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COMPANY PROFILE— More than lampspure emotions.

A company that gives form to ideas. A creative and technological workshop thatconceives, develops and produces not onlylamps but pure emotions, in collaborationwith many other designers from around theworld. A company that is free, passionate,unconventional and right at the heart of theindustry in which it thrives. This is Foscarini.

01. INTRO

A designing and technological tour de force, Foscarini exploresan entire world of materials and solutions. Their research atelierexperiments, free of any mental barriers or technical restraintsthrough flexible, efficient and high quality production, while thesales and logistics organisation distributes with equal care all overthe world the smallest table lamp to the largest lighting set.Foscarini: a special personality in the world of lighting.

– Sede Foscarini, Marcon (Ve) / Foscariniheadquarters, Marcon (Ve)

– (in senso orario) lo showroom,nel magazzino il controlloqualità, la mensa, vista degli uffici/ (clockwise) showroom, qualitycontrols, cafeteria, offices

– Prima sede Foscarini, Murano/ First Foscarini headquarter,Murano

– Compasso d’Oro, 2001

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02. COMPANY

Foscarini’s headquarters are housed in an architect-designed, contemporarybuilding in sync with its corporatemission to provide cutting edge designand sales service with logistics andwarehousing providing total qualitycontrol.

In the mid 1990’s, Foscarini’s wish to provide design service tointernational markets led to astrategic move from the island ofMurano to Marcon, on the Venetianterra firma. Here, they built a newfacility, whose modern aesthetic is aligned with Foscarini’s creativecorporate spirit.

With the same spirit that providesnew ideas in lighting design,Foscarini also creates its own moreefficient programs for customer andpartner communication. For instance,My Foscarini, a proprietary ITplatform allows 24/7 connectivity tocurrent product availability, orderplacement and shipment tracking.

In 1996 Foscarini obtained UNI EN ISO 9001 certificationwhich guarantees the quality of all the company processes, fromdesigning to production, to customer services.This Certification has beencomplemented since 2012 with the ISO 14001 EnvironmentalCertification that confirms thecompany's commitment to continualimprovement of its enviromentalperformances.

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03. FOCUS

Why are Foscarini lamps so differentfrom each other, yet share commonconcepts and values?

Foscarini focuses on developing newproducts but chooses only to putinto production those that expressnew ideas. While inspiration isalways valued, Foscarini’sdevelopment phase sometimestakes years of progressive researchto analyze materials, shapes,processes and operating modes thatsometimes lead to results drasticallydifferent from the initial concept. This is why Foscarini lamps are soinnovative yet built to weather thewhim of trends and become trueclassics.

–MITE design Marc Sadler,2000

04. COLLECTION

Over 60 models, more than 20different materials and more than 30designers come together to form acollection of individual lamps, each witha unique story to address a need withstriking beauty.

With a surprising visual simplicity,often the result of complicated butconcealed technology, Foscarini’slamps have an impeccable logic thatgoes beyond the conventional andthe commonplace. From its founding,in the early 1980s, Foscarini hasstood out from other Murano glasslamp manufacturers because it didnot have its own furnace. Not tied toa particular manufacturing process,Foscarini could pick, the mostsuitable supplier for each projectin question.

This freedom led Carlo Urbinatiand Alessandro Vecchiato, first asdesigners then as the companymanagers, to experiment withmaterials and processes other thanblown glass. As a result, thecollection could flexibly respond toa changing world as new materialsand technologies becameavailable.

– LIGHTWEIGHT design TomDixon, 1995

MITE– Sviluppo del progetto elavorazione del diffusore / Projectdevelopment and making of theshade

TROPICO– Studio del modulo / Studyon the module

CABOCHE– Sviluppo del progetto e studiodelle sfere / Project developmentand study on the spheres

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TRESS– Sviluppo del progetto e studiodel nastro / Project developmentand study on the ribbon

LE SOLEIL– Dettagli del diffusore.Studio del progetto/ Shade details. Projectstudy

TWIGGY– Studio e particolari del progetto / Project study and details

photo Schöner Wohnen / Jeannette Schaum

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BINIC– Schizzi e dettagli dellalampada smontata /Drawings and details of the lamp

APLOMB– Sviluppo del progetto/ Project development

GREGG– Studio della forma e lavorazionedel diffusore / Study on the shapeand making of the diffuser

LUMIERE– Lavorazione del diffusorein vetro soffiato /Manufacture of the blownglass shade

