Stefano Boeri Architetti created Lasospesa for Fontana Arte, a discreet, architectural table lamp. Creating a lamp was an interesting change of scale for one of Milan's best know architects worldwide, whose Vertical Forest was one of the most emblematic and representative projects of our time. Lasospesa is a symmetrical table lamp, born of the basic principle of incorporating two cylinders: a cylinder of primary light suspended in a diffused cylinder of light. "With multiple uses and changing luminosity, simple and classic, Lasospesa seems to have always been there, where you put it" says Stefano Boeri.
Luigi Fontana was founded in Milan in 1881 and specialised in the production of glass panels for the construction industry.
In 1931, the FontanaArte brand was born and achieved instant success, with the 0024 pendant light by Gio Ponti, who was artistic director of FontanaArte at the time. The Bilia table lamp followed with its timeless design thanks to the perfect balance of its dimensions and the understated elegance of the non-reflective materials used. FontanaArte installed a new oven - the only one in Italy - designed to produce glass panels of all curvatures, in order to inject new momentum into the production of prestigious furnishings.