designers:

Christophe de la Fontaine is co-founder and owner of Dante – Goods and Bads, GmbH a German based furniture and home accessory brand with international reputation, with his partner, contemporary artist Aylin Langreuter. Starting his education as a sculptor in Luxemburg he completed his studies with a degree in industrial design from ABK-Stuttgart, taught by Richard Sapper. After a journey at London based Therefore-Product Design Consultant and Lissoni Associati in Milan, he headed the design department at the studio of Patricia Urquiola until 2010. Working independently as a product designer ever since he has received numerous international awards, including the red dot award, the Good Design award and the iF GOLD DESIGN AWARD while being listed by Wallpaper* among the world’s 100 best designers. Since 2018 he is professor for industrial design at the state academy of fine arts in Stuttgart.