Gio Ponti was born in Milan in 1891. In 1921, he graduated in architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan and began his professional activity in association with other architects of Milan. In 1923, Gio Ponti made his public debut at the first Biennial Exhibition of the Decorative Arts in Monza, which was followed by his involvement in organizing the subsequent Triennial Exhibitions of Monza and Milan. Following his commitment to the ceramics manufacturing industry, in 1928 he founded the “Domus” magazine.

From 1936 to 1961, he was a professor of architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan. Father of the Made in Italy design, Gio Ponti is the greatest representative of Italian rationalism. His continual architectural research can be seen in the extreme synthesis and formal balance contained in all his works.