Gio Ponti

Olivari Designers

Gio Ponti

Olivari Designers

MILANO, 1891-1979

Gio Ponti begins his profession with Emilio Lancia, exhibiting an elegant Novecento style. His Palazzo Montecatini in Milan (1936) brings him closer to Rationalism and introduces many technological innovations in Italy for the first time. In the 1950s, he develops a free, personal style that eschews square corners, searching for highly expressive chromatic and luminous effects, such as the Villa Planchart a Caracas (1954).

Anello - Gio Ponti
Anello
1956 - Out of production
lama_US - superantracite-satinato / superanthracite satin
Lama
1956
Cono
1956
E42 - Gio Ponti
E42
1937 - Out of production
Lama L
— Bilia, lampada da tavolo, Fontana Arte 1931

Gio Ponti begins his profession with Emilio Lancia, exhibiting an elegant Novecento style. His Palazzo Montecatini in Milan (1936) brings him closer to Rationalism and introduces many technological innovations in Italy for the first time.

He teaches at the Milan Polytechnic from 1936 al 1961, where he graduated in 1920. In 1928 he founds Domus, a magazine he uses to introduce international design culture to Italy.

— Sedia Leggera Cassina, Meda, 1954

From the very beginning of his career, Ponti devotes himself to industrial products, first as the artistic director of Richard-Ginori, and then through a vast repertoire of designs: furniture, lamps, bathroom fixtures, textiles, and ceramics.

— Grattacielo Pirelli, Milano 1958
— San Francesco al Fopponino, Milano 1964 (courtesy OSC)