Banci

Product: lighting and classical metal furniture
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http://www.banci.it “Banci Firenze was born in 1899 and got its name from the founder, Giuseppe Banci. First they had a shop and then a workshop for restoring chandeliers made of glass, crystal or iron.
The activity of Banci and the way they worked was unique. Especially the way in which they worked with materials, it is still today as it was in the past.
The neighbourhood of Santo Spirito in Florence, on the left side of the Arno, was the center of these shops and workshops of craftsmen. Nowadays, we can find here and there their traces but they are becoming fewer each year.
The handcraft of Florence, in particularly the forge of the iron, has long traditions and is well known all over the world. The origins are in the Medieval age with the “Cooperative of the artists and craftsmen”. Thanks to this Cooperative, the city of Florence became a big economic force and was the center where famous artists and craftsmen met each other .
In Florence the cooperative of the blacksmiths was the most important and rich during the Medieval age and the Renaissance. In their laboratories they learn to forge the iron as in a shop of an artist they learn to paint.
Giovanna Banci, Tesi di Laurea in Architettura 5/12/2002 ”



FROM TRADITION TO IMAGINATION

The new Banci's catalogue has 4 volumes:

La Tradizione, La Metamorfosi, La Naturalezza e L'Immaginazione.

La Tradizione is a collection of the classic production of Banci. Unique pieces entirely made in Italy.
La Metamorfosi displays objects born thanks to a careful design by matching different colours and materials.
La Naturalezza where flowers and plants are the inspiration for this line. From material as Iron, Brass and Murano glass,
finely worked, what emerge are geranium or sunflowers, iris or tulips. The leaves wrap the lights and not even the rose will
relinquish its thorns.
The special attitude for design of Giovanni Banci allowed him to create and translate classical lines as well as to experiment in modern, ethnic or sometimes industrial styles.
L'immaginazione, the forth volume, shows us the growth of this attitude of Giovanni Banci, who kept the secrets that make metal a pliable material. Luca Bojola, one of the young apprentice designers of Giovanni Banci, is today a master designer and creates many of the Banci contemporary items.

1000 pages which show us the history, the past, the present and the future.