4 The 2015 Collection Task lights Two different task lights: Karim Rashid’s Kinx and Odo Fioravanti’s Volée. Strong technical connotations for total light management. 6 The 2015 Collection The glass is back A return to our roots and to tradition. FontanaArte brings back the noble material of its origins more than 80 years ago: glass. 18 The 2015 Updates New Colours New colours for Shigeru Ban’s Yumi and Andreas Engesvik’s Blom. 20 Interview Lights on the Nice Group The ideal partner for any project: unique solutions blending technology, innovation, quality and design. Lighting Contemporary Design...

design Karim Rashid Kinx is a table lamp that is the almost symbiotic union of design and practicality. The head is a loop of lumens with dimmable LEDs. Easy to handle and adjust into the position desired, it is an article thought up to bring cheer and lightness, to increase our attention level and add a touch of beauty to a work table. The light beam is electronically managed - On/Off Dim with blue optical actuator and signal point. The clear molded diffuser increases the user’s visual comfort. The base of the lamp can be used to hold small objects and has an in-built USB port for recharging...

BIANCA design Matti Klenell Bianca is a family of lamps with diffuser in blown glass, comprising hanging, floor and table versions, the latter with or without base. Its beautifully balanced shape is enriched and made unique by an orderly series of delicate, light grooves that, on the white volume of the glass, look like tiny prints on fresh snow. The starting point for the design of Bianca was to create a surface in glass that would capture both the quality of the material and the light. The surface of a geometric structure, dotted by tiny dints, turns glass into something that is a solid memory...

NEBRA design Sebastian Herkner Nebra is a suspension lamp that owes its name to the Nebra Disk, a metal plate with gold applications that harks back to the bronze age. Discovered near the town of Nebra, in Germany, it is considered one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century. The lamp, made in pressed glass, draws inspiration from the shape and the aesthetic effect of this find. Thanks to the new Led light sources that enable thinner gauges and hence a reduced overall bulk of the lamps, Nebra has a crushed spherical shape that enables the multiplication effect to be increased....

design Claesson Koivisto Rune LIGHTING CONTEMPORARY DESIGN Numerous proposals for application in the contract and residential sectors. New materials, unusual shapes and a common denominator: Led light sources. Astera is a family of lamps designed specifically for hospitality. The name Astera comes from the ancient Greek word astron or ‘star,’ because the slightly prismatic shape of the lamp looks like a distant star. The characteristic pentagon of the diffuser and base allows for this lamp to fit easily into corners. A recurring challenge for architects and interior designers is the positioning...

APEX design Karim Rashid Apex is a linear wall/ceiling lamp, featuring a tapered elegant form whose central element recalls an eye shape. As it slims to almost disappear into its surroundings, it radiates a powerful, functional blade of light that creates a continual line. It can be installed horizontally, vertically or to form a continuous beam of light across the ceiling. Available in glossy black, white and electric blue. Light source: Two LED strips / 2700K / 1500+1500Lm / 100-240V / CRI >80 Dimmable. Energy Class: A+ IO design Claesson Koivisto Rune Shaped like a small curved lunar disc,...

design Giulio Iacchetti design Carlo Colombo Siptel is a Led floor and table lamp that reworks the archetype of traditional stemmed models, thanks to a simple, yet effective, magnetic system. The entire length of the rod acts as a launch pad for the illuminating body which slides along it with a softness and a surprising fluidity. Exploiting the properties of the magnet and its natural ability to line up with the force field, the head of the lamp is completely without constraints, unlike traditional variable height lamps where the blocking mechanism depends on unsightly handles or mechanical...

design GamFratesi Cheshire is a family of table, floor and suspension lamps. The lamp echoes the studio’s Nordic imprint in its simplicity and practicality. The table and floor versions are available with four types of lampshade: opaline for diffused light or white, black and green for downlighting. In the suspension version, on the other hand, the lampshade is also opaline, while the top diffuser may be opaline or colored (white, black and green). Elegant and contemporary, Cheshire adapts to either the home or the contract industry. NEW LED EDITIONS Parola, Riga, Cheshire and Lunaire: new Led...

YUMI design Shigeru Ban Two new colors: white and red fluo. And a new material, aluminium. These the novelties from Yumi, the standard lamp designed by Shigeru Ban in 2012 and winner of numerous awards including the iF gold Design Award 2014. Yumi is delicacy and strength together: an essential design encounters a sturdy and light structure (in aluminium for the coated versions, in carbon fibre for the original black version). The lamp spreads a warm glow concentrated downwards, ideal for creating intimate atmospheres. It characterizes different environments with its decided and discreet personality....

The ideal partner for any project: unique solutions blending technology, innovation, quality and design. Nice has been growing for over twenty years, changes and challenges are in our very DNA. Thanks to our open integration approach we have made Nice a name for itself as an international player, active and streamlined, focused on design and technology. With FontanaArte we have entered the lighting systems sector and, today, we offer the widest range of integrated solutions for the home in the simplest, most practical and elegant way: combining advanced building automation tools with wireless...