D.153.1

Armchair

Gio Ponti, 1953 - 2012

Designed in 1953, used in Ponti’s Via Dezza home in Milan and reinterpreted by Molteni&C in 2012, the D.153.1 armchair “combines strict lines with exceptionally restful comfort. It stands out immediately for its distinctive shape and particularly its extended profile, which depicts a desire to break away from bourgeois postures,” writes Gio Ponti in “Domus”. It has a satin brass framework and two-tone leather upholstery.

Design Gio Ponti, 1953 - 2012

Design

Gio Ponti

Giovanni “Gio” Ponti, (Milan, November 18, 1891 - Milan, September 16, 1979), is one of the Italian masters of architecture. He was also a designer and essayist and one of the most important of the twentieth century.
Other than the great architectural works which carry his unmistakable signature, he created a vast amount of work in the furniture sector. This is demonstrated in his three Milanese houses which were fully furnished in the "Ponti" style. The houses in via Randaccio, 1925, Casa Laporte in via Brin, 1926 and the last in via Dezza, in 1957 is an "expression" of his home design ideas.

Complete biography

"[...] The majority of the objects in our lives are created and characterised by industry [...]"

Gio Ponti