Who was Gio Ponti?

Pirelli Tower designed by Gio Ponti.



It's about time that I get back on track. We started this Blog to talk about and to learn about great designers of furniture, of the 20th century. I've been skipping about and side tracked about antiquing which is always a great distraction. What is more fun than going on the hunt, and spending money.
Gio Ponti, 1891-1979, a Italian Architect and Designer was a singular driving force in the development of modern design. Gio Ponti was the renaissance man of the 20th century. He designed skyscrapers and he painted frescoes, design china for Richard Ginori.

He published and edited "Domus" an Italian home magazine, where he show cased works by Fornasetti. He designed glass for Venini.
He designed The Billia lamp that looks modern, but was designed in 1932.

The Chairs were designed for an Italian Hotel by Gio Ponti.

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Pieces of furniture that he designed influence most of the modern 20th century furniture designers

Visiting

Yesterday Lewis returned home after 3 days of traveling and buying on the road. It is always so much fun to unpack. He arrived just before closing yesterday so that M.J. our faithful helper could see all the loot. He discovered a lot of great places to shop.

A shop that he enjoyed visiting was D.H.S . Designs. He recognized some of their items and realized they were on 1Stdibs. He took some photos of their shop to share with you. They have some really fantastic things. They are located in Queenstown, Maryland also on 1stdibs.


The Hippo is by Sergio Bustamante. This is no baby Hippo he is about 3' or 4' and out of papier mache.


It is always nice to see what other shops carry. Everyone is different. In the case of this shop in the most wonderful way.
They even have this fabulous Fornasetti table.