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Gio Ponti’s crystal dreamsAn immersive experience of the visionary’s kaleidoscopic universeThis numbered Art Edition (No. 1–1,000) is accompanied by the “Planchart Coffee Table” - an exclusive, square format reproduction of the famous Arlecchino design - and a set of four numbered prints of Ponti’s interior ocean liner studies.To study Gio Ponti’s prolific body of work is to appreciate the clear, unifying vision behind a complex creative universe. A synthesis of the arts, his creations expand intuitively with the Italian grandeur and studied lightness that defined his iconic style. Ponti’s rare capacity to move seamlessly between scales allowed him to approach the design of a teaspoon with the same conviction as he did an entire city. He was as much an architect and designer as he was a publisher, poet, and man. A treasure in its own regard, his contribution is also a distinctive landmark of Italy’s mid-century Renaissance and the modernist values it sought to realize.This is the most