DOMUS 360
Novembre 1959
Gio Ponti [Editorial Director]
Gio Ponti [Editorial Director]: DOMUS 360. Milan, Editoriale Domus: Novembre 1959. Original edition. Text in Italian. English, German and French translation summary. Slim folio. Thick photo illustrated perfect bound wrappers. Side stitched textblock. 56 [iv] pp. Articles and advertisements. Multiple paper stocks and inserts. Elaborate graphic design throughout. Cover: mosaic detail by Leonardo Ricci. Wrappers lightly worn and creased, but a very good copy.
9.75 x 12.75 vintage magazine with 56 [iv] pages printed on a variety of paper stocks of black and white [and some color] examples of the best modern interior and industrial design, circa 1959 -- with beautiful engraving and gravure printing throughout.
- A. S. Siro Building in Milano by Mangiarotti, Morassutti
- Craig Ellwood’s Case Study House for Arts and Architecture: 12 Pages With 21 Color And black and white photographs And plans.
- Vacation House In Cadaques by Federico Correa
- Milan Interiors by Victor Lattuada And Alberto De Matteis
- Valori Semantiel Degli “Elementi Di Architettura E Deai” Caratteri Distributivia: Gillo Dorfles
- Edizioni Per Gli Architetti
- Una Seultura e la sua Ombra: James Prestini: 2 pages and six Prestini Sculpture Photos
- I Color di Eszter Haraszty
- Italian Tapestries by Renata Bonfanti
- Bronzi by Angelo Mangiarotti
- In Argento by Lino Sabattini
- Un Negozio-Galleria by N. Shapira, G. Mochli, I. Blank
- Nuovi Libri
- 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 Achitecture) 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.