Foscarini
Bit 2 Wall
€ 295,00
Foscarini
Troag Media LED Natural
€ 1.135,00
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Tite 2 Suspension Black
€ 541,00
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Chouchin Semi 3
From € 314,00
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Chouchin Reverse 2
From € 676,00
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Soffio
€ 889,00
In stock
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Havana Sospensione
€ 505,00
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Bit 1 Wall
€ 306,00
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Gem High Table
From € 825,00
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Allegretto Vivace Pendellampa
€ 2.526,00
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Bump Black
€ 424,00
Foscarini
Allegretto Ritmico Pendellampa
€ 2.110,00
Foscarini
Chouchin 1 Reverse Gold
From € 738,00
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Twiggy Wood Pendant
€ 1.240,00
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Chouchin 2 Reverse Black
From € 676,00
Foscarini
Lumiere Nuances Piccola Sahara Dimmer
€ 546,00
Foscarini
Nile Table Lamp
From € 1.288,00
Foscarini
Aplomb Large Pendant
€ 700,00
In stock
Foscarini
Rituals 2
From € 70,00
In stock
Foscarini
Rituals
€ 451,00
Foscarini
Twiggy Wood Pendant Greige
€ 1.239,00(RRP € 1.240,00)
Foscarini
Caboche Plus Grande
From € 2.907,00
In stock
Foscarini
Rituals 1
€ 528,00
New
Foscarini
Diphy Floor Lamp
€ 1.500,00
Foscarini
Caboche Plus LED Table
From € 879,00(RRP € 884,00)
Foscarini
Birdie Grande
From € 639,00
Foscarini
Lumiere Nuances Piccola
€ 546,00
Foscarini
Diphy Floor Lamp
From € 519,00
In stock
Foscarini
Lumiere Table lamp, Small - with dimmer, Red, Champagne
From € 468,00
Foscarini
Lumiere Table Lamp Grande - Dimmer
€ 660,00
Foscarini
Lumiere Table Piccola On/Off
From € 425,00
Foscarini
The Light Bulb
€ 393,00