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1990 Folio, Lumiere 1992 Orbital 1993 Bit,Havana 1994 Circus 1995 Lightweight1996 Double, Esa 1998 Totem 2000 Mite,Tite, Supernova 2001 Lite, Tutù 2002 Blob2003 Ellepi, Kite, O-space, Yet 2004 Gea,Giga-Lite 2005 Big Bang, Caboche, Uto2006 Twiggy 2007 Allegro, Fields, Gregg,New Buds, See you, Wagashi 2008 Tress,Tropico 2009 Flap, Fly-Fly, Allegretto, Le Soleil, Lumiere XXL, Wave 2010Aplomb, Bahia, Tua, Troag, Binic, LumiereXXS 2011 Poly Gregg/Outdoor Gregg,Behive, Birdie, Chouchin, Maki, Planet, Tivu,Falena, Anisha, Colibrì, Fold, Plass, Jamaica,Magneto, Solar 2012 Doll, Innerlight,Nuage, Rituals, Stewie 2013 Flip, Yoko,Lightwing, Tuareg, Lake, Tubes

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– LE SOLEIL design VicenteGarcia Jimenez, 2009

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– ANISHA design Studio LievoreAltherr Molina, 2011

Werner Aisslinger, Maurizio Baruffi,Valerio Bottin, Change Design, Roberto De Santi, Tom Dixon, Rodolfo Dordoni, Odoardo Fioravanti,Jozeph Forakis, Enrico Franzolini,Gianpietro Gai, Massimo Gardone, Eliana Gerotto, Giulio Iacchetti, Vicente Garcia Jimenez, Studio Kairos,Defne Koz, Lagranja Design, Ferruccio Laviani, Jean Marie Massaud,Studio Lievore Altherr Molina, Paolo Lucidi, Alessandra Matilde, Nendo, Luca Nichetto, Philippe Nigro, Atelier Oï, Ludovica e Roberto Palomba,Simon Pengelly, Luca Pevere,Karim Rashid, Marc Sadler, Patricia Urquiola, Ionna Vautrin, Anderssen & Voll, Studio Wettstein, Marco Zito

05. DESIGNERS

Foscarini has so many designs, bothfrom young designers as well asestablished names, which havegained much notoriety. For example,Rodolfo Dordoni’s, Lumiere, hasbecome one of Foscarini'sbestsellers, a contemporary, orrather universal revamping of aclassic blown glass lamp. FerruccioLaviani’s Orbital, “sculpture lamp”was so impressive it was chosen asthe subject of a stamp issuededicated to design. Jozeph Forakisconceived Havana, anotherinternational icon for the companyand the first Foscarini lamp madewith a material other than glass, nowpart of the permanent collection atthe New York MoMA. Marc Sadler,the undisputed master ofcontemporary design, produced Mite and Tite which won the 2011Compasso d’Oro. These two lampswere developed after years ofresearch and tests, in an innovativemixture of fibreglass and carbonor Kevlar®.

And yet more world-wide successes,include Caboche by Patricia Urquiolaand Eliana Gerotto, O-Space by LucaNichetto and Giampietro Gai, Twiggyand Tress by Marc Sadler, Gregg byL+R Palomba, Le Soleil by VicenteGarcia Jimenez, and the recentAplomb by Lucidi and Pevere, Binicby Ionna Vautrin, Solar by Jean MarieMassaud… every Foscarini lamp hasa special story to tell.

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Design first and foremost. Thought beforeshape. The spirit of the project guidesthe choice of material. These are thedistinguishing traits of a huge “work inprogress” that teams up great maestrosand young talents.

– ALLEGRO al ristorante Le Bombarde, Arsenale (Venezia,Italia) / Allegro at Le Bombarderestaurant, Arsenale (Venice, Italy)

06. PROJECTS

Foscarini’s flexibility and desire to collaborate with designers haveenabled it to develop custom projectsby grouping their lamps in largenumbers, responsive to the mostdiverse contemporary settings.

The company is willing to producecustom products,simply by changingstandard finishes and compositions.Foscarini also devises specificsolutions for large spaces in theform of light sculptures that are theresult of the creative assembly ofstandard lamps. This has given riseto lighting events, including FiberEvolution in collaboration with MarcSadler and Tropico with GiulioIachetti, which have travelled acrossthe design capitals of Europe andthe U.S.A.

This acquired experience led to thecoining of a program called FoscariniEvolution to communicatethe company’s ability to collaboratewith designers and experiment withdiverse materials and exploit theinfinite composition potential ofstandard models to surprising effect.

– TROPICO installazione al Museum fürAngewandte Kunst Frankfurt, (Germania)/ Tropico installation, Museum fürAngewandte Kunst Frankfurt, (Germany)pag. 27 Raccolta di progetti contract / Contract projects collection

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Casamica, Domus, Case da Abitare,Grazia Casa, Abitare, DCasa, Elle Decor,La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera,Home Germany, A&W, AIT, ElleDecoration Germany, Home Austria,Ideales Heim, Espaces Contemporains,Ideat, Elle Decoration France, Archicrèe,Arquitectura y Diseño, Casaviva,Projecto Contract, Wallpaper,Archistorm, Stylepark, Architonic,Elle Interior, Skona Hem, Eigen-Huis,VT Wonen, DAMn, Feeling Wonen/GaelMaison, Drome Magazine, Amc, Zeit Magazine, Häuser

07. COMMUNICATION

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As unmistakable as the Foscarini lampsthemselves, the corporate image is theresult of a creative task akin to thedesigning of its products, to explore newapproaches and stir further emotions.

