Design and the Glass Industry at University of Iuav in Venice brings together faculty members and Iuav alumni who have gone on to establish their own practices or businesses in the glass field. Clara Accebbi, Cesare Bizzotto, Mauro Cazzaro and Marco Zito will share their professional journeys, offering different perspectives on the relationship between design, entrepreneurship and production, and showing how academic experience can evolve into innovative practices within the contemporary glass industry.