FIAM, The Culture of Glass in the World

I will never get tired of repeating it: we are in Italy, and our elegance and our know-how come from the beauty that surrounds us.

Many of the most important Italian companies were born because of passion, tradition, and love of beauty. In homage to Italy and to that beauty which inspires greatness, today I tell you the story of a man and a company that has left their mark on the culture and design of glass in the world.

Fiam, art meet design

At the age of eight, he worked as a gardener with his father. At the age of thirteen he went to went to work in a glassmaker’s shop as an apprentice and at seventeen he set up his own business and attended art school.

A crowning jewel of Made in Italy, we are talking about Vittorio Livi and his company Fiam Italia, that have managed to add value to traditional glass by transforming it into iconic design pieces for the home and office.

Art is the muse, but it is technique and design that marks the success of Fiam. Vittorio Livi started by exploring the possibilities of bending glass and in 1973, with his first collection, created the Onda pouf. From that moment forward, a great collaboration was born with the most talented names of design and art.

Works like the Ragno table, the first table made from a single sheet of glass, the iconic Ghost glass armchair designed by Cini Boeri, and the Caadre mirror by Philippe Starck were born, just to name a few.