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Gio Ponti Ceramics

Italian, 1891-1979

An architect, furniture and industrial designer and editor, Gio Ponti was arguably the most influential figure in 20th-century Italian modernism.

Ponti designed thousands of furnishings and products — from cabinets, mirrors and chairs to ceramics and coffeemakers — and his buildings, including the brawny Pirelli Tower (1956) in his native Milan, and the castle-like Denver Art Museum (1971), were erected in 14 countries. Through Domus, the magazine he founded in 1928, Ponti brought attention to virtually every significant movement and creator in the spheres of modern art and design.

The questing intelligence Ponti brought to Domus is reflected in his work: as protean as he was prolific, Ponti’s style can’t be pegged to a specific genre.

In the 1920s, as artistic director for the Tuscan porcelain maker Richard Ginori, he fused old and new; his ceramic forms were modern, but decorated with motifs from Roman antiquity. In pre-war Italy, modernist design was encouraged, and after the conflict, Ponti — along with designers such as Carlo Mollino, Franco Albini, Marco Zanuso — found a receptive audience for their novel, idiosyncratic work. Ponti’s typical furniture forms from the period, such as the wedge-shaped Distex chair, are simple, gently angular, and colorful; equally elegant and functional. In the 1960s and ’70s, Ponti’s style evolved again as he explored biomorphic shapes, and embraced the expressive, experimental designs of Ettore Sottsass Jr., Joe Colombo and others.

Ponti's signature furniture piece — the one by which he is represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Germany’s Vitra Design Museum and elsewhere — is the sleek Superleggera chair, produced by Cassina starting in 1957. (The name translates as “superlightweight” — advertisements featured a model lifting it with one finger.)

Ponti had a playful side, best shown in a collaboration he began in the late 1940s with the graphic artist Piero Fornasetti. Ponti furnishings were decorated with bright finishes and Fornasetti's whimsical lithographic transfer prints of things such as butterflies, birds or flowers; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts possesses a 1950 secretary from their Architetturra series, which feature case pieces covered in images of building interiors and facades. The grandest project Ponti and Fornasetti undertook, however, lies on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean: the interiors of the luxury liner Andrea Doria, which sank in 1956.

Widely praised retrospectives at the Queens Museum of Art in 2001 and at the Design Museum London in 2002 sparked a renewed interest in Ponti among modern design aficionados. (Marco Romanelli’s monograph, which was written for the London show, offers a fine overview of Ponti’s work.) Today, a wide array of Ponti’s designs are snapped up by savvy collectors who want to give their homes a touch of Italian panache and effortless chic.

Find a range of vintage Gio Ponti desks, dining chairs, coffee tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Creator: Gio Ponti
Ceramic tile "water and fire" design Gio Ponti for Gabbianelli, 1989
Ceramic tile "water and fire" design Gio Ponti for Gabbianelli, 1989

Ceramic tile "water and fire" design Gio Ponti for Gabbianelli, 1989

By Gabbianelli, Gio Ponti

Located in taranto, IT

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Ceramic tile by Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori 1960s with frame
Ceramic tile by Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori 1960s with frame

Ceramic tile by Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori 1960s with frame

By Gio Ponti, Richard Ginori

Located in taranto, IT

very rare ceramic tile , produced by Richard Ginori in 1965, designed by Gio Ponti. Published in the most important books concerning postwar Italian Ceramic production, displayed in ...

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Gio Ponti for Ginori Art Deco Dinner Plate, Il Circo
Gio Ponti for Ginori Art Deco Dinner Plate, Il Circo

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By Gio Ponti

Located in Riverdale, NY

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Plate by Gio Ponti from 1930 small boat on the waves the blue sea San Cristoforo
Plate by Gio Ponti from 1930 small boat on the waves the blue sea San Cristoforo

Plate by Gio Ponti from 1930 small boat on the waves the blue sea San Cristoforo

By Gio Ponti

Located in Palermo, Sicily

Plate by Gio Ponti from 1930 with a small boat on the waves of the blue sea San Cristoforo

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Ceramic Plates by Gio Ponti for Franco Pozzi, 1960s, Set of 5
Ceramic Plates by Gio Ponti for Franco Pozzi, 1960s, Set of 5

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Located in Varese, Lombardia

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White Lacquered Ceramic Ashtray - Vide Poche by Antonia Campi for Verbano
White Lacquered Ceramic Ashtray - Vide Poche by Antonia Campi for Verbano

White Lacquered Ceramic Ashtray - Vide Poche by Antonia Campi for Verbano

By Verbano, Antonia Campi, Gio Ponti

Located in Bresso, Lombardy

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Located in London, GB

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Located in Milan, IT

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Gio Ponti Porcelain Bottle with Relief Decoration by Richard Ginori 1930s Italy

