Gio Ponti, Domus Flatware, about 1956. Stainless steel. Manufactured by Krupp Italiana, Milan. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Dung Ngo, 2014.121.1-5.

Architecture and Design

Architecture and Design

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Domus is one of Gio Ponti’s many flatware patterns produced in partnership with Krupp, a manufacturer of cutlery and other metal goods. Ponti made significant changes to the traditional form of flatware in many of his designs; however, Domus is the most sculptural and intricate. The pointed implements, creased bowls, and handles with diamond-shaped piercings make this design distinctive. Domus demonstrates Ponti’s longstanding fascination with geometric patterns, and in particular, the diamond or lozenge shape.

(eBay); purchase, Dung Ngo; gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2014.

• "Modern Living: Giò Ponti and the 20th-Century Aesthetics of Design"—Georgia Museum of Art, 6/10/2017 - 9/17/2017
• “Gio Ponti: Designer of a Thousand Talents” — Denver Art Museum, 10/24/2021 – 12/31/2025