Fiam Design

Fiam Italia was founded in 1973 by Vittorio Livi in Italy's Marche region, and became the first furniture company to industrialize the shaping of glass into curved, three-dimensional forms rather than treating it purely as a flat, functional material. Early output centered on bevelled and curved mirrors, which were in high demand; through the 1980s the company expanded into glass tables and chairs, pioneering cold-curving and heat-bending techniques developed in-house. Over five decades Fiam has collaborated with an international roster of designers and architects to produce pieces that combine industrial glass-processing equipment with hand-finishing by skilled workers — a hybrid of factory-scale production and artisanal control. The company's outlet and showroom operate from Via Provinciale 57 in Montelabbate, in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, part of the Marche region long associated with Italian furniture and shoe manufacturing. Fiam remains a reference name in Italian glass design, continuing to build its identity around the technical and aesthetic possibilities of curved glass rather than diversifying into unrelated materials.