FIAM
Luxury glass furniture FIAM
Timeless design from Italy
The Italian company FIAM was founded in 1973 by Vittorio Livi. It designs, develops and manufactures furniture made of bent glass. By creating a combination of quality workmanship and industrial processes, tradition and innovation in handcraft and design intersect. This material with enormous potential has not been used much in the furniture world - only for the production of small parts or ornaments, but thanks to the creative mind of the young Vittorio Livi, his dream began to take on concrete dimensions - glass became a unique material in the world of artistic design for the production of furniture. Amazingly strong and transparent at the same time, it creates timeless design objects. FIAM recognises the ability of designers to take risks in creating form and takes this as a welcome challenge to their expertise. To produce some pieces, FIAM has even created groundbreaking technologies to help craftsmen pioneer in terms of tools and materials, enabling them to meet the increasingly demanding requirements of designers who want to work with this unique material.
Vittorio Livi founds FIAM
Vittorio Livi has always had one passion: glass. Fullet, the very first company he founded, produced coloured glass for the furniture industry, followed by a series of companies: Artiglass, Curvovetro, Cromoglass and Vellutart. The merger between these companies in 1973 resulted in FIAM, the first company to produce curved glass objects for the home. Thanks to its technology and its partnerships with leading international designers, FIAM has become a leader in the industry and some of its products are even exhibited in twenty-five museums around the world. After overseeing the restoration of the fortified city of Montegridolfo (dating from the 7th century BC), Vittorio Livi bought Villa Miralfiore, a historic building in Pesaro built in 1260, in 1992 and renovated it. Part of the villa is dedicated to the "Spazio Miralfiore", a museum of bent glass artworks by Livi and many Italian and international artists.
In addition, Vittorio Livi is also a talented sculptor. His well-known works such as Ipotenusa, Camini delle fate, the Cross of Pesaro, Gesto or Cuore can be found in his own museum Spazio Miralfiore or even in museums worldwide dedicated to art objects.
Designers for FIAM
Great names in the world of design have worked with the FIAM brand over the years to produce furniture made of curved glass. In addition to the founder Vittorio Livi himself, for example, Simone Bonanni, Cini Boeri, Angelo Cortesi, Nicola de Ponti, Marcel Wanders Studio, Enzo Mari, Philippe Starc and others have left their signature in glass.
History of the FIAM brand
Ponte coffee table designed for FIAM by Angelo Cortesi. It was the first major design collaboration that opened the door to many more.
Vittorio Livi came up with a revolutionary project, which is RAGNO - a table made of a single glass plate.
Ghost is the first chair made of bent glass created by designer Cini Boeri. The chair has won many lay and professional awards, such as the Forum Design Award at Milan Cosmit.
In 1992 Vittorio Livi buys Villa Miralfiore, a historic building in Pesaro built in 1260. In a part of the villa, the "Spazio Miralfiore" is set up, a museum dedicated to works of art in bent glass by Livi and many Italian and international artists.
The Ghost armchair was also featured on the limited edition Italian Post stamps dedicated to the Made in Italy theme .
In the same year that a new design piece was added to the FIAM family, the Neutra table, Vittorio Levi was awarded the prize of his life - the Compasso d'Oro.
The collaboration with designers Dante Benini and Luca Gonzo bore fruit in the form of the LLT collection, which was a great success. In the same year, FIAM added another exclusive product, the MACRAME table by LucidiPevere. Macrame was immediately awarded the Young & Design Competition prize.
Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas designed the ROSY and LUCY mirrors, at the same time Daniel Libeskind came up with his piece called THE WING.
Vittorio Livi created the sculpture Gesu, energia del mondo (Jesus , energy of life), which was even presented to Pope Francis. In the same year, FIAM was chosen to represent the world's brands at the famous EXPO 2015.
FIAM brand know-how
Theknow-how developed from almost 50 years of experience is based on the ability to implement tailor-made design solutions: creativity and a Savoir-Faire blend of craftsmanship combine to give maximum flexibility to meet any space and style needs. Fiam offers designers a wide range of services in order to meet their specific requirements, providing tangible solutions to all discerning professionals requiring customisable artefacts that testify to the company's expertise in the world of magic glass better than anything else.
Glass and quality materials
FIAM makes available to professionals a wide range of useful materials to assist them in designing processes and presenting specific settings and projects. It offers technical data sheets for all of its products, including related specific indications for possible customization, still life and set lists, and even 3D models of realizations in various formats. In addition, thanks to fusion techniques, they have produced material samples that enrich the variety of finishes proposed in the catalogues. In addition, all material finishes are available for public download in digital format.
Being one of the few companies in the high-end design industry to have a fully in-house manufacturing process is a matter of great pride for the company. This means being able to design and develop innovative and original finishes based on its own glassmaking techniques and thanks to the know-how of its master glassmakers, making full use of a strongly experimental approach with the support of direct contact between research, development and actual production.
