Welcome to the Poltronova news page
Here you will find the press review and all the news related to the protagonists and the historical and future products as well as the ongoing events and those who have made the brand history.
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Hyper Poltronova, Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2024
Centro Studi Poltronova presents Hyper Poltronova Salone Internazionale del Mobile Rho Fiera Milano, Hall 24, Booth D01 – Archizoom Associati –
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Centro Studi Poltronova for Elle Decor Material Home
Centro Studi Poltronova for Elle Decor Material Home a project by Elle Decor Italia Palazzo Bovara corso Venezia 51,
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Centro Studi Poltronova for Capsule Plaza ‘Radical Sensations’
Centro Studi Poltronova for Capsule Plaza ‘Radical Sensations’ Spazio Maiocchi via Achille Maiocchi 7, Milan Centro Studi Poltronova presents
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Centro Studi Poltronova at Fuorisalone. ‹L’Appartamento› Artemest
Centro Studi Poltronova at Fuorisalone L’Appartamento, Artemest Residenza Vignale, via Enrico Toti 2, 5 Vie Art & Design District, Milan PASSIFLORA by Superstudio Artemest selects the iconic Passiflora
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Living Corriere. December 2023
Living Corriere. December 2023 Ultrafragola mirror by Ettore Sottsass jr. appears in the cover and main article of the December 2023 issue of Living
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Vogue NL. September/October 2023
Vogue NL. September/October 2023 Joe armchair by De Pas, D'Urbino, Lomazzi appears in the cover and main article of the September/October 2023 issue of
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Super Forniture, a Selection of Radical Design from Poltronova
20 October - 20 December Art Taipei 2023 Super Forniture, a Selection of Radical Design from Poltronova Centro Studi Poltronova presents ULTRAFRAGOLA by Ettore Sottsass Jr JOE |
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Elle Decor Italia. June 2023
Elle Decor Italia. June 2023 A series of Poltronova objects appear in the June 2023 issue of Elle Decor Italia. The Sanremo floor lamp
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Interni. June 2023
Interni. June 2023 A piece on Ultrafavola, the Poltronova installation for Milano Design Week 2023, appears in the June 2023 issue of Interni.
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Area 06 Interior. May 2023
Area 06 Interior. May 2023 The May 2023 issue of Abitare Interior is centered on Patterns and it features a review on Poltronova's new
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Elle Decor. The Art of Light
17—23 April Milano Design Week 2023 Elle Decor The Art of Light Palazzo Bovara, Corso Venezia 51, Milan Interior Design: Giuliano Andrea dell’Uva Lighting Design: Marinella Patetta and
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Ultrafavola. Poltronova beyond the mirror
17—23 April Milano Design Week 2023 Design Variations by Mosca Partners Circolo Filologico Milanese, via Clerici 10, Milan Centro Studi Poltronova presents ULTRAFAVOLA. Poltronova beyond
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Elle Decor Italia. April 2023
Elle Decor Italia. April 2023 The April 2023 issue of Elle Decor Italia is dedicated to the Milan Design Week 2023. The Sofo armchair
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Abitare 621. January/February 2023
Abitare 621. January/February 2023 The new head quarter of Archivio Poltronova is described in the review ‘At the Heart of Design’.
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Interni. Novembre 2022
Interni. Novembre 2022 In the November 2022 issue of Interni, the double-page ‘PhotograpINg dynamic elements’ is dedicated to the Rumble sofa by Gianni Pettena.
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Elle Decor Italia. July/August 2022
Elle Decor Italia. Luglio/Agosto2022 The Mies armchair and the floor lamp Sanremo by Archizoom Associati are published in the August 2022 issue of Elle
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Turn on, Tune in, Drop by… Afro-Tyrolean kitsch
6 June - 11 September Milano Design Week 2022 Turn on, Tune in, Drop by
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Elle Decor. Design Forever
6–12 June Milano Design Week 2022 Elle Decor Design Forever Palazzo Bovara, Corso Venezia 51, Milan Interior Design: Fabio Calvi and Paolo Brambilla Interactive Installation: KoKoscha Revival Landscape Design:
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Turn on, Tune in, Drop by… 5 5vie Design Week
6–12 June Milano Design Week 2022 Turn on, Tune in, Drop by
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Turn on, Tune in, Drop by… Gianni Pettena… Per parole e per immagini…
May 31 - June 30 Milano Design Week 2022 Turn on, Tune in, Drop by
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XXVII ADI Compasso d’Oro 2020-2021
XXVII ADI Compasso d'Oro. 2020-2021 The Monographs Poltronova designed by Donatello D'Angelo, participated in the XXVII edition of Compasso d'Oro ADI, competing for the
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Design! Objects, processes, experiences
Open to the public on 28 April in Parma, simultaneously in two locations, the Abbey of Valserena and Palazzo Pigorini, the exhibition Design!
