Giovanni Barbato was born in Padua in 1974. Graduated in architecture at the University of Venice, he perfected his style and his hand by attending an Industrial Design course in Padua. The curriculum is enriched with the Abate Zanetti school in Murano, where the passion for glass is cultivated with the utmost attention. In the school, Giovanni Barbato came into contact with the prestigious local glass factories, establishing partnerships and collaborations that saw him from an early age signing artistic design projects in favor of numerous companies on the island of Murano. Thanks to the experience gained in the field, Giovanni Barbato becomes one of the leading designers in the lighting scene, as well as the Italian one.

The collaborations do not stop only in the lighting sector, extending with brands of the caliber of VISTOSI, AXOLIGHT, DE MAJO, AV MAZZEGA, PRANDINA and AV LIGHT, whose partnerships begin in 2013.
In 2013 he was also among the winners, with the Spiry lamps, of the Good Design Award for the "lighting" category, the prestigious design award assigned by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and promoted by the European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

Spiry is a suspension characterized by a diffuser in curved aluminum painted matt white RAL 9016 that is screwed into the air in a sort of spiral that wraps the light seamlessly. The extreme complexity of making the lamp is substantiated with the light, soft and enveloping result of the diffuser suitable for different types of furnishing moods. A prototype that will soon make the history of a company. In fact, the lamp is currently produced by the Axo Light company.

Spiry, together with all the selected products, will be permanently exhibited inside the Chicago Athenaeum.
The collaborations of Giovanni Barbato continue with the Sumo DP studio, focusing the activity of designer in the creation of catalogs for websites and marketing background, offering a complete service to give the opportunity to emerging companies to be noticed in the world of the web, conquering a space in the competition through innovative and characteristic products. In this field Giovanni Barbato supports companies in the care of products and marketing, putting professionalism and experience in the world of architecture, design and lighting at the service of customers. The architect is in fact specialized in furniture design, in that of lighting products and in the constant search for solutions for the outdoors and the interior to furnish spaces.