The most complete book about Gio Ponti ever written

Taschen announced the release of a new book on the life and work of Gio Ponti – one of the most complete monographs ever compiled on the Milanese architect, created in collaboration with the Gio Ponti Archives foundation and its founder Salvatore Licitra with texts by the designer's daughter, Lisa Licitra Ponti, and an extensive biographical essay signed by the author and designer Stafano Casciani. The first edition of the book will be limited to only 5000 copies while an Art Edition of only a thousand copies will also be available that can be purchased together with aRlecchino table and four exclusive prints.

The edition of the book is sumptuous: 572 pages for an XL format that weighs over five kilos, each page is decorated with images taken from the archives that want to constitute a complete immersion in the world of Gio Ponti. The volume traces the development of the work of the architect and designer over the course of 60 years, with 136 projects indexed and reproduced in high resolution, each object framed by the context in which Ponti had created it with new materials and white images that create new connections between his best known and lesser-known works.