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ADI Design Index 2021
ADI Design Index 2021 The Monographs Poltronova designed by Donatello D'Angelo, in 2020-2021 participated in the XXVII edition of Compasso d'Oro ADI, competing for
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Forgiven by Nature
From 15th January to 13th March 2021 at La Verrière - the Brussels headquarters of Fondation d'entreprise Hermès - and at the ISELP,
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Interni. September 2020
Interni. September 2020 The iconic Ultrafragola Mirror by Ettore Sottsass features in the review ‘Le differenti anime del Design Italiano’ by Francesca Balena Arista.
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Design Break 14 — Cristina Morozzi: Radical memories
Poltronova Backstage. Fortino Editions, 2016. Curated by Francesca Balena Arista www.fortinoeditions.com www.garmentory.com Continental, facing their home, and have some chicken broth, because Nanda had such a delicate stomach.
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Poltronova at Contemporary Cluster in Rome
The Contemporary Cluster will be celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of two cult Poltronova items: the Ultrafragola mirror by Ettore Sottsass jr. and the Joe armchair by De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi.
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Design Break 13 — Ultrafragola and the Mobili Grigi series
Lo specchio Ultrafragola è l’unico elemento entrato in produzione tra i Mobili Grigi di Ettore Sottsass, tutti gli altri sono stati realizzati in pochissimi esemplari.
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MD Journal
In the September issue of the trade magazine MD Journal, Elisabetta Trincherini wrote an article about Poltronova entitled "Design Centro Studi Poltronova per
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Design Break 12 — Dario Bartolini, Archizoom Associati: Photos at Poltronova in Agliana
Poltronova Backstage. Fortino Editions, 2016. Curated by Francesca Balena Arista www.fortinoeditions.com www.garmentory.com 1967: In order to reach Agliana we traveled by car from Prato, heading for the outskirts
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Design Break 11 — D’Urbino and Lomazzi interview conducted by Francesca Balena Arista
Let’s start from the beginning: how did Joe and your connection to Poltronova come about? Did the idea come from Sergio Cammilli, director
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Design Break 10 — A SMALL AND DIFFERENT ENTREPRENEUR, Paolo Deganello
Poltronova Backstage. Fortino Editions, 2016. Curated by Francesca Balena Arista www.fortinoeditions.com www.garmentory.com In 1957, Sergio Cammilli rented a small workshop with three or four upholsterers, in Agliana, a
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Design Break 09 — The big wave
The shape of the future Superonda sofa was created for the historic 1966 exhibition Superarchitettura at Galleria Jolly 2 in Pistoia. The event was regarded
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Design Break 08 — The story of a lamp, Christmas 1967. Dario Bartolini, Archizoom Associati
Before the Christmas holidays with my family, I gather together everything needed to build what I have in mind - a light source
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Design Break 07 — Ettore Sottsass jr. interviewed by Francesca Balena Arista
From Ettore Sottsass. A private scrapbook. 1957—2007 How did your relationship with Poltronova begin? «As I think I’ve written somewhere, my story with Poltronova began in 1956—57.
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Design Break 06 — Taking pictures at Poltronova. Cristiano Toraldo di Francia
I was fourteen when I got my first Rondine Ferrania as a present, and started taking pictures with it. The from the negatives
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Design Break 05 — Mirror, mirror on the wall…
We promise you that we will come back soon to make you dream. In the meantime we give you pleasant readings on our fabulous
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Design Break 04 — Gilberto Corretti, Archizoom Associati: You can’t judge a book by its cover… or can you?
We promise you that we will come back soon to make you dream. In the meantime we give you pleasant readings on our fabulous
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Design Break 03 — Andrea Branzi interview conducted by Francesca Balena Arista
We promise you that we will come back soon to make you dream. In the meantime we give you pleasant readings on our fabulous
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Design Break 02 — Adolfo Natalini, Superstudio: Remembering Poltronova
We promise you that we will come back soon to make you dream. In the meantime we give you pleasant readings on our fabulous
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Design Break 01 — Joe: Off the Scale
We promise you that we will come back soon to make you dream. In the meantime we give you pleasant readings on our fabulous
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AD Spain
In the March 2020 issue of AD [Architectural Digest] Spain, a reportage entitled "Vila sagrada" comes out, edited by Itziar Narro with photographs
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Elle Italia
Superstudio made history! In the fifth 2020 issue by Elle Italia, Gherpe is featured in the lifestyle section being an Italian Design Icon from
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Elle
Let's start with a bang! In the first 2020 issue by Elle Netherlands, Ultrafragola mirror lamp is shown as the favourite design object of
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Anteprima Pop-Up
Poltronova is present with Ultrafragola and Superonda in the context of the Fall Edition of the pop-up store in Soho, at 498 Broome
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Florence Biennale
Poltronova has been invited to expose some of its products among ADI Toscana selected projects in the context of XIIth Florence Biennale. Our brand
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Remembering Cristiano Toraldo di Francia
On the occasion of the event, held at Triennale di Milano, Roberta Meloni, CEO of Poltronova, will donate a Gherpe to the Italian Design
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Porto Design Biennale
Porto Design Biennale intends to promote, revitalize and internationalize the thinking and practice in design. The first edition takes place between September and December 2019
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Icon Design
Sanremo lamp by Archizoom Associati has been featured on the last Icon Design N.36. Our lamp is show in the context of the
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The strategist
Click here to read a very nice article about Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, written by Hilary Reid from The Strategist.
