Cristais São Marcos
The story of Murano Glass in Brazil: A secular technique originated in Italy, which with great mastery and creativity is continuously developed and preserved by first Brazilian glassmaker: Antônio Carlos Molinari, artist and direct disciple of the renowned Italian glassmaker and precursor of the technique in Brazil, Aldo Bonora. Since its foundation in 1962, Crystals São Marcos has been improving this art daily, which has given it countless awards, as well as great international recognition for its excellent work. All this makes it a reference in exporting to approximately sixty countries, as one of the largest and most respected Murano glass factories in the world.
ABOUT PRODUCT
The motivation was to bring a collection that showed a secular process of glass blowing, with contemporary techniques and create for this industry a product that told stories and references of Brazil, bringing the Brazilian look within a technique and products that came from Italy. The line is called Soul, it is a journey through our interior, today with the observation of the longings of human beings and the longings of the creator of the line herself, Roberta sees that everyone is always looking for an inner fulfillment, for this poetic representation, we have a transparent and hollow glass with an application in red glass that represents a soul in flame, represents this heat and this inner flame that we all have and that can fill us and feed us through life.
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DESIGN BY
ROBERTA BANQUIERI
Creator by essence, in the beginning only of thoughts, stories, after training and as an interior designer she conceived projects for environments, then with the graduation in architecture and urbanism she designed several spatial solutions, post graduated in hotel architecture and currently dedicated to specialization and her development as a product designer. Roberta sees no limit to accomplish with her creation, she understands that it goes from the immaterial to the real, from the large volume to the small object.
After 20 years working in architecture and interiors, having developed several projects for different clients and uses, she says she surrendered to the desire of years of working with product design, under the contribution of the universe that made possible the initial experimentation in exercising this craft. “With Pontoeu I was able to put into practice working with creation in a loose way, without many rules of a specific client, design what I want, when I want and how I want, really be what I believe.” “There is always the desire for others to like it, however, this is not the main motivation.”
