Photo credit: ©️Ruben Jochimek
During Paris Design Week, French lighting house Veronese opened the doors to its redesigned Parisian showroom. The showcase coincides with Ruben Jochimek stepping into his role as President, taking over from his father to steer the house into its next chapter. Named Daydream, the immersive installation invites visitors to slow down and experience a gentler, more imaginative side of luxury. Central to this mood is ORSO, a fresh lighting range conceived alongside French interior designer Charlotte Biltgen and brought to fruition with the house’s master glassmakers in Murano.
The craft and forms behind ORSO
The collection spans a pendant light, a table lamp, and a floor lamp. ORSO relies on rounder, softer geometries that step away from rigid lines. To achieve these suspended volumes, Biltgen used a varied library of glass beads, assembling them so the internal metal framework recedes from view. The result focuses entirely on glowing glass surfaces that feel weightless.
A key element of the collection lies in its interplay of surface textures. The lamps pair glossy single-colour beads with satin-white shades, offering an intriguing visual contrast. The colour selection features soft shades of ivory, coffee, and amethyst, anchored by warm bronze fittings.
The creation of the pieces relied heavily on the organic nature of traditional hand-blown glass, a process captured by the designer:
“Blown glass has always fascinated me because of its ability to escape control. In the fire, the material becomes almost alive and escapes the gesture before gradually finding its form. The master glassmaker guides it without ever fully constraining it. From this encounter between the hand, the fire and the material, singular forms emerge, in which the trace of the moment remains.”
Charlotte Biltgen, Designer
Achieving this required careful technical development to protect the original freehand sketches:
“What I particularly love about ORSO is the sophistication of the white glass and the way it diffuses a soft, enveloping light, as well as the contrast between the glossy monochromatic beads and the satin-white ‘Nuage’ shades. We stayed as close as possible to Charlotte’s original drawings, with precise proportions and an almost invisible metal structure that allows the Murano glass to take center stage.”
Alice Cabotse-Borde, Product Development Designer at Veronese
A multi-layered space in the heart of Paris
Veronese has occupied its Parisian space since 2019, treating it less like a traditional store and more like an open environment. The latest layout pairs new additions like ORSO with signature lighting pieces, surrounded by works from selected partners.
Under the artistic direction of Ruben Jochimek, the room gathers furniture, art, paint finishes, and textiles. Featured design brands include Reda Amalou Design, Franck Genser, Lelad Editions, Haymann Editions, Laclaux, Parsa Edition, La Pavoni, The Spaceless Gallery, Tonester Paints, and Toulemonde Bochart. Together, these pieces establish a rich setting where lighting acts as an active part of the wider room rather than an isolated object.
“Our collaboration with Charlotte developed naturally over time. We had many conversations about design, materials, and light. The ORSO collection grew from our desire to work together and create a collection that combines simplicity, elegance, and softness. Her sensitive, organic universe naturally complements Veronese’s design language.”
Ruben Jochimek, President, Veronese
For Jochimek, the Paris space has always been meant to welcome visitors into an immersive environment rather than serve as a simple product display. Stepping into his role as President, he intends to guide the house forward by grounding it in tradition while remaining open to outside perspectives. In Biltgen’s work, he sees a softer, more sculptural approach that helps stretch the boundaries of what Murano glass can express today.
Evolution rooted in Murano history
Founded in 1931 during the Art Deco era, Veronese has built its reputation by joining French design principles with Venetian glass techniques. While recent releases like Dan Yeffet’s Patchwork collection encouraged experimentation with structure and material, ORSO pushes that trajectory into fluid, sculptural territory. The series demonstrates how century-old furnace traditions continue to adapt to contemporary interiors.
Objects made by hand carry a silent conversation between the person who shaped them and the space they end up occupying. Walking through the updated room in Paris, you quickly realise that glass is not just a hard surface meant to hold a lightbulb. When hot glass cools down, it traps a specific moment in time – a brief pause where heat, human effort, and simple gravity agree on a shape. By letting those soft shapes sit alongside raw metals and textured fabrics, the brand shows that keeping a historic craft alive is not about preserving old items behind glass cases, but about letting raw materials change room atmospheres today.
