Heritage Collection

モルテーニは未来を見据えて自らの過去の歴史を見直すようにしています。会社の歴史的アーカイブとの創出ともいえる展覧会「80!Molteni」と、近年創設されたMolteni Museumは、現代性の原点から昔のものを見直す機会となりました。

Great new classics

過去の軌跡が現代によみがえり、その魅力は成熟し、今日でも見直されています。美術館の陳列棚にあってもおかしくない素晴らしい作品が、住宅環境においても合うものに作り替えられました。

“The Round armchair was initially conceived by Gio Ponti in 1954. At that time, the design of this armchair was holding together all the energy, positivity and enthusiasm of the following decade.

Salvatore Licitra - Curator of Gio Ponti Archives

"This elegant and refined desk was modern in its profiles and proportions, which are both classic and innovative, in the play of curves and in the invention of an elegantly rounded drawer.”

Salvatore Licitra - Curator of Gio Ponti Archives

最高のデザインはどのような時代にも合うものです。復刻再生された作品はまさに時代を超越した作品です。オリジナルの作品の魂を尊重しながら新しい技術、素材、機能を用いることはポンティが求めていたものと言えるでしょう。

“It was thought that architecture should be purely functional, with very little margin for decoration. But the Italian genius could not help but create architecture with a more human face, which we call the Latin touch”

The Plancharts commissioned Gio Ponti to design their home, on top of a cerro overlooking Caracas. For them, refined art collectors and Italy lovers, Ponti designed everything, from the structure to the furniture. This armchair is a shell to accommodate precious friends. It is a sculpture among sculptures and an art work among the art works.

"I am grateful to Anala and Armando Planchart for letting me honour their home with Italian art works, alongside the works of Venezuelan and international abstract artists and those of the great Venezuelan master Reveron (...). These range from Morandi paintings to those of Campigli, Melotti and Rui, the Venini and Seguso glasses, Gambone ceramics, and Ferrari silks..."

Gio Ponti, Domus 1961

1950年代にニューヨークでも有数の家具会社M. Singer&Sonsのためにデザインされたこの小さなテーブルは、アメリカ市場向けのコレクションの一部です。様々な形状と素材の組み合わせはポンティの多様性と革新的な力を物語ります。

"Recreating pieces that were never produced, (because Ponti used to design more than what he could have produced) or re-editing forgotten pieces, gives us the opportunity to better understand his personality, work and role in an important moment of Italian architecture"

Salvatore Licitra, Gio Ponti Archivist

Gio Ponti Archivesに保管されたデザイン画を元に、1952年から1955年の間に様々なバリエーションのドロワーユニットがデザインされました。Studio Cerri & Associati がアートディレクションを担当しました。

スモールテーブル、ライブラリー、アームチェアを見れば、Gio Pontiの主張と建築ビジョンが一致していることわかります。

"The metal tube chair and table have an absolute original form, clearly distinguished from any of the traditional frames. They have a new practicality and elasticity, closer to the modern essential requirements. At the same time, their series-construction, can guarantee their form’s absolute perfection of beauty, in absolute conformity to the first model created by the artist."

Gio Ponti, Domus, 1939

"The modern architect, the academic architect, should learn from the craftsmen: marble workers (shiny surfaces, polished, stone hammered, bush-hammered, and scaled), carpenters, stucco workers, blacksmiths, from all the workers and craftsmen (that is so beautiful)"

Gio Ponti, Amate l’architettura