Giovanni Pintori was born in Triei, Sardinia in 1912 and spent most of his working life as the in-house graphic designer at Olivetti, where he worked from 1936 to 1967. In that role he produced some of the most celebrated commercial graphic design, including posters, catalogues, and printed matter that gave one of Europe’s most important companies a coherent, modern visual identity.
His posters and brochures for Olivetti typewriters are instantly recognisable. They are abstract, playful compositions in which the machine is visualised with colour and form.
Pintori was awarded the Grand Prix at the Milan Triennale. The designs created by Pintori were also showcased in The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition, Olivetti: Design in Industry, in 1952.
