Semai

Bring a bold glow to low ceiling spaces with the playful geometry of the Semai Flushmount from Vistosi. A fruitful result of collaboration between Alberto Saggia and Valerio Sommella, it’s made in Italy and is suspended from a round canopy while featuring a “bubbled” diffuser of glass blown inside a geometric steel frame with a matte surface that contrasts with the glossy glass. The artisan touch makes each fixture subtly distinct from its neighbors, extending a generous glow in all directions that highlights the contrast of the curving glass layer with the orderly triangular facets that surround and partially restrain it.

One of Italy’s most prestigious and prolific names in Murano glassmaking, Vistosi specializes in hand-blown glass lighting fixtures with an expertise that can be traced to the 1500s. Officially incorporated as Vetreria Vistosi in 1989 with the Moretti family, Vistosi continues to invest in new technologies and methods of production compatible with the historical craft, resulting in an extensive collection of highly decorative yet durable lighting designs.