Tobia Scarpa was born in Venice, Italy in 1935. From 1957 to 1961 Tobia worked as a glass designer at the Murano glassworks of Venini, and then in 1960 the two artists opened their own design office in Montebelluna.
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Joe
Together with his brother Gianni, Joe Colombo developed the idea of prismatic lamps like the lamp Acrilica. His first design for Kartell was the chair No.4801 (1963–1967) which consisted of three assembled plywood elements.