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D.357.1

D.357.1

Bookcase

Gio Ponti, 1956/1957 - 2012

Designed in 1956-1957, the bookcase is part of the furniture of Gio Ponti’s private house in Via Dezza in Milan. This re-edition is produced based on the original drawings from the Gio Ponti Archives. It is part of the Molteni&C Gio Ponti Collection.

Design Gio Ponti, 1956/1957 - 2012

“This piece of furniture is all about the things in our life - a simple life in which books play a major part. Books take centre stage as does space for magazines - enabling us to see the world and acting as vibrant distinctive elements in our modem lives.”

(Gio Ponti)

Made from shaped multi-layered material with elm veneer, partly with natural transparent finish, partly hand-painted in white. Available in the versions with or without applied mirror.

Design

Gio Ponti

Giovanni “Gio” Ponti, (Milan, November 18, 1891 - Milan, September 16, 1979), is one of the Italian masters of architecture. He was also a designer and essayist and one of the most important of the twentieth century.
Other than the great architectural works which carry his unmistakable signature, he created a vast amount of work in the furniture sector. This is demonstrated in his three Milanese houses which were fully furnished in the "Ponti" style. The houses in via Randaccio, 1925, Casa Laporte in via Brin, 1926 and the last in via Dezza, in 1957 is an "expression" of his home design ideas.

Complete biography

“[...] The majority of the objects in our lives are created and characterised by industry [...]”

Gio Ponti