FontanaArte - Re table/floor lamp

Inspired by the game of chess with soft and sinuous shapes, it recalls the key character of the board. The profile stands out clearly in the white light diffused by the opalescent glass. Screwed around a wide horizontal circumference, it can be placed next to the Re lamp, or recall from different points of a room, or even proceed independently. Floor or table, coffee table book or desk. The dimmer that allows to modulate the light makes it a surreal element with different degrees of intensity. Representation element that releases energy in space when the light is bright, abstract and restful work when the light is soft and low, glass sculptures during the day in environments illuminated by natural light. Inspired by the history of art, from Cosmè Tura to the Flemish interiors of Jan Van Eych to the conceptual imagination of Marcel Duchamp who practices the game of sacks as a lifestyle King and Queen are Cartesian axes of a universe that crosses eras and cultures.

Bobo Piccoli

Piccoli is trained to the culture of the classics, knows and internalizes Greek art, sculpture and architecture, iconography and mosaics, loves Giotto and the Renaissance, Caravaggio and Savinio, has always been interested in light in art and architecture, cinema and theater. Artist and painter has always reflected on the synthesis of the arts from which his projects with architects such as Roberto Menghi, Alberto Scarzella, Marco Zanuso, Leonardo Fiori, Ezio Sgrelli. In 1968 the artist began to work for fontanaarte for which he realizes projects that combine art and industrial project reflecting both the attitude of Bobo Piccoli and the vision of the company. For fontanaarte the artist creates several elements including the lamps Re (1968), Regina (1968), Modulo (1969), Hourglass (1970) and the mirror Reame (1968).

FontanaArte

Fontana Arte specializes in glass processing and the manufacture of furnishing accessories. Founded in 1881 in Milan by Luigi Fontana, it began as an industry producing glass sheets for building purposes. It had Giò Ponti, Pietro Chiesa and Max Ingrand as artistic directors. It gained notoriety especially for its processing of curved crystal and production of lighting applies.
Lighting is also design; numerous brands make it possible to combine functionality with aesthetics, making lamps, wall sconces, and spotlights true pieces of furniture. Among them is FontanArte, which has marked the history of lighting design.
In over than 80 years of activity, the brand has received numerous awards, including the Compasso d'oro Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, given by the ADI - Association for Industrial Design: "thanks to the collaboration with different designers, has been able to create a lively creative climate that has upgraded one of the historical names of Italian design."