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Complete artwork including big game

by Anneke Bokern

In 1953, when Gio Ponti was commissioned to design the Villa Planchart, he was not even sure in which country Caracas was located. Nonetheless in the following years on a hill overlooking the Venezuelan metropolis he created a complete artwork of decorative Modernism set. Fifty years later it looks just as fresh as it did on the first day.

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News & Stories | Salone del Mobile 2012

Milan’s genius loci

by Sandra Hofmeister

Historical settings and paintings formed an atmospheric backdrop for exhibitions on Gio Ponti, Venini and Foscarini during the Salone del Mobile in Milan.

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Gio Ponti - the indescribable lightness of design

by Vera Siegmund

When architects design furniture and utility items, their love of things is often animated by a certain desire for absoluteness. By designing the atmosphere right down to the smallest detail they hope to produce a harmonious whole. This applies particularly to modern architects who, in schools such as the Bauhaus and De Stijl, were aiming for a kind of universality.

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