19 September 2019
Excellence Magazine Luxury has chosen Maestro Fabio Fornasier of LU Murano to create the prestigious Excellence Green Night Awards trophies, a world recognition celebrating those who have distinguished themselves in environmental safeguarding and protection. For this award's first edition, recognised by international press and sector professionals, Fornasier has created a work of remarkable symbolic and artistic impact.
The awards created by the Murano glass master represent a perfect fusion between artistic quality and environmental message, where Venetian glass art becomes a vehicle for denouncing one of our time's most urgent problems. The collaboration with Excellence Magazine strengthens LU Murano's role as contemporary interpreter of responsible and socially committed craftsmanship.
The Excellence Green Night Awards represent an international prestige recognition dedicated to personalities, companies and institutions distinguished for their commitment to environmental sustainability. The choice to entrust awards creation to Maestro Fornasier underlines the importance of uniting technical mastery and ecological sensitivity in a work becoming symbol of the event's values.
The Excellence Magazine Luxury recognition has obtained international credibility with specialised press and sector professionals, strengthening its reputation as reference award for environmental commitment. The partnership with LU Murano adds artistic and symbolic value to the initiative, creating awards that transcend simple celebratory function to become artworks with strong social message.
The award conceived by Maestro Fabio Fornasier consists of a bottle entirely handcrafted in blown glass, yet in the forms of classic used and crushed plastic bottle. The work represents powerful artistic denunciation against plastic pollution in oceans, transforming Murano glass into environmental awareness instrument.
As Fabio Fornasier himself explains: "I interpreted this award with a work highlighting one of the most important problems of this historical moment we are unfortunately living through and which belongs to us, far more than we believe. The problem of plastic in our oceans." Venetian craftsmanship thus becomes spokesperson for an environmental battle crucial for the planet's future.
Traditional Murano blown glass technique serves a contemporary urgent message, demonstrating how glass art can evolve to address social and environmental themes. Each award becomes unique work uniting technical quality and ecological responsibility.
The choice to reproduce in Murano blown glass the forms of crushed plastic bottle creates symbolic contrast of remarkable effectiveness. Glass, noble and completely recyclable material, opposes disposable plastic, highlighting the importance of sustainable choices in daily consumption.
Creating the Excellence Green Night Awards strengthens LU Murano's commitment towards environmental sustainability and social responsibility. The Venetian brand demonstrates how artisan expertise can combine with ecological sensitivity, creating works that are simultaneously aesthetic masterpieces and powerful environmental communication instruments.
The glass master's work demonstrates how Italian craftsmanship can contribute to ecological awareness through beauty and technical mastery. Each glass bottle represents sustainable alternative to plastic, embodying durability, reusability and environmental respect values characterising Venetian glass art.
For architects, interior designers and professionals sensitive to environmental themes, the collaboration with Excellence Magazine represents virtuous example of how design lighting and luxury craftsmanship can contribute to building a more sustainable future. LU Murano thus positions itself as pioneer brand in uniting aesthetic quality and environmental responsibility.
The Excellence Green Night Awards initiative demonstrates contemporary glass art's potential as social transformation instrument. Maestro Fornasier utilises his technical mastery to convey messages of crucial importance for the planet's future, elevating Venetian craftsmanship to artistic activism form.
The Murano glass bottle becomes symbol of necessary change towards more sustainable practices, where Italian craftsmanship beauty unites with environmental responsibility. The work represents ideal bridge between artistic tradition and sustainable innovation.

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