Ok,
this
has been
bugging me
for a LONG while,
and now that I have a forum where 10 people
will listen
to what I have to say,
rather than the one
unlucky soul
who happens to walk into the design department with me,
I finally get to say my piece....
See those "ashtrays" above and below?
has been saying,
since 1938,
that there were designed by
Paulo Venini.
Well,
that's not correct.
The company Paulo Venini co-founded
produced them,
but they were designed by
Carlo Scarpa.
Actually this one is wrong too....
Scarpa book....
Page122
And on the other side of the case?
Another mistake.
This one has only been going on for
54 years...
MoMA says these were designed by
Paulo too.
Nope,
Gio Ponti designed this series.
I'm not a fan
of trusting what
auction houses
say a lot of the time,
but Christie's got it right here,
Gio Ponti
designed this vase
and the
"tumblers"
above.
Maybe if I wasn't such a big fan of both
and
I could let it slide,
but these are guys are icons, rock stars
of the design world.
They deserve credit where credit is due!
I'm sure there are mistakes in other departments
too,
but since my business is design,
I'll stop here with my investigative reporting.
So,
if you know anyone over at
MoMA,
in the department
of
Architecture and Design,
tell them to break-out their label maker....
Whew!
I feel so much better....
10/1/10
UPDATE:
Please see the comments for some
exciting news!
Also
I felt like my
Gio Ponti
evidence wasn't deep enough,
so I added this: