Letter from London

摘要

Between 1932 and 1947, Carlo Scarpa was the chief designer for the Murano glassmaker, Venini. Under his designer's eye (he never qualified formally as an architect), the company produced a pantheon of glass objects/products/artworks exploiting traditional and new manufacturing techniques. The work was of extraordinary quality, both in terms of design and making, and was frequently exhibited at the Venice Art Biennale. A superb exhibition of Scarpa's glass is currently on show at the Cini Foundation on San Giorgio as part of this year's architecture biennale; if you are going to Venice be sure to see these masterworks.