The story of FontanaArte and its natural relationship with glass and light coincides with the birth and growth of Italian design, pioneered by Gio Ponti and his instinctive promotion of a new cultural unity in the industrial age.
FontanaArte took form in 1932 as a way to nurture the imagination and inventiveness of new generations of architects, artists, and decorators with the material qualities and plasticity of glass. It was a period characterised by the recognition of industrial production as one of “the infinite possibilities of artistic expression,” especially in Milan.
“Industry is the mode of the 20th century,” declared Ponti. “It is its way of creating. In the art-industry dyad, art is the species, industry the habitat.”
Still today, in the 21st century, the “Arte” that Ponti added to the company name is the key to an identity that exists beyond any single serial product.
The timeless spirit, a balance between art and industry, is the same that inspires FontanaArte’s contemporary production, an equilibrium of clarity and durability.
Floor Lamps
FONTANA ARTE 0024 LARGE
FONTANA ARTE 3247 MEDIUM, 3247 LARGE
FONTANA ARTE ALICANTO
FONTANA ARTE BIANCA LARGE
FONTANA ARTE CHESHIRE MEDIUM
FONTANA ARTE EQUATORE SMALL, EQUATORE MEDIUM
FONTANA ARTE FALENA
FONTANA ARTE FLÛTE MEDIUM, FLÛTE LARGE
FONTANA ARTE GALERIE MEDIUM, GALERIE LARGE
FONTANA ARTE LUMEN
FONTANA ARTE LUMINATOR
FONTANA ARTE MERIDIANO
FONTANA ARTE PAROLA
FONTANA ARTE PAROLONA
FONTANA ARTE PIRELLONE
FONTANA ARTE PRIMA SIGNORA
FONTANA ARTE RE & REGINA
FONTANA ARTE SCINTILLA LARGE
FONTANA ARTE TRIPOD
FONTANA ARTE UOVO SMALL, UOVO MEDIUM, UOVO LARGE, UOVO OUTDOOR
FONTANA ARTE VERTIGO
FONTANA ARTE YUMI
FONTANA ARTE RILUMINATOR