About
Designed by Missio. Made by Murano. Welcome to CX Design - the premier New York source of authentic Murano hand-blown glass lighting. CX Design is the creation of Italian-born designer Monica Missio and British-born entrepreneur Richard Cleves. Established in 1990, it offers the only complete lighting collection individually hand-crafted by master Italian glass blowers on Murano, an island just north of Venice – the centuries old, undisputed center of the world’s most treasured glass. The CX Design process begins in the CX Creative Lab in SoHo, New York City. Missio, who is not only a designer but also a painter and art historian, infuses the colors, shapes, and finishes of exotic Ottoman-inspired Venetian glasswork into clean, organic designs. Her extensive line is appropriate for virtually any interior be it lending intimate warmth to casual settings or elegant sophistication to grand spaces. Drawing on her Italian family heritage, Missio has cultivated a long and personal relationship with a dedicated team of Murano artisans skilled in traditional glass blowing - an art that is close to disappearing in today’s world. She works in constant collaboration with these artisans, as her elegant shapes are hand-blown one at a time using exacting techniques that have produced unsurpassed quality for 800 years. So each original MIssio piece is not only exquisitely designed, but also exceptionally crafted. Indeed, an art collection in light.
