Spanish-born, Milan-based architect Patricia Urquiola doesn’t lack for commissions these days, and, unlike the work of many other high-concept architects, her projects tend to get constructed, envelope-pushing though they sometimes are. And when she’s not imagining covetable creations for contemporary furniture houses — including B&B Italia, Driade and Cassina, where she was named art director in 2015 — Urquiola makes headlines by designing some of the world’s most aesthetically ambitious hotels, such as 2016’s Il Sereno on Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy.
Born in Oviedo, in northern Spain, Urquiola grew up in a family that valued creativity. Everyone in the house, she says, talked and cared about design. She fondly remembers her mother going to London in the 1960s and ’70s and coming back home with a Mary Quant this, a David Hicks that. When it came time to go to university, Urquiola decided that her place was architecture school, first at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and then at the Polytechnic University of Milan, where she completed her design thesis — a felt carpet with a panel that connected to a home’s electricity source and telephone line so that you could plug, say, a table lamp and your phone into it — under the direction of legendary Italian industrial designer Achille Castiglioni.
Today, Urquiola has become a go-to when it comes to avant-garde product, hospitality and retail design, working with such blue-chip international furniture, fashion and hotel companies as Alessi, Baccarat, Salvatore Ferragamo, Kvadrat, Mandarin Oriental, Panerai, Rosenthal, W Hotels and Louis Vuitton, among many others. Her residential projects, meanwhile, though few and far between, stretch from such far-flung locations as Punta del Este, Uruguay, and Melbourne, Australia, to closer-to-home Udine, in northeastern Italy, where she designed the two-story, largely open-plan glass-and-cedar home of Patrizia Moroso, creative director of the family-owned design company that bears her last name.
Over the course of a long-term and highly productive collaboration spanning some 20 years, Urquiola has created dozens and dozens of Moroso-branded products. A chair from her 2001 Fjord line of seating, tables and poufs for the company sits in the collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and Moroso debuted (love me) Tender, her modular sofa system upholstered in jersey, during Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in April of 2014.
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Patricia Urquiola Sestiere Vase in Murano Glass, Contemporary Design
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Sestiere Vase For Cassina A collection of contemporary vases that preserves and interprets the quintessential Venetian legacy. Sestiere perpetuates traditional gl...
Glass
Patricia Urquiola Sestiere Vase in Murano Glass, Contemporary Design
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Sestiere Vase For Cassina A collection of contemporary vases that preserves and interprets the quintessential Venetian legacy. Sestiere perpetuates traditional gl...
Glass
Patricia Urquiola Sestiere Vases: Contemporary Murano Glass Design
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Sestiere Vases For Cassina A collection of contemporary vases that preserves and interprets the quintessential Venetian legacy. Sestiere perpetuates traditional g...
Glass
Bittossi Ceramic Merlate Bordeaux Centrepiece by Patricia Urquiola in STOCK
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in New York, NY
All Bitossi ceramics are entirely handmade by our artisans at every stage of the production process. Merlate A series of micro-architectures distinguished by their irregular, textur...
Ceramic
Patricia Urquiola Sestiere Vases: Contemporary Murano Glass Design
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Sestiere Vases For Cassina A collection of contemporary vases that preserves and interprets the quintessential Venetian legacy. Sestiere perpetuates traditional g...
Glass
Opalia Glass Vase 25 cm - 9.8 in Bronze by Glas Italia by Patricia Urquiola
By Glas Italia, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Varedo, MB
The Opalia Vase by Glas Italia, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a striking sculptural piece that combines raw material expressiveness with refined elegance. Part of the Opalia col...
Glass
Opalia Glass Vase 35 cm - 13.8 in Bronze by Glas Italia by Patricia Urquiola
By Glas Italia, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Varedo, MB
The Opalia Vase by Glas Italia, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a striking sculptural piece that combines raw material expressiveness with refined elegance. Part of the Opalia col...
Glass
Opalia Glass Vase 35 cm - 13.8 in by Glas Italia by Patricia Urquiola
By Glas Italia, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Varedo, MB
The Opalia Vase by Glas Italia, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a striking expression of sculptural glass design that blends raw materiality with refined elegance. Part of the Opa...
Glass
Opalia Glass Vase 25 cm - 9.8 in by Glas Italia by Patricia Urquiola
By Glas Italia, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Varedo, MB
The Opalia Vase by Glas Italia, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a striking expression of sculptural glass design that blends raw materiality with refined elegance. Part of the Opa...
Glass
Murano glass vase designed by Dino Martens, 1940
By Dino Martens
Located in Palermo, PA
This stunning Murano glass vase was designed by the renowned Dino Martens (1894-1970). With a white base adorned with deep red dots, this vase showcases Martens' exceptional creativ...
Glass, Art Glass
$1,850
H 18.25 in W 7 in D 5 in
Large Murano Art Glass Vase in Green Pulegoso Glass with Ribbed Design Scalloped
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Large Murano Art Glass Vase in green Pulegoso glass with ribbed design scalloped Top. The vase is very tall for the era and stands alone.
