Gio Ponti - Lo Stile - 1942

Lo Stile in the home and furnishings, No. 22 October 1942. Size 32.5 x 24.5 cm. Editorial paperback, 62 pages numbered. In this issue: A very small apartment; The rural house; Raffaele Carrieri, Poemetto a Campigli; Manzù The Bishop; Gio Poni, Bergamo Prize; Gio Ponti, Sketch for ceramics; etc. etc. Good condition – minor defects on the spine, normal signs of aging. Some holes and abrasions (see photos). No reserve! Other issues of Lo Stile magazine are available in the auction!

'Style,' an indication of works of architecture and furnishings, as well as drawings, paintings, and sculptures. Under the auspices of a highly significant word, 'Style,' an indication of works of architecture and furnishings, as well as drawings, paintings, and sculptures begins. This is how Gio Ponti wrote in January 1941, in the first issue of 'Style,' the magazine 'of ideas, life, the future, and above all art' which he created and directed for Garzanti editions after leaving Editoriale Domus. 'Style in the home and furnishings,' as the magazine's full title initially states, was published monthly throughout the war and continued until 1947, when, after more than seventy issues, Ponti resumed negotiations with Gianni Mazzocchi to return to the editorship of 'Domus.' During these six years, 'Style' was Ponti's magazine, his 'creature': he was the creator and director, but also the editor and layout designer; he designed numerous covers, 'to artfully express his thought,' and signed over four hundred articles, including editorials, notes, and columns, under his name or one of his pseudonyms (Archias, Artifex, Mitus, Serangelo, Tipus, etc.).