From advertising to events,publishing and the web, Foscarini’s“communication design” uses anextensive range of coordinated tools.

The products are illustrated incatalogues targeted to differenttypes of customer: the CollectionBook is a general catalogueproviding details of the origins,inspiration, development and generalbackstage information for the entireFoscarini product range; theTechnical Book, provides technicalinformation required for salesand installation, while the Workscatalogue, is a collection ofinterpretations for the contract andcollective industry featuring modelsfrom the Foscarini collection; theNews catalogue features the year’snew products. Foscarini advertisinghighlights the iconic value of itsproducts, in spreads featured inthe leading international architectureand furniture magazines.

The website is a dynamic andinteractive tool to inform the publicand industry specialists of any newsin the Foscarini world: from theproducts, to the cultural initiativesand events.

An important strategycommunicating Foscarini’s corporateidentity is through participation inthe major trade fairs and events inthe design world with installationsthat convey the value and personalityof the brand. This presence is notmerely commercial but creative,poetic and thrilling at the same time.

01 – Collection book

03 –Technical book

04 – News

02 –Works

– Copertina e pagine interne dei cataloghi aziendali / Companycatalogues cover and pages

NEW MEDIA– Sito internet, applicazioneiFoscarini e Social media /Website, iFoscarini applicationand Social media.

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05 – www.foscarini.com

08 – Facebook

06 – iFoscarini App

07 – YouTube

09 –Twitter

10 – Pinterest

– Infinity, Milano Designweek 2009.Installazione Vicente Garcia Jimenez, video Massimo Gardone, musicheFrancesco Morosini. Evento selezionatodall’ADI per il Design Index 2010 / Infinity, Milan Designweek 2009. Installation design Vicent Garcia Jimenez,video Massimo Gardone, music FrancescoMorosini. Selected by ADI, for the DesignIndex 2010

a destra / right – Installazione FoscariniMetamorphosis, Milano Design Week 2011/ Foscarini Metamorphosis installation,Milano Design Week 2011

08. CULTURE

– La Biennale di Venezia con lampadeFoscarini: Uto, Gregg. Big BangEvolution, Havana e Plass all’Arsenale / La Biennale di Venezia with Foscarinilamps: Uto, Gregg. Big Bang Evolution,Havana and Plass at the Arsenale

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Foscarini contributes to spreading andsupporting design culture: from itssponsorship of the Art and ArchitectureBiennale in Venice, to the inclusion of itsproducts in the collection of New York’sMoMA, the Milan Triennial Exhibition anda large number of other internationalmuseums, to the launching of newpublishing initiatives.

The positive experience with Luxmagazine, which from 2002 to 2008was, the spokes piece for new ideas,materials and creative stimuli,led to the creation of “INVENTARIO – Everything is a project”.It is not intended as an advertisingvehicle for Foscarini, but rather asa genuine magazine-book, directedby Beppe Finessi, architect anduniversity lecturer and distributed onan international scale in the bestbookshops and major museumbookshops. A free and illuminatedlook at the universe of design andthe world we live in: design,architecture and art, it also containsstrange life stories, analyses ofobjects created by nature andother freestyle topics.

Without feeling constrained, withoutties to the Foscarini brand and itsproducts: in the belief thateverything that surrounds us, everymoment we experience is a projectto be shared with others. Through itssupport of INVENTARIO, Foscariniconveys its own values and looksforward attentively and curiously, tothe pure pleasure of experimenting,innovating, creating: as always in the spirit of this company and of thepeople who work within it or with it every day.

– “INVENTARIO- Tutto è progetto”presentazione alla Biennale di Architettura di Venezia, 2010 / “INVENTARIO- Everything is a Project” preview at Biennale diArchitettura 2010, Venice

Mostra Di Vaso in Fiore al Museo PoldiPezzoli di Milano, 2011/ Exhibition Di Vasoin Fiore at Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, 2011

Mostra Fare Lume al Museo Poldi Pezzolidi Milano, 2012/ Exhibition Fare Lume atMuseo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, 2012

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– Inventario #6

– Home page del sito / Home page ofwww.inventario-bookzine.com

09. DIESEL WITH FOSCARINI

“Successful Living fromDiesel with Foscarini”.

