Born from the meeting of architectural rigour and the poetry of light, On the Rocks takes shape – Venini’s new collection by Peter Marino, debuting at Milan Design Week 2026. A dialogue between weight and levity, noble materials and subtle reflections, with a monolithic Zimbabwe Black marble base from which crystal modules emerge, evoking the pristine fzacets of ice cubes. Each lamp is a contemporary totem. The material comes alive through deliberately trapped air bubbles in the glass, casting a vibrant glow that hovers between the natural and the crafted. The effect is simultaneously raw and refined: observing On the Rocks allows one to feel both solidity and transparency, weight and lightness, like architecture illuminated from within.
Peter Marino reinterprets Murano’s artisanal heritage in a contemporary key. The pulegoso crystal, masterfully hand worked, engages in a tactile and visual dialogue with the marble, creating contrasts that surprise and captivate. The essential geometry of the base and the iridescent vitality of the glass create a stage-like presence capable of defining a space as if it were a museum installation, while retaining domestic and contract functionality. Alongside On the Rocks, the Cabbage collection reveals a softer, more enigmatic side of Marino’s vision. Fragmented glass surfaces, recomposed into sculptural volumes, capture and refract the light in ever-shifting ways, evoking a sense of continuous metamorphosis. As in Marino’s other works, the interplay between marble and crystal forms a bridge between Venetian heritage and contemporary language, where light takes centre stage.
In this collection, Venini demonstrates its ability to transform artisanal mastery into visionary contemporary design. On the Rocks is more than a lamp: it is a poetic gesture of balance between matter and transparency, a luminous sculpture that invites viewers to observe, immerse themselves, and breathe in the very essence of glass. During Milan Design Week, from 20 to 26 April, the luminous works from the new collections will take centre stage at the Venini flagship store on Via Durini 27, recently opened in one of Milan’s design districts. The elegant three-level space, designed to showcase light and materials, provides the perfect setting to explore the Venetian brand’s creations in a contemporary and refined context. The collection will also be exhibited at Salone del Mobile.Milano at the Venini booth, Pavilion 9 – Stand C05.
Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026
21-26 aprile
Hall 9 | Booth C05
VENINI Flagship Store
Via Durini 27 (ingresso da Piazza San Babila), Milano
20-26 aprile
