Bilia Table Lamp by Fontana Arte | F247405150KBN1 | FON17820

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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Gio Ponti, born in Milan in 1891, began his career in architecture and design, after service in WWI, at an Italian ceramics company. Experience in ceramics influenced Ponti's later because he was trained to have an appreciation for not just the structure, but also the interior and artistic elements of a building. Not only an architect, Ponti spent much of his time designing and constructing household appliances, lighting, and furniture to compliment his edificies, such as the Denver Art Museum. To add on to his applied career, Ponti also worked as a guest lecturer at design colleges around the world and published works on his theories and opinions of design. Ponti died in 1979, but left behind a legacy as an architect, designer, professor and inventor, making him one of the most important men in the history of design.