Gio ponti’s crystal dreamsan immersive experience of the visionary’s kaleidoscopic universethis numbered art edition no. 1 1,000 Is accompanied by the planchart coffee table
An exclusive, square format reproduction of the famous arlecchino design
And a set of four numbered prints of ponti’s interior ocean liner studies.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 Like windows onto his elusive life, unpublished materials and candid imagery create new dialogues between his famous masterpieces and his lesser-known feats.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 casc...
