Fontana Arte
For over 100 years a protagonist on the Italian design scene, it illuminates our homes with its lamps. Find out in the FontanaArte store!
FontanaArte illuminates the design house
The name FontanaArte è always synonymous with Italian excellence and timeless design. The più lamps; iconic brands are still in production, 100 years after their first prototype. The company was in fact founded by Luigi Fontana in Milan in 1881 , and initially dealt with glass plates for building uses, but soon dà start of the production of unique pieces of furniture made of glass and made to order. From then to today FontanaArte è which has become one of the più brands; known and prestigious on the Italian design scene, signature of iconic pieces for interior lighting. Villa Arredamenti , which selects for its customers only the best brands of Made in Italy furniture, offers FontanaArte lamps and furnishing accessories in its shop in the province of Monza and Brianza.
The stages of success
Design and artistic research have always characterized the company, which in the 1930s entrusted the artistic direction to the architect Gi&# 39; Bridges and passes in the 1950s to the mass production of objects that always maintain their uniqueness; and the qualityà handcrafted, such as the famous Uovo table lamp or the Luminator floor lamp designed by Pietro Chiesa . In the 1950s Max Ingrand took over the artistic direction of FontanaArte. From the 60s are the collaboration with the artist Lucio Fontana and the architect Roberto Menghi, così like some famous design objects: the Fontana, Pirellina and Pirellone lamps .
Design and technology are the protagonists of lighting
The 80s saw the artistic direction of the company Gae Aulenti , who renews the catalog with new models of lamps , real objects of art , and starts collaborations with the designers Renzo Piano, Piero Castiglioni, Daniela Puppa and Franco Raggi . The products of these years imply a great desire for innovation and a refined design . All& # 39; excellent qualityà in glass processing, FontanaArte supports the search for a lighting that is functional in the space in which it will come; insert. Each lamp è designed to interact with its user, who canò customize its use and light according to your needs.
Choose FontanaArte design lighting for your home
Since the 90s, FontanaArte has diversified its production, focuses on energy saving and introduces new materials, such as polycarbonate for the Sara lamp diffuser. Today the brand's collection includes historical lamps and new creations, all characterized by a qualityà excellent in metal and glass processing and a unique and timeless design. Buying a FontaArte lamp means bringing an illuminating object to your rooms that also becomes a piece of furniture and that will accompany you; over the years without ever getting tired. For the realization of modern lamps the company uses, next to blown, pressed, opal glass, also chromed metal or polycarbonate. The models are available in LED lamp versions. The design that distinguishes them fits well into various furnishing contexts, from m più traditional to modern and contemporary environments.