Anisette wins the Compasso d'Oro International Award

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Anisette wins the Compasso d'Oro International Award

Anisette: the contemporary reinterpretation of the lantern

The Anisette collection, designed by Francesco Lucchese for Vistosi, has achieved one of the most prestigious milestones in the international design scene: winning the Compasso d'Oro International Award and subsequently becoming part of the permanent collection of the ADI Design Museum in Milan, a symbol of Italian design culture. This recognition goes beyond the success of a single product, celebrating a design vision capable of combining formal research, technological innovation, and the excellence of Murano blown glass. This achievement confirms Vistosi's role as a contemporary interpreter of a centuries-old tradition, transforming artisanal heritage into objects destined to become design icons.

With Anisette, Francesco Lucchese reinterprets one of the oldest archetypes of lighting—the lantern—transforming it into an object with a minimalist, poetic, and strongly contemporary character. The collection's distinctive feature is the shaded white glass, an expression of the most authentic Murano tradition, interpreted through a sophisticated system of two stackable diffusers that allows for four different lighting configurations. The light changes intensity, direction and atmosphere, offering an ever-changing and deeply emotional experience.

A project designed to adapt to spaces

The collection is available in pendant and table versions, both designed to showcase the glass and the quality of the light.

The pendant version is distinguished by an innovative, completely invisible fastening system, which gives the diffusers the sensation of floating in space with extreme lightness, emphasizing the purity of the forms.

The table lamp offers the same elegance in a more intimate dimension, maintaining the expressive power of the design.

The use of an E27 light source guarantees maximum freedom in choosing the right light source, while the modularity of the collection allows Anisette to be used both as a single element and in scenographic compositions, adapting seamlessly to residential, retail, hospitality, and contract projects.

Presented for the first time at Euroluce 2023, Anisette immediately attracted the attention of professionals and enthusiasts thanks to its ability to transform light into a narrative element, capable of creating evocative atmospheres through material.

In the following years, the project continued its evolution, expanding the collection with a tabletop version, presented at Euroluce 2025, confirming the versatility and strength of the original concept.

The culmination of this journey came during Expo Osaka 2025, inside the Italian Pavilion designed by Mario Cucinella Architects, where Anisette was awarded the Compasso d'Oro International Award.

The jury recognized the collection's ability to reinterpret the tradition of Murano glassblowing with originality, transforming it into a contemporary, innovative, and internationally recognizable language.

The inclusion in the permanent collection of the ADI Design Museum today represents the natural continuation of this journey, establishing Anisette among the objects that testify to the evolution of Italian design.

Anisette's success represents much more than the recognition achieved by a single collection. It expresses a way of understanding design, in which manufacturing culture meets research, experimentation dialogues with tradition, and light becomes a material to be shaped.

Each Vistosi creation is born from the encounter between the knowledge of master glassmakers, technological innovation, and collaboration with designers capable of interpreting glass in a contemporary way, giving life to products designed to last.

Anisette's inclusion in the permanent collection of the ADI Design Museum confirms the cultural value of this journey and represents a significant confirmation of Vistosi's ability to contribute to the evolution of Italian design, bringing the excellence of Murano blown glass to the world through projects that combine beauty, innovation, and identity.