The star valve of Gio Ponti

Impossible to miss it: the tap. However, which is opened and closes ten times a day, sits above the sink like the nose in the middle of the figure. Similarly, It can, in a curve or in a chrome reflection, give all its appearance to a piece of water. Similarly, So no wonder to see big brands and designers seize it. Therefore, One of the most elegant interpretations is to be credited to Gio Ponti (1891-1979). a guardian figure star valve gio ponti of Italian architecture and design.

In 1953. he released the accessory from his simple row of plumbing element thanks to a model with a low line drawn with a line, made from the angles dear to the creator of the famous Leggera chair for Cassina (1951) or the Pirelli tower in Milan (1960). On the handles, diagonals intersect to form a star, intended to facilitate handling (wet) and rotation. A way. for Gio Ponti, to perpetuate his panoramic vision of the “Italian house”, he who put the same creative enthusiasm to design lighting, a coffee machine or private villas.

Having lost nothing of its modernity. this tap has just been reissued by the Italian manufacturer Mamoli, specialist in the universe of the bath founded in 1932. Available in three shades (stainless steel. chromed, brushed brass), its all-so-so-in-so-called geometry has slipped into the opulent suites of the star valve gio ponti Cala Di Volpe hotel, in Sardinia, or in the ultra-chic toilets Sogni. Good to know: the septuagenarian accessory is now equipped with a debit reducer. limiting water consumption, as if to grant his formal purifying to the current quest for sobriety.