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Gio Ponti

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Experience the boundless vision of one of the greatest architects, designers, and art directors of the 20th century. Shaped in close collaboration with Ponti's grandson Salvatore Licitra , founder of the Gio Ponti Archives, Gio Ponti is an immersive book scaled to his kaleidoscopic universe, featuring texts by Lisa Licitra Ponti and an extensive biographical essay by Stefano Casciani. An unprecedented tribute to Ponti’s achievements as ingenious publisher as well as timeless creator, the images and texts of this compelling XL rendition draw its reader closer to his work than ever before.
Hardcover14.2 x 14.2 in.15.76 lb572 pages
“TASCHEN comes through with Gio Ponti… Think of it not as a book but as a vehicle for an incredible journey.”
The Los Angeles Times
“…the iconic Italian architect and designer’s greatest works.”
eveningstandard.co.uk
“…a fascinating glimpse into the life and vast catalog of work of Italian architect Gio Ponti.”
fastcompany.com
“This prodigious volume features unpublished materials and candid imagery offering exciting new insight into both his well-known masterpieces and more obscure feats alike.”
surfacemag.com
“Gio Ponti offers a technicolor glimpse into the life and work of the godfather of Milanese design.”
interviewmagazine.com
“Gio Ponti aims to be the final say about the designer’s work and importance.”
architectmagazine.com
“…an absolute beauty about the refined Italian architect-designer who defined a vein of elegant, uncontroversial mid-century chic.”
The Financial Times
“…a tour de force investigation of the designer’s oeuvre.”
architecturaldigest.com
“There’s an irony here, that a prince of lightness such as Ponti should be remembered with something so massive, but it’s hard to do justice to his output in any other way… It successfully captures Ponti’s spirit.”
The Observer
“The book is full of revelations. But for those who know Ponti for his architecture and his furniture, the real surprise is the ways they came together in rooms that display his seemingly endless supply of creativity.”
1stdibs.com
“The most resistant element is not wood, is not stone, is not steel, is not glass. The most resistant element in building is art. Let’s make something very beautiful.”
Gio Ponti
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XL books are at least 34 cm (13.4 in.) high, with the exception of landscape-format titles
Gio Ponti

Gio Ponti

250

Gio Ponti’s crystal dreams

An immersive experience of the visionary’s kaleidoscopic universe

Also available as Art Edition (No. 1–1,000) including an exclusive, square format reproduction of the Arlecchino coffee table and a set of four numbered ocean liner interior prints.

To study Gio Ponti’s prolific body of work is to appreciate the clear, unifying vision behind a complex creative universe. A synthesis of the arts, his creations expand intuitively with the Italian grandeur and studied lightness that defined his iconic style. Ponti’s rare capacity to move seamlessly between scales allowed him to approach the design of a teaspoon with the same conviction as he did an entire city. He was as much an architect and designer as he was a publisher, poet, and man. A treasure in its own regard, his contribution is also a distinctive landmark of Italy’s mid-century Renaissance and the modernist values it sought to realize.

This is the most comprehensive account of Ponti’s work to date, unprecedented in scale and scope. It tracks the development of his oeuvre over 6 decades, with 136 projects indexed and reproduced in high resolution, each object framed by the context in which Ponti had created it. Like windows onto his elusive life, unpublished materials and candid imagery create new dialogues between his famous masterpieces and his lesser-known feats. A rich layer of texts, featuring an extensive biographical essay by Stefano Casciani, was produced in close collaboration with the Gio Ponti Archives offering an intimate insight on his life’s work. Materializing Ponti’s core philosophy of modernity, this book presents architecture as a performing object, a "self-illuminating" stage for his humanistic art de vivre and boundless creativity.
The authors

Brian Kish is a 20th-century Italian architecture and design historian, with a focus on BBPR, Caccia Dominioni, Gardella, and Ponti. He curated, in 2001, the first US exhibition on Gio Ponti and wrote for both Entryways of Milan and Gio Ponti Archi-Designer (M.A.D. Paris).

Fabio Marino is an architectural historian and researcher at the Polytechnic of Milan. He investigates contemporary architecture and its connection to Italian Design of the 1950s and 1960s. He has coauthored various books on Italian Design.

Widely known as a poet and artist, Lisa Licitra Ponti (1922–2019) flanked her father Gio Ponti at Domus, becoming Managing Editor until 1979, while also contributing to Stile. In 1990, she edited the important monograph: Gio Ponti. The Complete Work, 1923–1978.

Photographer, artist, and curator Salvatore Licitra created the “Gio Ponti Archives” in the studio of his grandfather Gio Ponti in 1996. Notable curated exhibitions are Gio Ponti Archi-Designer at the Museè des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, in 2018, and Gio Ponti: Loving Architecture at the MAXXI in Rome, in 2019.

Stefano Casciani is an Italian writer and designer. The innovative inspiration of his own work has been recognized with awards such as the Compasso d’Oro 2001. Managing Editor of Domus from 2000 to 2011, he has been Editor and Publisher of disegno magazine since 2012.

The editor

Based in Berlin, freelance editor and art director Karl Kolbitz worked with Mario Testino and Wolfgang Tillmans for many years, before founding his own creative practice focusing on the development and design of publications, such as Entryways of Milan and Gio Ponti.

Gio Ponti
Hardcover36 x 36 cm7.15 kg572 pages

ISBN 978-3-8365-0134-7

Edition: English
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Worth the money!

Michele,November 2, 2021
I was looking for a special book of Gio Ponti's works and I found it on this edition by TASCHEN. Format is perfect to appreciate Ponti's works from the numerous pictures shown on this edition. Cover is so nice (it is a floor designed by Ponti) that I keep it on view on my entrance at home! It is worth the money.

Insane

Ettore,October 27, 2021
More than jst a book to read, this text is beautifully illustrated with many many photographs. It is extremely comprehensive and is really a "must have" for anyone interested in design, art, and architecture. Each work is wonderfully illustrated with numerous colored photographs.

Mme

Beatrice V.,October 27, 2021
Beautiful book, well documented and illustrated. I like the way chapters are organised and the graphic design.

More than a book!

Domenico V.,March 24, 2023
A beautiful book about a master architect that is also a pleasure for the senses! Exquisitely edited and well documented, it is also a delightful "art object".

alles Bestens

Monika N.,March 22, 2023
bin mit dem Buch und Service sehr zufrieden, danke!

Excellente rétrospective

Kevin,October 29, 2021
Excellente rétrospective de ce maître qu'était Ponti. Un ouvrage de qualité à posséder pour tout passionné.