Penrose seems to rest on one point. Bonding the glass slabs – fnely fnished in the oblique cut of every edge – makes magic: the glass becomes lighter and bends on itself, remaining in perfect balance. Penrose is the aesthetic and functional metaphor of mankind's challenge to exceed nature and its balance by using glass
Designer Information
Tonelli manufactures furnishing items and designer objects in glass. The company was founded in the mid-1980s and is the result of a deep and lasting passion for research and experimentation. Tradition and technology have been brought together to forge a company philosophy, the very heart of which is based on the value given to design, and therefore, to the designer, when it comes to enhancing the characteristics of this unique element: glass.