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.
Table Lamps
FONTANA ARTE FONTANA SMALL, FONTANA MEDIUM, FONTANA LARGE
FONTANA ARTE FONTANELLA MEDIUM, FONTANELLA LARGE
FONTANA ARTE MATRIX MEDIUM, MATRIX LARGE
FONTANA ARTE BIS-TRIS
FONTANA ARTE METAFORA
FONTANA ARTE EQUATORE SMALL, EQUATORE MEDIUM
FONTANA ARTE PINECONE MEDIUM, PINECONE LARGE
FONTANA ARTE 3724TA SMALL, 3724TA LARGE
FONTANA ARTE ASHANGHAI
FONTANA ARTE BIANCA SMALL, BIANCA MEDIUM, BIANCA LARGE
FONTANA ARTE BILIA, BILIA MINI
FONTANA ARTE BLOM
FONTANA ARTE CHESHIRE MEDIUM
FONTANA ARTE DARUMA SMALL, DARUMA MEDIUM, DARUMA LARGE
FONTANA ARTE FALENA
FONTANA ARTE GIOVA MEDIUM, GIOVA LARGE
FONTANA ARTE KINX
FONTANA ARTE LAPOSPESA
FONTANA ARTE LOOP
FONTANA ARTE MANO
FONTANA ARTE MERIDIANO
FONTANA ARTE NASKA SMALL, NASKA LARGE
FONTANA ARTE PALLINA SMALL
FONTANA ARTE PAROLA
FONTANA ARTE PAROLA 40TH ANNIVERSARY
FONTANA ARTE PASSION SMALL, PASSION MEDIUM
FONTANA ARTE PIRELLINA
FONTANA ARTE RE & REGINA
FONTANA ARTE SETAREH GLASS MEDIUM
FONTANA ARTE SETAREH MEDIUM
FONTANA ARTE THOR
FONTANA ARTE TROPICO MEDIUM, TROPICO GRANDE
FONTANA ARTE UOVO SMALL, UOVO MEDIUM, UOVO LARGE, UOVO OUTDOOR
FONTANA ARTE VOLÉE SMALL, VOLÉE MEDIUM