Main entry:

Officina Gio Ponti. English.

Title & Author:

Gio Ponti : more than one : critic, editor, graphic artist, architect, product designer / edited by Manfredo di Robilant, Manuel Orazi ; translation, Anna Carruthers.

Publication:

Zürich : Lars Müller Publishers, [2025]
©2025

Description:

287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
Originally published in Italian: Macerata : Quodlibet Srl, 2023.
Translation of: Officina Gio Ponti.
Includes bibliographical references (page 287) and index.
Introduction / Manfredo di Robilant, Manuel Orazi -- Writing and graphic art. Gio Ponti the writer / Cecilia Rostagni -- Gio Ponti, a cleric who never reneged: a historiographical overview / Manuel Orazi -- Gio Ponti and book illustration, 1910-1945 / Francesco Parisi -- Gio Ponti and graphic design / Mario Piazza -- Architecture. A visual atlas of buildings by Gio Ponti -- The aestheticization of mechanical systems: Gio Ponti's Montecatini headquarters, Milan, 1936-1939 / Manfredo di Robilant -- In front of and behind the scenes: the Pirelli Tower, 1955-1963 / Fulvio Irace -- Gio Ponti and the birth of Italian design / Elena Dellapiana -- A show car: the Linea Diamante / Gabriele Neri -- A conversation about Gio Ponti / Paolo Rosselli and Joseph Rykwert -- Photographing Gio Ponti / Paolo Rosselli.

Summary:

"From his famous Superleggera chair to the landmark Pirelli Tower in Milan, to his role as founder of the internationally renowned magazine Domus, the legacy of Gio Pointi (1891-1979) extends across numerous creative fields. As a key figure for Italian Modernism, his contributions to architecture, industrial design, furniture design, education, art criticism and publishing have shaped the twentieth century and established Ponti's enduring influence in Italy an across the globe"--Back cover.

ISBN:

9783037787632
3037787635

Subject:

Ponti, Gio, 1891-1979.
Ponti, Gio, 1891-1979 Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture 20th century.
Modernism (Art) Italy.
Furniture designers Italy 20th century.
Graphic arts 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Modernisme (Art) Italie.
Arts graphiques 20e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE / General.

Added entries:

Ponti, Gio, 1891-1979, artist.
Di Robilant, Manfredo, 1976- editor.
Orazi, Manuel, editor.
Carruthers, Anna, translator.

More than one : critic, editor, graphic artist, architect, product designer

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325438
Call No.: 325438
Copy: 1
Status: Available