-Italian architect, furniture designer, publisher, and industrial designer.
-Originally from Milan, Italy. Born November 18, 1891 and died September 16, 1979.
-Very popular and loved by the public.
-His main characteristic is "fantastic visual eclecticism."
-Designed the Denver Art Museum and Taranto Cathedral in the last 10 years of his life.
-Started the magazine "Domus" which touches on architecture, art, and design.
-In addition to architecture he also created printed fabric, studies car bodies, and painted.
-He is quoted saying "architecture is a crystal. When it is pure, it is pure as a crystal-magic, close, autonomous as a crystal."
-another interesting quote Gio stated in his life is "nothing exists in reality which has not already existed in dreams."
Sources:
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/robinson/robinson10-16-06_detail.asp?picnum=14
Gio Ponti. Edited by Aiko Hasegawa.
