APPLIED PROJECTS
Andrea Penzo develops applied projects related to glass, working with institutions, companies, and international brands interested in a rigorous integration of material knowledge and contemporary cultural vision.
His role within these collaborations is neither merely technical nor simply artistic. Each project is approached as a shared research process, in which the specific identity of the partner meets the possibilities and constraints of glassmaking.
Applied projects may include commissioned artworks, limited editions, prototyping, and technical-artistic consultancy. The aim is not to translate an external idea into glass as a decorative solution, but to build value from within the process, through experimentation, precision, and long-term qualitative control.
Over the years, Andrea Penzo has collaborated with major international partners in the fields of fashion, design, and applied research, including Fendi, Dior, and Green Wolf.
How I work
Collaborations begin with listening to the needs of the context and of the committente. From there, glass techniques and processes are selected and adapted in order to generate coherent outcomes.
The workflow typically moves through phases of research, technical development, and production. Transparency, responsibility, and respect for the island’s artisanal ecosystem remain essential components of every project.
Green Wolf - Design by Solange Azagury Partridge
Collaborations begin with listening to the needs of the context and of the committente. From there, glass techniques and processes are selected and adapted in order to generate coherent outcomes.
The workflow typically moves through phases of research, technical development, and production. Transparency, responsibility, and respect for the island’s artisanal ecosystem remain essential components of every project.
Fashion and jewelry
Approach to Prototyping and Production
Andrea Penzo develops prototypes and production processes for international fashion houses through a methodology that integrates artistic research, technical expertise, and material responsibility. Each collaboration begins with an in-depth dialogue with the brand, aimed at understanding not only aesthetic requirements but also conceptual positioning, timelines, and production constraints.
Prototyping is treated as a critical phase rather than a preliminary step. Glass is explored through iterative testing, material trials, and formal adjustments, allowing the object to emerge from a process of gradual refinement. This phase makes visible the limits and possibilities of the material, ensuring that technical feasibility and conceptual coherence evolve together.
Production is approached with the same rigor. Rather than translating predefined designs into glass, the process adapts forms and solutions to the specific behaviors of Murano glass, respecting its physical properties, timing, and structural constraints. Precision, repeatability, and qualitative control are central, especially when working on limited series or multiple exemplars.
Collaborations with fashion brands such as Dior and Fendi are conceived as shared research paths. The objective is not decoration, but the development of objects that maintain a strong identity while integrating seamlessly into complex production and communication ecosystems.
This approach allows artistic thinking and industrial requirements to coexist without hierarchy. Prototypes and final productions are the result of a process in which material knowledge, design intent, and critical vision remain aligned from concept to execution.
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Collaboration with Le Amadriadi
The collaboration with Le Amadriadi, a project founded by Roberta Anita Maria Pedrazzani, develops within an independent production context, where design emerges from a direct engagement with material, gesture, and time.
Within this framework, Andrea Penzo’s contribution focused on the development of Murano glass elements conceived as essential components of the project. Glass was not introduced as a formal accent, but as an integral part of a system built around balance, coherence, and material responsibility.
The collaboration operated on a contained scale and followed a slow working rhythm, based on prototyping, successive verification, and close attention to production quality. Each element was developed in relation to the specific technical behavior of glass and the need to maintain a high level of execution control.
This project exemplifies a mode of collaboration grounded in proximity between practices, where expertise in Murano glass integrates with an autonomous design vision, resulting in objects in which research, craftsmanship, and brand identity remain closely aligned throughout the process.
