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: vivid impressions of a close relationship between creativity and a productive capacity open to innovation.
because this company has always had a strong relationship with architects this has provided the ability to produce solutions that both excite and create the right balance between the human need of light and darkness.
founded in 1932 by architect Gio Ponti as an artistic division of the Luigi Fontana Company. historically, a leader in advanced glass manufacturing and design. company's works were first distinguished by its realization of artistic stained-glass windows, many of which are today still functional elements and ornamental features of churches and cathedrals like the Duomo of Milan and the Cathedral of Brasilia. by using glass, Ponti realized what an enormous potential this material could offer in the in the making of furnishing complements for interiors, and he started to design and produce furniture, lamps and objects with glass as the main distinguishing feature. soon a new collection was ready to be marketed, and his new design concept was being used as a complement to the interior decoration of many houses that he personally designed.
many contributors to its designs, including Pietro Chiesa, Gae Aulenti, Pierluigi Cerri, Piero Castiglioni, Vico Magistretti, Vittorio Gregotti, Ettore Sottsass, Umberto Riva, Alvaro Siza and Renzo Piano.
