Comments on Mr. Peacock: Enchanting Elegance—Gio Ponti

I too love the Denver Art Museum. It was complete...

2009-07-23T17:56:01.914-07:00

I too love the Denver Art Museum. It was completed when I was about 12 and my bff and I used to take the bus there on weekends and just wander. I'm not that crazy about the addition, to be honest.

Thanks for bringing back wonderful memories.

Gio Ponti is one of my all-time design heroes! Yay...

2009-06-24T12:07:50.920-07:00

Gio Ponti is one of my all-time design heroes! Yay!

Terrific information about the Great Gio! Paulett...

2009-06-20T16:36:53.047-07:00

Terrific information about the Great Gio!

Paulette P.

The Denver Art Museum is misunderstood.... :( I ...

2009-06-19T11:56:58.476-07:00

The Denver Art Museum is misunderstood.... :(

I copper plated a pair of 80's Superleggera chairs for a client recently.....They are a perfect scale for small NY apartments.

I didn't realise before that I was familiar with a...

2009-06-17T15:29:43.712-07:00

I didn't realise before that I was familiar with a small part of his work (the chairs), so I appreciate the wealth of information in this post even more. Many thanks

Ahhh, the Italians. Is there anything they can’t d...

2009-06-17T14:52:37.706-07:00

Ahhh, the Italians. Is there anything they can’t do?

I like to imagine the young Mr. Peacock strolling with his mother through the modern day castle and lunching later in the café.

What a wonderful part of your upbringing.

Another fab post Mr P!...love silver with rattan h...

2009-06-17T11:46:05.440-07:00

Another fab post Mr P!...love silver with rattan handles!!
During my travel I thought of you each time there's a nice logo/graphic design! ~XO as always*

Cool! I'd only really seen his furniture, before.....

2009-06-17T08:35:20.205-07:00

Cool!
I'd only really seen his furniture, before...and loved them.
I must investigate the buildings more.

I love your description: "like a slice of a submarine"
Perfect.

nice to see my everyday-work in the blog :-) if y...

2009-06-17T07:55:29.645-07:00

nice to see my everyday-work in the blog :-)

if you look at the picture's from the taschen flagship-store in berlin, you see another piece of ponti - the big light was designed for a palazzo in milano 1932.