Tobia Scarpa  (Italian, 1935) 

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Tobia Scarpa Biography
1935   Born in Venice, Italy
1958   Began working with Venini glassworks
1960   Established design office with wife, Afra, in Montebelluna
Designed iconic "Bastiano" collection for Gavina that was later reissued by Knoll
Began working with Flos lighting company
1964   Designed first Benetton textile factory building in Treviso
1969   Graduated from La Facoltà di Architettura di Venezia
1970   Recipient, Compasso d'Oro, Italy, for "Soriana" chair designed for Cassina
1973   Designed "Papilliona" lamp, one of the first lighting designs to use halogen technology, for Flos
1980   Designed interior for Benetton offices in Paris and Freibourg
1986   Designed interior for Benetton office in New York
Designed showroom for San Lorenzo in Milan
1992   Recipient, IF Design Award, Hannover
Selected Exhibitions
2011   Novantesimo Venini, 1921-2011, Museo Vetrario, Murano, Italy
2009   The Silver Treasures of San Lorenzo, Italian Cultural Institute, Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA, Washington, D.C.
2008   Made in Cassina, Triennale, Milan, Italy
2004   Tobia Scarpa, Italian Cultural Institute, Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA, Toronto, Canada (solo)
Contemporary Silver: Made in Italy, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
1972   The New Domestic Landscape, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY