Il Fuoco Fatuo

We are a studio focused on the creation of pieces of furniture halfway between the functional and the artistic expression. Our pieces want to be timeless and manifest the celebration of beauty in a subtle way. Each piece is a new opportunity to show the respect we have for art, being grateful for the opportunity that life offers us to be able to pay tribute to art in evolution through our lives and the concept that goes hand in hand: time.

Álvaro Gómez is a Spanish designer whose practice lies at the intersection of architecture, sculpture, and design. After an initial phase working as a building restoration architect, he decided in 2022 to redirect his career toward a more experimental and artistic approach, studying at the Istituto Marangoni Design in Milan. Since then, he has been developing his work between Madrid and Milan.

His work focuses on the creation of limited editions sculptural furniture,  sculptures, and installations. Through an architectural lens, his pieces explore the balance between formal plasticity and the physical laws that support them, integrating structural logic as part of their aesthetic language.

The human figure plays a central role in his creative practice, as do timeless materials such as bronze, iron, and marble.