Gio Ponti Porcelain Bottle with Relief Decoration by Richard Ginori 1930s Italy

By Doccia Porcelain, Gio Ponti

Located in Cascina, Pisa

A golden porcelain bottle with the application of hand-modeled white flowers in relief this beautiful piece was designed by the Italian master Gio Ponti and manufactured by Richard Ginori Pittoria di Doccia between 1923 and 1938. This porcelain bottle was originally presented at the 1935 Paris exhibition L'art italien des XIX et XX siècles. The manufacturer brand 'Richard Ginori Pittoria di Doccia' is visible under the base. The design of this piece was documented in the Gio Ponti catalog shaped in close collaboration with the Gio Ponti Archives and its founder Salvatore Licitra, edited by Taschen. The history of the Ginori Manufactory began in Doccia, just a stone's throw away from Florence, when in 1735 Marquis Carlo Andrea Ginori started a porcelain factory which was destined to become a worldwide icon of style. The eighteenth-century is a key century for the development of porcelain in Europe, in this period the first manufactures are born, fed by new styles and international trends. In stately homes, palaces and courtyards, the precious porcelain of the Doccia Manufactory is synonymous with elegance and refinement. The passage from the nineteenth, the century of reason to that of feeling marks a new chapter in the development of artistic taste and the manufacture of porcelain. Florence becomes the scene of a controversy between the academic supporters of the Beautiful ideal and the naturalists promulgators of the beautiful natural Since 1806 the direction of the Manifattura passed to Leopoldo Carlo Ginori Lisci who initiates a process of profound renewal. In 1986 The Manifattura expanded and the Richard Ginori Ceramic Company is born. The tradition of master craftsmen meets new technologies and the creations are perfected thanks to the use of new patents From 1923 to 1933 the artistic direction of the Manifattura was entrusted to Gio Ponti. The master is responsible for introducing highly innovative elements with sensitivity and respect for the taste for the ancient, and for the oriental culture. In 1925 at the Universal Exposition in Paris, the Manifattura and its artistic director were awarded the assignment to both of a Grand Prix. The Manufactory was renewed by relying on the experience of the greatest Italian designers of the time: Franco Albini, Franca Helg, Antonio Piva, Sergio Asti, Achille Castiglioni, Gabriele Devecchi, Candido Fior...

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ceramic tile panel "triennale" design Gio Ponti for Marazzi

ceramic tile panel "triennale" design Gio Ponti for Marazzi

By Gio Ponti, Alberto Rosselli Saporiti

Located in taranto, IT

ceramic panel composed of four iconic and famous "triennial" tiles also known as "four times curved," designed in the 1960s by Gio Ponti and Alberto Rosselli for Ceramiche Marazzi. T...

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original "diamond" ceramic tiles by Gio Ponti for Joo Milano 1960s
original "diamond" ceramic tiles by Gio Ponti for Joo Milano 1960s

original "diamond" ceramic tiles by Gio Ponti for Joo Milano 1960s

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Located in taranto, IT

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Gio Ponti Ceramic Sculpture" Il Pellegrino Stanco" for Richard Ginori, Milano

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Located in Los Angeles, CA

Great sample of one most important designers of the 20th century, Glazed ceramic, Gio Ponti, made for Richard Ginori and marked S Christoforo, Milano.

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Ceramic Tile by Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori

Ceramic Tile by Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori

By Richard Ginori, Gio Ponti

Located in London, London

Polychrome Ceramic tile By Gio Ponti For Richard Ginori Titled "La Bevuta" Marked to the reverse Richard Ginori, Made in Italy Impressed initials RGM Italian 1930s.

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5 ceramics decorated with bird on branch, R. Ginori and G. Ponti, '30s/'40s
5 ceramics decorated with bird on branch, R. Ginori and G. Ponti, '30s/'40s

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By Richard Ginori, Gio Ponti

Located in Vicenza, VI

This series of 5 ceramic pieces, produced by the Richard Ginori company, were made under the artistic direction of Giò Ponti. The style to which it belongs is Art Deco. All ceramics ...

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Gio Ponti Design for "Manifattura Rossi" A Bucchero Female Nude Sculpture

Gio Ponti Design for "Manifattura Rossi" A Bucchero Female Nude Sculpture

By Gio Ponti

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Carlo Alberto Rossi (Gubbio, 1903–1970), Manifattura Rossi Female Sculpture after a Gio Ponti Drawing Signed C. A. Rossi, Circa 1940 A remarkable female nude sculpture executed in B...

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Gio Ponti Green Ovoid Ceramic Glazed Shingles Tiles 100, by PdP Hotel Roma, 1964
Gio Ponti Green Ovoid Ceramic Glazed Shingles Tiles 100, by PdP Hotel Roma, 1964

Gio Ponti Green Ovoid Ceramic Glazed Shingles Tiles 100, by PdP Hotel Roma, 1964

By Gio Ponti

Located in Rome, IT

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  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025
    Gio Ponti was famous for his work as an architect, furniture and industrial designer and editor. He was arguably the most influential figure in 20th-century Italian modernism. Ponti designed thousands of furnishings and products — from cabinets, mirrors and chairs to ceramics and coffeemakers — and his buildings, including the brawny Pirelli Tower (1956) in his native Milan and the castle-like Denver Art Museum (1971), were erected in 14 countries. Through Domus, the magazine he founded in 1928, Ponti brought attention to virtually every significant movement and creator in the spheres of modern art and design. On 1stDibs, explore a collection of Gio Ponti furniture.