Fucina Frammenti: The brand that turns industry leftovers into design marvels

At this year’s 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen, Italian company Fucina Frammenti unveiled something new: an immersive installation called Appartamento, which aims to challenge what we know about waste, beauty, and sustainable design. The space invites visitors to take a moment to reflect, in rooms that feel more like a home than a showroom. In a deliberately domestic and intimate interior, it demonstrates how eco-conscious design does not have to announce itself in greenwashed aesthetics, but that it can seamlessly be integrated into spaces we actually want to inhabit.

Fucina Frammenti was founded in 2019, arising from a simple yet complex question: what if waste wasn’t the end, but the beginning? The company has since built their entire philosophy on what they call “Noble waste”, which is the foundation of every one of their products. Noble waste is a process that identifies discarded elements as precious raw materials for new productions, in ways that optimise energy impact and improve the quality of the supply chain.

This approach is about fundamentally reimagining the relationship between new productions and forgotten waste. The company focuses especially on local discarded materials, from Italy’s Northeastern region and its rich manufacturing ecosystem. By conducting a deep research phase, studying each material’s properties, sourcing patterns, and finding out each piece’s potential for re-contextualisation, Fucina Frammenti is able to reframe the role of waste in design.

Appartamento marks the debut of Pierà, the latest collection designed by Matteo Fogale. Noble waste is at the heart of the products, through the use of rescued fragments of Murano glass and marble, which are given a new life through circular design and low-impact processes. The poetic family of objects features candle holders, a soft-glow pendant and a bold table lamp, each piece carrying a snippet of tradition into a contemporary interior. Every object in the collection is functional and sculptural, but most importantly, unique, thanks to its origins rooted in waste materials.

The Parigi 142 table lamp is crafted from blown Murano galotta glass, using a blend of recovered materials and 3D printed elements, exemplifying the brand’s sustainability philosophy. The product is available in two finishes, electric blue or burnt orange, which highlight the piece’s sculptural character. Its sibling, the Parigi 142 pendant lamp, is equally bold, and can be stretched out horizontally or suspended as a vertical totem. Made of modular glass elements, refined in ottico menà or pulegoso finishes, it can be arranged in endless combinations, adapting differently to every space.

Gemma is the third product in the installation, and it uses galotta glass with a special menà stain finish. Hung on to a suspension system, the piece is dramatic and rhythmic at the same time, resembling a constellation of stars on the ceiling. The lighting system is available in softer colours, either luminous yellow or milky white, making any space feel warmer and more playful.

Fucina Frammenti’s process celebrates fluidity, disassemblability and mono-materiality in its design choices, presenting a particularly subtle and nuanced vision of ecological consciousness. In a design process where sustainability often feels like a burden, Fucina Frammenti proves that it can be an inspiring source of creativity and unexpected beauty.