Giova Table Lamp by Fontana Arte | F268410575OON1 | FON1545776

Founded in 1932 from an idea by Gio Ponti, FontanaArte is one of the Italian companies that have written the history of lighting and furnishing in Italy and around the world. They have involved the most important architects and lighting designers, who together with the company have built a cultural project on architecture, lighting and furnishings. Timeless objects, with splendid shapes, some of which have become design classics on show in the most important museums around the world.

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Gae Aulenti (1927 - 2012) was an Italian architect and designer who rose to prominence in the early 1950s. After initially studying visual arts, Aulenti saw an opportunity to help rebuild post-war Italy and enrolled in the architecture program at the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1948. From 1955 to 1965, Aulenti worked as a graphic designer for the avant-garde design magazine Casabella Continuita where she began experimenting with neo-liberty, an architectural theory that embraced modernism while incorporating elements of past styles. The neo-liberal influence can be seen in Aulenti's Pipistrello Lamp (1965) and Ruspa Lamp (1967). In addition to lighting design, Aulenti also oversaw interior design and architecture projects, including the renovations of the Musee d'Orsay in Paris and the Palazzo Grassi in Venice.