In 2009 Foscarini takes part of thelifestyle and decor project "DieselHome Collection", and with its ownexperience and lighting know how, it starts developing the Lighting lineof the Diesel collection. Thispartnership gives Foscarini the

opportunity to liaise with a newtarget and explore new lifestyles and furnishing trends, through acollection conceived by Diesel for its own target: “Successful Livingfrom Diesel with Foscarini”.diesel.foscarini.com

– ROCK, lampada asospensione / Rock,suspension lamp

– FORK, lampadada terra / Fork,floor lamp

– CAGE, lampada asospensione / Cage,suspension lamp

– GLAS, lampada a sospensione / Glas, suspension lamp, Diesel headquarters

– CAGE, lampada a sospensione / Cage, suspension lamp, Dieselheadquarters

– TOOL, lampada a sospensione/ Tool, suspension lamp

– METAL GLASS,lampada a sospensione e da tavolo / Metal Glass,suspension lamp and table lamp

– DUII, lampada da tavolo / Duii, table lamp

10. NUMBERS

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Consolidated turnover for theyear 2012: 41.7 million Euros

Communication: 8,5% ofturnover invested in brandpromotion and communicationactivities, a third of whichin cultural activities

Research: 8% of turnoverinvested in research anddevelopment of new products

Materials: the lamps in theFoscarini collection are madewith over 30 different materials

Export rate: 82% of turnover

88Number of employees: 88

1996Company QualityCertification: UNI EN ISO9001, awarded in 1996, amongthe first in the industry

2012Environmental QualityCertification: UNI EN ISO 14001

5Logistics: 5 warehouses across theworld, with the aim of deliveringas quickly as possible, from 2 to 5 days, all over the globe

88Distribution: direct, in 88 countries, world-wide

2800Sales points: 2800 shops,specialising in lighting or furniture

11. TIMELINE

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Foscarini Spa set up on Murano island (Venice).

First collection of lamps designedby Carlo Urbinati and AlessandroVecchiato.

First collection in collaborationwith external designers: by Adam Tihany andJoseph Mancini.

Carlo Urbinati and AlessandroVecchiato become the companyowners and managers.

Rodolfo Dordoni designs , Foscarini's first major success.

, Ferruccio Laviani’s debutlamp, is the first Foscarini lampmade of industrial glass.

, designed by Jozeph Forakis,is the first Foscarini lamp made of a material other than glass, namelypolythene.

Foscarini moves from Muranoisland to Marcon, on Venetian terrafirma.

The company is among the first in the industry to receive UNI ENISO 9001 quality systemcertification.

The and , lampsdeveloped in conjunction withMarc Sadler are launched. Thesame year, Foscarini launches its first corporate identitycommunication project.

Foscarini and Marc Sadler, thanksto the and lamps, areawarded the Compasso d’Oro for“the bold technological innovation”.

Lux magazine, Foscarini's firstpublishing experience, starts off.

The new Foscarini facility isinaugurated in Marcon (Venice).

, designed by PatriciaUrquiola and Eliana Gerotto,inaugurates a successful season forFoscarini, with models such as Marc Sadler – 2006, L+R Palomba – 2007, MarcSadler – 2008, VicenteGarcia Jimenez – 2009. Theseproducts can truly express theirinnovative and design culturecontents, owing also to thecompany’s accrued experience in all fields: from technology, tocommunication, to logistics.

Foscarini becomes the officialsponsor of the Venice BiennaleExhibition.

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2013Foscarini and Diesel sign alicensing deal, as part of the “DieselHome Collection” furniture andlifestyle project.

Foscarini presents a new publishingadventure, mid way between a book and a magazine, called“INVENTARIO – Everything is a project”.

On the occasion of Euroluce,Foscarini presents 15 new modelswhich are joining the collection,along with 4 new Diesel lamps in amultimedia booth designed byFerruccio Laviani. With thecollaboration of the Poldi PezzoliMuseum, the first cover page ofInventario gives rise to the “Di Vasoin Fiore”exhibition.

At Milano Design Week theFoscarini Inspire installationillustrates - through the languageof the movies - the inspiration andcharm behind some of the best sellers in the collection.Together with the Poldi PezzoliMuseum and Inventario, the “Fare Lume” exhibition ispresented.

Thirty years on from the firstcollection of lamps, Foscarini openstwo new venues in the cities whichsymbolise contemporary design:Milan and New York.Not simple showrooms, but rather locations that aim to be thespokesperson of the company's values of innovation and creativity,in which to tell stories and totransmit emotions.On the occasion of Euroluce, in a booth designed by FerruccioLaviani, Foscarini presents its new models which are joining thecollection, along with 4 new Diesellamps in a dedicated space.With the collaboration of the PoldiPezzoli Museum and Inventario, the “Intorno al libro. Tra arte e design”exhibition is launched.

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