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TUTTO GIO PONTI

The MAD exhibition TUTTO PONTI—the first French retrospective of Gio Ponti’s œuvre—lives up to its name by including over 400 examples of the seminal designer’s work in architecture, furniture, and interior design.

In addition, the show looks at Ponti’s writing and publishing projects for Domus, where he was editor-in-chief from 1928 to 1941 and 1948 to 1979.

Ponti—whose career spanned nearly six decades—is strongly identified with the city of Milan, and many of the show’s pieces have never been seen outside of Italy.

TUTTO PONTI—

GIO PONTI—ARCHI-DESIGNER

Through May 5.

Musée des Arts Décoratifs

107 rue de Rivoli, 1st, Paris.

From top: Parco dei Principi Hotel, Sorrento, 1960, © Gio Ponti Archives; fresco Scala del Sapere, created by Ponti, Palazzo del Bo, University of Padua, image © Tom MannionGio Ponti, drawings presented at industrial design exhibition at the 11th Milan Triennial, 1957, ink on paper, © Gio Ponti ArchivesPonti’s family apartment, Casa Laporte, Milan, 1936, © Gio Ponti Archivesliving room at Villa Planchart, Caracas, designed by Ponti, 1953-57, © Antoine Baralhé Caracas, Anala and Armando Planchart Foundation; Domus 88 (April 1935), courtesy of Domus; Ponti’s letter with drawing to his daughter Lisa, © Gio Ponti Archives.

INGRESSI DI MILANO

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Most of Milan’s beauty is behind closed doors. The designs of these these portals—by Gio Ponti, Giovanni Muzio, Piero Portaluppi, Luigi Caccia Dominioni and others—have been brought together in a book of photographs edited by Karl Kolbitz.

 

ENTRYWAYS OF MILAN—INGRESSI DI MILANO

By Karl Kolbitz

(Cologne: Taschen, 2017)

taschen.com/entryways_of_milan_ingressi_di_milano

See Kolbitz’ interview with Sven Schumann in Purple:

purple.fr/kolbitz-karl

Image credit: Taschen.

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