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I–MADE — Italian manufacture art & design exhibition
Poltronova will take part in the new exhibition curated by Giulio Cappellini during the London Design Festival 2019 Hosted at Saatchi Gallery during the
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Elle Decor
Click here to read a very nice article about Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, written by Carla Amarillis from Elle Decor.
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Domino
"This Ettore Sottsass mirror is everything to me. The neon pink light creates the best mood.” The writer Lena Dunham wore a huge red
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New York
Tribute to women and femininity. A piece of art set in a mirror. Arches, curves, shapes, neon lights and colours to go beyond an era. A
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SUPERONDA, THE SECOND MONOGRAPH BY POLTRONOVA
Each object produced by Poltronova is not only an icon, it is a history. Each product tell a piece of life of its
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Domino
Click here to read a very nice article about Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, written by Rebecca Deczynki from Domino.
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Mākslas vēsture un teorija
The "Mies" armchair and the "Superonda" seat, designed by Archizoom Associati, together with the "Passiflora" lamp by Superstudio, are published in the art
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Top Decoration World China
A bunch of Poltronova products has been featured on June 2019 issue by Top Decoration World China. Superonda, Gherpe, Sofo, Ofelia Spera Vanitas, Passiflora,
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Vitra — Salone del Mobile 2019
During last Salone del Mobile Vitra shows four scenes. Featuring new products, they provide insights into four different lifestyles. We're really happy to see
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Icon Design
Icon Design by Mondadori Group launched its new brand during 2019 Salone del Mobile; within one of the new sections of the magazine,
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D Casa
Superonda, the iconic piece created by the Archizoom Associati group in 1966, appears in an article dedicated to pop trends in the April
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The Good Life Italia
Ultrafragola mirror lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass Jr, and Joe armchair by De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi appear on the April 2019 cover of
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Triennale di Milano — Italian Design Museum
Triennale Museo del Design Italiano, opened on April 8, 2019 and located in the evocative spaces of the Curva on the ground floor
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Ettore Sottsass and the Social Factory
“Ettore Sottsass and the Social Factory” surveys the work of Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass, focusing on his monumental furniture, conceptual photography,
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superstudio la vie après l’architecture
Life after Architecture is the first major exhibition in France dedicated to the work of this Italian group. The exhibition will present the
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Real Living Australia
Poltronova masterpiece Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, has been featured by Real Living Australia in April 2019 issue.
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GAP CASA
Poltronova masterpiece Mies armchair designed by Archizoom Associati, has been featured by Gap Casa n° 220 in March 2019.
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Annabelle
Poltronova masterpiece Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, has been featured by Annabelle n.2/19 in section dedicate to living trend.
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The undomestic house: architecture and living
The exhibition is divided into two sections. The first shows works by some of the artists invited to contribute to the issue of
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Icon Design
Poltronova masterpiece Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, has been featured by Icon Design n.30 in section dedicate to design objects made of plastic.
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Luisaviaroma: Home for the Holidays
LuisaViaRoma turns the store in Florence into a house to celebrate the holidays with a project that pays homage to the Italian excellence
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Colorfully Subversive: Poltronova’s Radical Designs
Fun, bright and subversive, TLmag talks to Poltronova owner Roberta Meloni and designer Donatello D’Angelo about the radical Italian design movement Hundreds of black
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Poltronova and the forest of impertinent objects
In Bruxelles an exhibition explores the “insurrectional“ language of a bunch of designers against conventions and good rules of style, driven by the
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Ettore Sottsass and Poltronova AT CSAC
On Friday, September the 21st at 18.30 last appointment dedicated to Ettore Sottsass at the CSAC: Francesca Balena Arista, Milco Carboni and Poltronova
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JOUETS À JOUER — OGGETTI NELLA FORESTA
With the current international focus on Radical Design, or Contro Design, the Centro Studi Poltronova is presenting, as part of September Design 2018,
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CORRIERE DELLA SERA STYLE MAGAZINE
The Italian magazine “Style” by Corriere della sera has just published Superonda Stripes, designed by Andrea Branzi in the occasion of Superonda fiftieth
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JOE, THE FIRST MONOGRAPH BY POLTRONOVA
Centro Studi Poltronova (the Poltronova Research Center) was created in 2005, among other purposes, to build an archive of important documents related to
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Poltronova Superonda Special — Limited edition by Archizoom
Set design by D’Apostrophe Giardino della Triennale di Milano viale Alemagna 6, 20121 Milano 17th/22nd April 2018 press preview, Monday 16th April, 11:00 a.m./6:00 p.m. opening, Tuesday
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Poltronova protagonista del nuovo video musicale di Calibro 35
The funk-jazz band Calibro 35 pays homage to Poltronova and her designers in her latest music video. Ultrafragola, T01, