Gio Ponti (1891-1979) was one of Italy's most influential designers whose work includes automobiles, furniture, interiors, and buildings. Working in a multitude of materials, he is a pivotal figure in the history of twentieth-century architecture and design, and his work continues to inspire young designers who are increasingly rediscovering it today. This expansive and exhaustively researched monograph chronicles the complete spectrum of Gio Ponti's output, from early ceramic work as design director for Richard Ginori to ...
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Gio Ponti (1891-1979) was one of Italy's most influential designers whose work includes automobiles, furniture, interiors, and buildings. Working in a multitude of materials, he is a pivotal figure in the history of twentieth-century architecture and design, and his work continues to inspire young designers who are increasingly rediscovering it today. This expansive and exhaustively researched monograph chronicles the complete spectrum of Gio Ponti's output, from early ceramic work as design director for Richard Ginori to his last and most famous architectural works, Milan's Pirelli Tower and the Museum of Modern Art in Denver. Also featured are Ponti's automobile designs for Alfa Romeo, interiors for Italian luxury liners, bathroom fixtures for American Standard, the famous Superleggera chair for Cassina, and the Alitalia offices in New York.
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Good++ in a Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is moderately shelfworn and edgeworn with a few small edge-tears and scuffing along the bottom front edge of the jacket (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Clean boards with minor edgewear; Unblemished textblock edges; Age-related yellowing to the endpapers and to the edges of text pages, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); Heavy (6.0 lbs); Silver dust jacket with title in white lettering; 1996, Rizzoli Publishing; 406 pages; "Gio Ponti, " by Ugo La Pietra.
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Near fine in very good + jacket. Quarto, cloth in dust jacket, heavily illustrated (much in color), clean unmarked text, near fine copy in very good+ dust jacket, minor discoloration to the dust jacket, light edgewear to the dust jacket. Uncommon.
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Gio Ponti. Near fine in very good(+) jacket. Profusely illustrated in b/w and color. 406 pages. Thick 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Rizzoli, (1996). A near fine copy with slight discoloration to bottom outer edge; in a very good(+) dust wrapper--intact but with some sunning along upper edge of front cover.