“You begin to think in centuries, rather than years.” @LASVITDESIGN

Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

After nearly 14 years of development, St. Vitus Cathedral has finally received its new organ.

Lasvit has created 180 handblown crystal elements, integrating them directly among the front pipes. This remains an unprecedented endeavor in the context of monumental cathedral organs.

The goal was to create an “invisible design”: an organ so pure and restrained that it feels as though it has always belonged to the cathedral’s Gothic interior.

Created not only for today, but for generations to come.

design by Peter Olah
organ by Gerhard Grenzing
video by Igor Zacharov

“You begin to think in centuries, rather than years.”

$LASVIT - VOLCANO BY MAXIM VELČOVSKÝ ǀ THE NATURE OF GLASS LASVIT presents Volcano - one of the lighting novelties of 2020. Get ready to play with fire as our Creative Director Maxim Velčovský reveals the nature of his work in the middle of a forest in Northern Bohemia. Near LASVIT glassworks in the Czechia borderland, you can see the panorama of the mountains which were long ago formed by volcanic activity. Designer Maxim Velčovský thought about the process which went into the creation of the glassmakers’ homeland, the shapes of the hot magma and the surface of the hills once the lava cooled down and hardened… “I wanted to create a symbol of the volcano, a pyramid shaped by means of crumpling and deforming metal sheets, so that I might be able to create a specific surface structure which would diffract light. It is thus a little model volcano hailing from our volcanic lands which went extinct long ago,” says LASVIT’s creative director Maxim Velčovský. Wood isn´t the best material for making a form for a perfect cone with this wrinkled surface. Volcano is therefore hand-blown into a form created out of a special material, which is easier to shape. When you think about volcanoes, they are the embodiment of the fire element in the whole universe, and what other material would better reflect this element than glass, which is born of fire as well? Follow #TheNatureOfLasvit across our social media networks to discover more about Volcano and other exciting design adventures within The Nature of Glass virtual journey. You can also explore Volcano here: https://bit.ly/MeetVolcano FOLLOW LASVIT AT: https://facebook.com/LASVITDESIGN https://www.instagram.com/lasvitdesign/ https://twitter.com/LasvitDesign https://pinterest.com/lasvit/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/lasvit$ $LASVIT - (E)MOTIONS EXHIBITION @ MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2014 The installation called LASVIT (E)MOTIONS wonderfully combines new collaboration with famous architect Daniel Libeskind or Dutch design star Maarten Baas and earlier collaboration represented by great creators Michael Young, Arik Levy or Jan Plecháč and Henry Wielgus. For the first time the company also launches work of their art director and renowned Czech designer Maxim Velčovský. In Milan Lasvit also launches the world´s premiere of Lasvit Kinetic Sculptures designed by Czech young talents Libor Sošťák, Petra Krausová and Jakub Nepraš. The sculptures conduct reflections and refractions of light in a dance. They tell individual stories of transformed elements, combining the centuries-old traditions of Bohemian craftsmanship into modern designs. FOLLOW LASVIT AT https://facebook.com/LASVITDESIGN https://www.instagram.com/lasvitdesign/ https://twitter.com/LasvitDesign https://pinterest.com/lasvit/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/lasvit$

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“You begin to think in centuries, rather than years.”