Carlo Nason
Carlo Nason approached glass like a designer from another planet — precise, quiet, and radically modern. Born in 1935 on the island of Murano, he was raised in a family of master glassmakers, yet his vision broke with tradition. Trained in the family workshop, he explored seriality, transparency, and the structural language of light. His lamps do not merely illuminate — they inhabit space.
Most of his iconic lighting pieces were produced by Mazzega, where he helped shape a new vision of Murano. Layered opaline, smoked transparencies, and interlocking forms became signatures of his luminous universe — part sculpture, part light, part dream.
His works are in the collections of the internationally renowned Corning Museum of Glass, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Always drawn to experimentation over repetition, Nason’s work offers a counter-narrative — one that speaks to innovation, modularity, and the poetry of function.
Discover the objects designed by Carlo Nason curated by RARE.
