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Gio ponti Born in Milan in 1891, he died there in 1979. He studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan. It was then that he opened his studio with Mino Fiocci and Emilio Lancia, and participated in the 1st Famiglia Artística Architecture Exhibition. In 1933, he began working with the engineers Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini. In 1936, he began teaching at the Polytechnic University of Milan, a position he held until 1961. Ponti accepted the position of creative director at Richar-Ginori, a ceramics company that he transformed both industrially and aesthetically, decorating simple pieces with neoclassical motifs. In 1928, he founded the magazine Domus, which has since become the most influential publication on architecture and design in Europe, an undisputed benchmark in the field.
As a designer, he marked milestones such as the chair Superleggera, which Cassina has been producing since 1957.
