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Table Service - Franco Pozzi Publishing, 1967, Marco Arosio Fund © Image courtesy of Wright auction
All that touches this insatiable avant-garde becomes a legend. Thus, the Superleggera, inspired by the woven straw chairs of the fishermen of the vil- lage of Chiavari in Liguria in the nineteenth century, remains a Pontian icon of the 50s after more than ten years of studies and sketches.
A prolific inventor, he re-designates all daily objects from the headboard to the sewing machine, from the sanitary to the coffee machine.
Gio Ponti is one of the fathers of Italian design with all his lightness, joyful colors and harmonious lines.
With his child’s eyes, Gio Ponti has been able to bring a pure and playful look at architecture and design to bring this extra soul without artifice, this permanent enchantment.