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A leader in advanced glass manufacturing and lighting design since 1932.
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FontanaArte

Architect Gio Ponti founded FontanaArte in 1932 as an artistic division of the Luigi Fontana Company. Historically, the company has been a leader in advanced glass manufacturing and design. The company's works were first distinguished by its realization of artistic stained-glass windows, many of which are today still functional elements and ornamental features of churches and cathedrals, among them the Duomo of Milan and the Cathedral of Brasilia. By using glass, Ponti realized what an enormous potential this material could offer in the in the making of furnishing complements for interiors, and he started to design and produce furniture, lamps and objects with glass as the main distinguishing feature. Soon a new collection was ready to be marketed, and his new design concept was being used as a complement to the interior decoration of many houses that he personally designed. Over the years, FontanaArte has had many contributors to its designs, including Pietro Chiesa, Gae Aulenti, Pierluigi Cerri, Piero Castiglioni, Vico Magistretti, Vittorio Gregotti, Ettore Sottsass, Umberto Riva, Alvaro Siza and Renzo Piano.


Carlo Tamborini

Carlo Tamborini

Born in Milan, 1958. After studying at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, Carlo ...
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Chris Hardy

Chris Hardy

Born in Houston, Texas in 1984, Chris Hardy is an Atlanta based industrial designer. After ...
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Claudio Valent

Claudio Valent

Claudio Valent was born in Milan, Italy and after the degree in architecture and a ...
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David Chipperfield

David Chipperfield

David Chipperfield studied at Kingston School of Art and the Architectural Association in London. In ...
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Denis Santachiara

Denis Santachiara

Denis Santachiara was born on May 4th, 1950 in Campagnola, Reggio Emilia, Italy. He began ...
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Franco Raggi

Franco Raggi

Franco Raggi, born in 1945, is an Italian architect and designer. He began his architecture ...
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Hector Serrano

Hector Serrano

Hector Serrano was born in Valencia, Spain in 1974. After graduating from the ESDI CEU ...
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Marinella Patetta

Marinella Patetta

Marinella Patetta graduated in Architecture at the Politecnico Milano in 1986. After a Master in ...
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Piero Castiglioni

Piero Castiglioni

Piero Castiglioni, born in Lierna, Italy in 1944, started his career in the 1970's, working ...
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Sergio Asti

Sergio Asti

An Italian architect and designer and graduate of Politecnico di Milano, Sergio Asti established a ...
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Shigeru Ban

Shigeru Ban

Born in Tokyo in 1957, Shigeru Ban graduated from Cooper Union School of Architecture. In ...
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Vico Magistretti

Vico Magistretti

(1920 - 2006)

Vico Magistretti was an Italian industrial designer, known as a furniture designer and ...
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