Christophe de la Fontaine

Christophe de la Fontaine is a Luxembourgish product designer, university professor and co-founder of Dante – Goods and Bads GmbH, German-based furniture and home accessory brand. His work includes furniture and lighting in collaboration with Moroso, Rosenthal, FormAgenda and many others.
Life and work.
Christophe de la Fontaine was born in 1976 in Luxembourg, where he graduated from the Lycée des Arts et Métiers as a sculptor. He continued his studies at the industrial design department of the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart under the supervision of Richard Sapper. Upon graduation in 2002, he collaborated with Therefore - product design consultant in London, followed by Piero Lissoni Associati in Milan. In this period he also collaborated with Stefan Diez on a project which would win the “Design Report Award” in 2002. In Milan he became the head of Studio Patricia Urquiola design department, remaining on the position until 2010. In 2012 he co-founded Dante - Goods and Bads, a furniture and home accessory brand, together with his partner, contemporary artist Aylin Langreuter. The company is today internationally active and features awarded editions. As an independent product designer, he received numerous international awards, including the Red Dot Design Award, the Good Design Award, and the Gold iF Product Design Award. In 2015 he was featured on The Wallpaper* 100, a list of the 'design world’s most powerful players'. Christophe is Rosenthal's most award-winning designer., and his work was endorsed by Luxembourg royalty.
Since 2018 he was appointed professor of industrial design at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart.