Metalen Tafellamp MINIBOX door Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni voor Stilnovo

Gae Aulenti graduated from Milan Polytechnic in 1953 and from 1956 she worked in the city designing for architecture, interiors and industry and theatre scenery. In 1979 she was called on as artistic director of FontanaArte, creating timeless lamps and furnishing elements that are still part of the company's catalogue.

In particular: the Giova lamp (1964), Tavolo con ruote table (1980) and Tour table (1993). Together with Piero Castiglioni, she designed the Parola family of lamps (1980), wall lamps Diamante (1986) and Calle (1988), and the Diastema spot light (1994). Her many architectonic projects are prestigious and include the refurbishment and a new layout for the Musée d‘Orsay (1980-86) and the Musée National d’Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou (1982-85); the refurbishment of Palazzo Grassi in Venice (1985-86); the new entrance for Santa Maria Novella station in Florence...

Pietro Maria Castiglioni, a.k.a Piero, graduated in architecture in 1970 in Milan, where he lives and works dedicating, almost exclusively, to lighting design - private homes, showrooms, art galleries, museums, shopping and sports centers, hotels, offices, lighting public and external - and teaching activity at the University of Geneva, the Domus Academy and the Polytechnic of Milan.

From 1973 to 1979 he co-owned the studio in Via Presolana with his father Livio: they work for the design of lighting in the public and private sphere. Lighting fixtures are handcrafted in the study. The "Scintilla" system, produced by Fontana Arte since 1983, is the result of the experience gained over the years, followed by the design of lighting equipment for various companies.

For FontanaArte we mention among others: Parola, Canna, Calle, Nina, Edy, Sillaba, Palio. Since the 1980s the...