DOMUS 352
Marzo 1959
Gio Ponti [Editorial Director]
Gio Ponti [Editorial Director]: DOMUS 352. Milan, Editoriale Domus: Marzo 1959. Original edition. Text in Italian. English, German and French translation summary. Slim folio. Thick photo illustrated perfect bound wrappers. Side stitched textblock. 56 [viii] pp. Articles and advertisements. Multiple paper stocks and inserts. Elaborate graphic design throughout. Cover by Gillo Dorfles. Wrappers lightly worn, but a very good copy.
9.5 x 12.75 magazine with 56 [viii] pages (printed on a variety of paper stocks) of color and black and white examples of the best modern interior and industrial design, circa 1959 -- with beautiful color engraving and gravure printing throughout.
- Expression Of Pier Luigi Nervi In Milan
- New York Concert Hall: Wallace K. Harrison & Max Abramovitz
- UNESCO Paris Japanese Garden: Isamu Noguchi: 1 page with 4 color images
- Kuwait Hotel: Raglan Squires
- Philadelphia House: Oscar Stonorov
- Greenwich House: A. Preston Moore
- New York Library House: Felix Augenfeld & Jan Hird
- Lake Como Guest House: Gianemillio, Piero, Anna Monti
- Elementary School: Gianemillio, Piero, Anna Monti
- Lignao House: Gianni Avon
- Luciano Balessari Munich Show
- Milan Chapel: Fabio Mello & Alberto Searzella
- Silver Forms: Tapio Wirkkala, Gio Ponti, Lino Sabbatini
- Poul Kjaerholm Furniture for Christensen
- Superlight Chair: Gio Ponti
- Milan Milk Bar: Riccardo Griffini
- Milan Shop: Piero Cosulich & Giuseppe Meroni
- Interior Details
- Full page Olivetti ad
- and more.
Long considered Europe's most influential architecture and design magazine, Domus was founded by Gio Ponti in 1928 as a "living diary" in which he could advertise his own work, outline the "aims" of his projects and raise people's awareness about other design issues. Called the "Mediterranean Megaphone, " Domus lauded mass-production and tried to link architecture and artisans in a new, unforeseen ways. Ponti left Domus in 1940 to start his other journal, Stile in which he could focus on art and the impact of the war on Italian architects and architecture. In 1948 Ponti returned to Domus, where he recast it in his own eclectic, exuberant vision of the modern and tirelessly championed designers he admired, notably Carlo Mollino.
In his 1957 book Amate L'Architettura (In Praise of Architecture) Ponti extolled his audience to "Love architecture, be it ancient or modern. Love it for its fantastic, adventurous and solemn creations; for its inventions; for the abstract, allusive and figurative forms that enchant our spirit and enrapture our thoughts. Love architecture, the stage and support of our lives." This spirit reverberates through every page of Domus.