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'''Bisazza''' is an Italian historical brand of artisanal design and craftsmanship, making [[glass]] mosaic tiles for interior and exterior decor.<ref>[{{cite web | url= http://www.elledecor.it/news/Bisazza-wears-Emilio-Pucci-collezione-mosaico-rivestimenti-stampe-stilista-italiano-miami-design]. '' | title=A Miami il mosaico è di moda, Bisazza wears Emilio Pucci: la collezione che reinterpreta le stampe del celebre stilista italiano'', Elle,  | publisher= Elle | work= | date=11 nNovembrer 2014, Design Miami, [[Art Basel]] Miami Beach | accessdate=21 October 2017 | author= Eugenio Cirmi | language=italian }}</ref> The company has been in continuous production since [[1956]]. Its design and production aim for the high-end, luxury market.

== History ==
Renato Bisazza (1925-2012) founded Bisazza under the name Vetricolor in [[1956]] at Montecchio Maggiore near [[Vicenza]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.glassinchina.com/news/detail4702.html | title=A Study of brands. Bisazza's high-end products a modern glass act | publisher= China Glass Network | work= | accessdate=21 October 2017 | author=  }}</ref> With experience in glass processing and [[mirror]]s he designed glass [[mosaic]] tiles that would become an icon of Italian design and art.<ref>[{{cite web | url= http://www.elledecor.it/speciale-new-york/nuovo-flagship-store-bisazza-chelsea-new-york]. '' | title=A NYC, spazio ai rivestimenti decorativi made in Italy'', Elle, 21 maggio 2015, New York | publisher= Elle | work= | date=21 May 2015 | accessdate=21 October 2017 | author= Maria Chiara Antonini | language=italian }}</ref>. [[Gualtiero Galmanini]] was the first [[architect]], in 1956, to design exterior works with Bisazza coatings, having started production of 20 x 20 millimeter tinted glass tiles made one by one.

Bisazza's master glass-makers produce part of its collection at the company's Orsoni furnace in Venice.<ref>[{{cite web | url= http://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/venezia-mestre/cronaca/17_ottobre_13/venezia-15-a6corriereveneto-web-veneto-3d8343a2-aff7-11e7-adab-e1da2087ad2a.shtml]. '' | title=Da Gaudì ai ritratti degli sceicchi, la nuova vita della fornace Orsoni, Bisazza: apriamo alla città, ma non saremo una vetrina. Spazi per i designer'', Corriere della sera, 13 ottobre 2017, Venezia</ref><ref>[http://www.bonvivre.ch/2017/10/in-casa/il-restauro-dellultima-storica-fornace-della-serenissima.html]. ''Il restauro dell’ultima storica fornace della Serenissima, Fornace Orsoni, la celebre maison veneziana dei mosaici che decorano la basilica di San Marco, la Sagrada Familia e i palazzi da mille e una notte dei reali dell’Arabia Saudita, apre le porte alla città'', Bon vivre, 2017, Svizzera | publisher= Corriere della sera, Venezia | work= | date=11 October 2017 | accessdate=21 October 2017 | author= Sara Civai | language=italian }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Mosaic]] - describes techniques for weaving in design assembly

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.bisazza.it Official website]
* [http://www.fondazionebisazza.it Bisazza Foundation official website]

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