Gio Ponti

Architect, designer, critic, illustrator (Milan 1891 – 1979). Gio Ponti was an architect, designer, critic and illustrator. Ponti was the standard-bearer of Italian design, a leading light and supporter of the Monza Biennale, then the Milan Triennale, the Compasso d’Oro awards and Association of Industrial Design.
Gio Ponti was involved in many projects covering every aspect from industrial design to teaching in the Milan faculty of architecture, from publishing to architecture.