Vistosi at the Venice Design Week 2025
October 11–19, Venice – Church of San Leonardo, Cannaregio 1584, Strada Nova

TEMPORA: the theme of the 2025 edition of the Venice Design Week

TEMPORA is the theme chosen for the Venice Design Week 2025: a vision that bridges past and future, where design becomes a meeting point between times, cultures and knowledge. The line connecting the eras is fluid and cohesive, vibrant and pulsating, constantly shaped by the interaction of multiple forces, energies and paradigms.

In this scenario, design does not end with a single creative gesture but becomes a contribution to an evolving story: a continuous dialogue with the natural environment, emerging technologies, and the people who inhabit them. Every idea and product become part of a shared flow that values the memory of the past, looks to the future, and promotes diversity as a source of inspiration. TEMPORA invites designers and visitors to reflect on the responsibility of each object as part of a continuum — a piece of a collective narrative where aesthetics intertwine with function, ethics, and sustainability, enriching the human experience in a constantly transforming world.

Vistosi lights up the Venice Design Week 2025 with a spectacular Murano glass installation.

From October 11 to 19, 2025, Vistosi will take center stage at the Venice Design Week with a presence that blends art, design, and innovation. In the evocative former Church of San Leonardo, the company presents a site-specific work interpreting the theme TEMPORA, transforming the space into a theater of light and crystal: two draperies of nearly 4,000 Giogali hooks in pure crystal, designed by Angelo Mangiarotti, reaching almost five meters in height and enveloping the space in an immersive, precious atmosphere.

The event, born from the collaboration between the Venetian Smart Lighting Award (VSLA) and the Venice Design Week, becomes a meeting place and a forum for reflection on the culture of light, celebrating the vitality of Murano glass interpreted through a contemporary language.

The “Giogali” installation at the Church of San Leonardo

The work is a bespoke interpretation of the iconic Giogali collection designed in 1967 by Angelo Mangiarotti. Composed of two draperies of 16 chains each, fixed at the ends of a structure, it comprises about 3,520 glass elements with a total weight of 300 kg. Its dimensions (5 x 5 m with a depth of 2.5 m) and the supporting structure in painted wooden panels have been designed to integrate harmoniously with the architecture of the church’s apse, enhancing its aesthetic and spiritual qualities.

The work was designed and installed in full respect of the building’s aesthetic and structural characteristics, using certified materials and technical solutions suitable to ensure safety, stability and easy maintenance. Sparkling, transparent draperies, suspended like luminous curtains, transform the space into an immersive environment where light and matter engage in an emotional narrative of great impact.

Vistosi will also bring other iconic collections inside the church and the prestigious Radisson Collection Hotel, Palazzo Nani Venice. In addition to the monumental installation, Vistosi will exhibit in the Church of San Leonardo some pieces from its most recent and award-winning collections:

• Anisette in its table version, recently awarded the Compasso d’Oro International in Osaka.
• Faro in its table version.
• Due piantane Minigiogali con vetri ambra, che interpretano in chiave contemporanea l’iconico disegno di Angelo Mangiarotti

These installations enhance the visitor experience, creating an immersive journey through innovation, craftsmanship, and research in Murano glassblowing.

At the same time, Vistosi is presenting Plot Frame in another exceptional venue: the Radisson Collection Hotel, Palazzo Nani Venice.

Located in the heart of the historic center and overlooking the Cannaregio Canal, the hotel occupies a historic building that reflects the political, social, and cultural life of the Serenissima. Just a short walk from the Ghetto and the neighborhood’s small shops and cafés, the Radisson is conveniently connected to the rest of the city as well as to the islands of Murano and Burano.

With 52 rooms and suites designed with refined touches of Venetian style, the hotel features original frescoes, an inner garden, and an atmospheric restaurant. Contemporary spaces and exclusive amenities make the Radisson Collection Hotel, Palazzo Nani Venice, the ideal setting to showcase Vistosi’s design, creating a dialogue between history, hospitality, and contemporary creativity.

Vistosi: tradition and innovation in Murano glass. Other prestigious locations where you can discover Vistosi

Always an ambassador of Made in Italy, Vistosi presents glass as a living material, capable of inspiring and transforming any space into a unique sensory experience. With nearly 60 collections in the new catalog, distributed across more than 60 countries, and collaborations with internationally renowned designers and architects, the company combines Murano’s artisanal tradition with a contemporary and innovative language. The ability to customize each project, meticulous attention to detail, and elegance of form make every creation a work of art, able to engage in a dialogue with architecture and its surrounding space.

Among its most prestigious accolades, the 2025 Compasso d’Oro International, awarded for the Anisette collection at Expo Osaka on September 5, celebrates Vistosi’s continual innovation, reaffirming its leadership in international design.

In Venice, Vistosi’s creations engage in a dialogue with the city and its history, enriching iconic locations with captivating installations: from the Murano Glass Museum to the Locanda San Barnaba, from the island of San Servolo to the Peggy Guggenheim Museum Café, all the way to Luciano Vistosi’s Cross in the crypt of St. Mark’s Basilica and the recent participation in the 2025 Architecture Biennale. Each work showcases Vistosi’s unique ability to transform glass into light, transparency, and form, evoking emotions and highlighting Italian artisanal excellence on a global stage.

Participating in the Venice Design Week 2025 means immersing oneself in a multisensory experience, where light takes center stage and crystal becomes a universal language of beauty, innovation, and contemporary art, reaffirming Vistosi as a global ambassador of Italian design.

See the full program of the Venice Design Week 2025 HERE.

Il Video dell’edizione precedente con l’intervista a Matteo Moretti CEO Vistosi
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Here’s where to find Vistosi in Venice:

Museum of Glass
Murano Island, 30141 Venice, Veneto
Located in the historic Giustinian Palace, the museum houses the largest historical collection of Murano glass, with pieces dating from the 15th to the 20th century.

Santa Barbara Inn
Calle del Traghetto, 2785/2786, 30123 Venice, VE, Italy
The hotel is located at Calle del Traghetto 2785, in the Dorsoduro district, near the Grand Canal.

San Servolo
30100 Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy
An island set within a 5-hectare park, reachable by vaporetto from Piazza San Marco in 10 minutes.

Peggy Guggenheim Museum
2812 Calle del Traghetto, Venice, Veneto
A café located inside the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, along the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro district.

Church of San Leonardo
Calle de la Chiesa, 1584, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy
Church located on Rio Tera San Leonardo, in the Cannaregio district.

Biennale Architettura 2025/2023
Biennale Gardens, 30124 Venice, Italy