Blu Ponti Decoro Tipo 5

The colors of the sky and the sea in the Blu Ponti Collection that Gio Ponti realized between 1960 and 1962 to cover, with different combinations, the floor of the lobby and of the hundred rooms at the Hotel Parco dei Principi in Sorrento, the first design hotel in the world. The Ceramica Francesco De Maio was chosen by the Ponti’s heirs as the exclusive licensee for the re-edition of the 33 white and blue decorations and now, after almost 60 years later, produces and sells, in world exclusive, the Blue Ponti Collection. A reproduction of the Blu Ponti majolica tiles so faithful for the glaze, colors, decorations and the thickness of the '60s that has recognized to the Ceramica Francesco De Maio the valuable use of the signature of this architect, a proponent of the industrial design and great appreciator of the craftsmanship. . The prestigious signature of Gio Ponti, architect, designer and Italian essayist, one of the most important on the international scene and among the greatest of the twentieth century is on the ceramic tiles of this Italian company, nowadays a world excellence. The great designer realized in Salerno (Italy) some prestigious collections, inspired by specific shapes and by a certain design content. There he studied the renewal of the ceramic language and, emphasizing the local context through colors and geometric and naturalistic lines, created the famous Blu Ponti majolica tiles. Therefore a continuity between the ceramic tradition of the past, present and future through craftsmanship, territoriality and design of a real Made in Italy.