BOOK: Gio Ponti-Taschen Publications
Shaped in close collaboration with the Gio Ponti Archives and its founder Salvatore Licitra, “Gio Ponti” by Taschen Publications 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. Architect, designer, art director, writer, poet and critic, Gio Ponti was an allround artist who traversed much of the 20th Century, profoundly influencing the taste of his time, responding to its most significant demands and anticipating many of the themes of contemporary architecture. He was the creative force behind Domus magazine, which he founded and edited from 1928 to 1941 and again from 1948 to 1979). He was also a faculty member of the school of architecture at the Milan Polytechnic and practiced architecture and design professionally with Alberto Rosselli. While he broke new ground in the fields of design and furniture-making, Ponti is perhaps best known for the Pirelli Tower, a 33-story skyscraper in central Milan that was built with 33,000 cubic meters of pre-stressed, reinforced concrete.-Dimitris Lempesis
