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Bisazza
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| foundation = [[1956]]
| location =  [[Italy]]
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| industry = [[Luxury Goods]]
| products = [[Mosaic]] 
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'''Bisazza''' is an Italian historical brand of artisanal design and craftsmanship, makingname             =  Bisazza
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| type             = Private company
| predecessor      = Vetricolor
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| foundation       = 1956
| founder          = Renato Bisazza
| location_city    = [[Province of Vicenza]]
| location_country = Italy
| area_served      = Worldwide
| key_people       = Piero Bisazza ([[CEO]])
| industry         = [[Glassworking]]
| products         = [[mosaic|Mosaic tiles]]
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'''Bisazza''' is an Italian company that makes and sells [[glass]] [[mosaic]] tiles for interior and exterior decordecorating the inside and outside of buildings.<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 | publisher= Elle | work= | date=11 November 2014 | accessdate=21 October 2017 | author= Eugenio Cirmi | language=Italian }}</ref> The company hwas been in continuous production since [[1956]]. Its design and production aim for the high-end, luxury market.founded [[1956]]. 

== History ==
Renato Bisazza (1925-2012) founded Bisazza under the name Vetricolor in [[1956]] at Montecchio Maggiore near [[Vicenza]]. In 1956 [[Gualtiero Galmanini]] was the first [[architect]] to use Bisazza tiles on the outside of a building.{{fact}} The company changed its name in 1989 to Bisazza SpA. Today it is a luxury brand.<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 | 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⏎
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Bisazza produces part of its glass tile 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 | 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⏎
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== References ==
<references />{{Reflist}}

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

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