During the course of his career, he also designed glassware, lighting, furniture and housewares. He was a professor or architecture and wrote a number of books on art, design and architecture.
In 1928 Ponti founded the design and architecture magazine Domus and remained its editor for many years. In 1933 he was a co-founder of the important Milan Triennale. The Pirelli Building is considered his architectural masterpiece, along with the Denver Art Museum. His best known designs are the Superleggera chair (1957) for Cassina, the glass and lighting he created for Venini (1946-1950) and the coffee machine he designed for La Pavoni (1948).
From ponti-gio.com
La Pavoni coffee machine designmuseum.org |
Superleggera chair for Cassina cassina.com |
Distex lounge chair icollector.com |
Cane bench treadwaygallery.com |
Sideboard icollector.com |