Liber bookcases by Tonelli

Liber are a large family of different sized bookcases all evolved from a single shape. Each size has a different function, from bedside/end table to large bookcase and a chest resting on glass feet. Lacquered wooden drawers are available on request in 3 different sizes to fill the various gaps in the bookcases.   Click on the links below for more details:   Liber A Liber B Liber D Liber E Liber M    Read More

Penrose Desk by Isao Hosoe for Tonelli

Penrose is an ultra contemporary office desk by renowned furniture designer Isao Hosoe and produced by Tonelli. Made from 15mm thick sections of bonded glass this desk has a simple yet eye-catching design, perfect for the modern workplace or home office space.   The designer has also produced a console table is the same vein, click on the links below for more details on both products:   Penrose Desk Penrose Console    Read More

Tonelli Designer Focus – Isao Hosoe

Isao Hosoe began his collaboration with Tonelli in the late 1980′s and continues to create furniture designs that encapsulate a simple beauty in both form and function. His style is typical of Tonelli products, using the glass bonding technique to produce beautiful designs that enrich the environment without being overly invasive. To date he has won a number of international prizes with his designs in the fields of transport, office furniture,... Read More

Tonelli Designer Focus – Karim Rashid

Karim Rashid is well known in the world of design, in particular for his work in furniture and fashion. He has won many awards and had his designs exhibited in art museums all around the world. His designs always seem to convey a sense of quirkiness and fun, he has made it his mission to ‘beautify’ our environments. Rashid believes that design enriches our lives, ‘poetically, aesthetically, experientially, sensorially, and emotionally’. Tonelli and... Read More

Tonelli – Technical Innovation

Back in the 1980s when Tonelli was first established, glass was primarily used in flat sheets and joined together using visible metal joints.   Tonelli began experimenting with welding together sheets of glass using structural bonding agents. They discovered that glass could be bonded together. In fact the bond that they created had maintained the transparency of the glass and the glass had a higher level of resistance in this area than in... Read More

Tonelli – Company Profile

Tonelli specialises in the manufacture of furniture and designer objects in glass. Established in the mid-1980s, Tonelli’s passion is to strive for new ways to use glass, through their belief in research and experimentation. At the core of Tonelli’s philosophy is the combination of respect for tradition and investment in technology. At the heart of this philosophy is the value placed on design, and therefore the designer, to bring... Read More

Tonelli Products in Extra Clear Glass

Tonelli have re-released the majority of their catalogue in extra clear glass, giving classics such as Bacco and Fratina Due a new lease of life. Extra Clear Glass has some of the crystals removed so that less light is refracted through the glass, giving a purer appearance, especially on thick glass. The result for these Tonelli products is a rejuvenation. Some look like brand new additions. We have uploaded new pictures from Tonelli onto the product... Read More