Blown Glass
Contemporary Murano glass vase, Model: Mille Papaveri Rossi
By Silvio Piattelli
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Vase of my own design, which I named “Field of a Thousand Red Poppies.” Executed in a kiln in Murano with the very difficult working technique called “a piera.” The design of the va...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Murano Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning Murano glass vase by Venini, featuring luminous cobalt blue glass with a vibrant red rim. A bulbous, spherical form with saturated sapphire color and a contrasting red glass rim provide striking visual punctuation, while the hand-blown construction displays the fluid, organic quality that defines masterful Murano glass. Venini represents the pinnacle of Murano glassmaking tradition, combining centuries-old Venetian techniques with contemporary design sensibility. Founded in 1921, the house became renowned for pushing glass as an art form through collaborations with leading designers and architects. The bold color saturation and clean modernist form exemplify Venini's approach—honoring traditional Murano craftsmanship while creating pieces that feel thoroughly modern and sculptural. In excellent condition with minor surface scuffs consistent with age and display. Etched "VENINI 2000" signature on base with "VENINI MURANO...
Glass
$1,080 / item
H 14.18 in Dm 8.67 in
Contemporary Crystal Blue Design Italian Art Glass Vase Baloton Murano Glass Jar
By Murano 5
Located in Murano, Venezia
Handmade blue Murano glass vase with internal bubble decorations and lateral crystal. This fantastic Art Deco style artwork will add an extra touch of class to your environment. Va...
Gold Leaf
$976
H 7.88 in W 18.9 in D 9.85 in
Late 19th Century French Polychromatic Desvres Ceramic Jardiniere Centrepiece
By Desvres
Located in Sofia, BG
French Desvres faience jardinière cache pot painted with flowers with rich ornamentation. Could be a beautiful centrepiece for your table. Ve...
Ceramic
Rectangular Bubble Glass Vase by WMF Glas in Clear Color, circa 1970s
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Wonderful Mid-Century Modern German vase by WMF Glas, circa 1970. These beautiful clear colored vase brings a touch of fun and fantasy to any room. Made of very heavy art glass, this...
Art Glass
Artisanal Green Murano Glass Vase, 1970s Italian Design
Located in Madrid, ES
This expressive handblown glass vase was crafted in Murano, Italy, in the 1970s and showcases the bold, organic spirit of Italian modernism. Featuring a rich emerald green body infus...
Murano Glass
$695
H 6.7 in W 3.55 in D 2.37 in
Rimini Blue Vase designed by Aldo Londi for Bittossi Ceramics, Italy 1970s
By Aldo Londi
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a stunning Mid Century Modern Rectangular Vase, Glazed in various tones of blue - Rimini, Turquoise and Cerulean Blue. The vase was designed by Aldo Lon...
Ceramic
1960s Murano Glass Jack in the Pulpit Vase, Calla Lily Design, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Astonishing blue Jack in the Pulpit "Calla Lily" vase in Murano glass. Made in Italy. The item is in excellent condition. Dimension: diameter 3,93 x 12,99 H inches diameter cm ...
Murano Glass
Patricia Degener (1924 - 2008) Ceramic Vessel
Located in Dallas, TX
Degener worked in a variety of media - painting, drawing, words - but pottery was her great love. She won numerous awards for her ceramics beginning with the Young Americans competit...
Ceramic
Contemporary "Primrose Millefiore Vase" by Murano Glass
Located in London, GB
An attractive rounded Murano glass vase decorated with dense multicoloured millefiori canes set against a deep cobalt-blue ground. The surface is highly polished, showcasing traditio...
Glass
Patricia Urquiola for Baccarat, Vase, France, 2000s
By Baccarat, Patricia Urquiola
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb crystal vase designed by Patricia Urquiola for the Baccarat manufacture. Signed by the designer and manufacture. Numbered 70. Dimensions in cm ( H x D ) : 32 x 22 Secure shipping. Since 1764 Baccarat has written the chapters of its remarkable history in sparkling letters. Founded in Lorraine, by permission of King Louis XV, the world’s most famous Crystalworks has, over the ages, become a symbol of superb craftsmanship and French Art de Vivre. The name Baccarat reverberates like an echo of outstanding pieces, extraordinary places and unforgettable parties. Baccarat reflects 250 years of History. Looking back over its past is like embarking on a round-the-world journey through time, across over two centuries of political, cultural and economic life, from the dawn of the industrial age in the 19th century to the advent of globalisation in the 21st century. As a pioneer in its field, Baccarat has always encapsulated current trends in creating the classics of tomorrow. The order book of the most prestigious requests reads like an encyclopaedia of History. In France, Baccarat received its first royal commission in 1823 when Louis XVIII ordered a glass service to be produced specially for him. Charles X, Louis-Philippe, Napoleon III and a host of Presidents and Heads of State would soon follow suit. The Juvisy service, engraved with the monogram RF...
Crystal