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Arnolfo di Cambio has co-operated with the world of design for years and has recently strengthened old working relationships, reopening some of them and establishing new ones.
This can be shown in their latest products, where new interesting experiments have been tested. One of them is Clearline, which is a design collection able to witness the willingness of the company to introduce innovation and to be projected into the future.
This collection was established on the basis of a refined project to which François Burkhardt has co-operated as art director. He's a key character to carry out an activity of research and innovation on this material and to create new conditions and invent an image-trade mark connected to design projects and to the company historical memory.
For the first part of the programme, which is dedicated to the great masters, projects by Ettore Sottsass, Enzo Mari and Roger Tallon have been produced.
However, also for this new collection it is important to take into consideration the general conditions of the crystal field. That means that it's necessary to adapt the working process from an artisan-like reality to an industrial one and it's necessary to do it through simple operations, even including craftsmen-like actions that make the product more valuable because it can be considered in the middle between industrial production and craftsmanship.
Enzo Mari's project can be seen and understood within this issue. He has designed a range of glasses whose title is Conversazione, intending to bring numerous uncommon combinations back to few archetypes so as to obtain different models.
At the same time, Roger Tallon is trying to define the shape offered by the endless possibilities of the moulds, creating specific shapes and uncommon "families" such as the vase Marylin or Bacchus. Finally, Sottsass's work affirms the poetry of essential lines and shapes, rediscovered in their simplicity.

Compagnia Italiana del Cristallo srl
Loc. Pian dell'Olmino - 53034 - Colle Val d'Elsa - Siena - Italia
Tel. +39/0577928279
Fax. +39/0577929647
Web site: http://arnolfodicambio.com
E-mail: dicambio@cyber.dada.it
Text by:
Angelo Minisci

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In cooperation with:
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