During the course of his career, he also designed glassware, lighting, furniture and housewares. He was a professor or architecture and wrote a number of books on art, design and architecture.
In 1928 Ponti founded the design and architecture magazine Domus and remained its editor for many years. In 1933 he was a co-founder of the important Milan Triennale. The Pirelli Building is considered his architectural masterpiece, along with the Denver Art Museum. His best known designs are the Superleggera chair (1957) for Cassina, the glass and lighting he created for Venini (1946-1950) and the coffee machine he designed for La Pavoni (1948).
From ponti-gio.com
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| La Pavoni coffee machine designmuseum.org |
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| Superleggera chair for Cassina cassina.com |
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| Venini glass antiquehelper.com |
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| Venini glass liveauctioneers.com |
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| Chandelier 1stdibs.com |
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| Distex lounge chair icollector.com |
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| Cane bench treadwaygallery.com |
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| White leather armchairs center44.com |
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| Display case wright20.com |
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| Executive desk wright20.com |
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| Rocking chair 1stdibs.com |
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| Sideboard icollector.com |
Gio is the favorite son here, everything is so in his STYLE. one of the magazines i bought is more like a BOOK about Gio Ponti, i will be scanning it when i get home for everyone to see. some of his stuff is so right-on, some of it is out of control. :)
ReplyDeleteI have never given much thought to the designers of the tables and chairs, etc. Have seen those deep chairs with the short backs and always wondered how practical they were. Fun to learn more!
ReplyDeleteThat display case is incredible!
ReplyDeleteI love the display case and the light fixture.
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