Gio Ponti: life, work and iconic designs
In a photograph by Giorgio Casali, a child lifts a chair with the tip of a single finger. The chair weighs one point seven kilograms. It is called the Superleggera, “super light”, and Cassina has been making it since 1957. Its designer, Gio Ponti, spent his life proving that things could be lighter, brighter and…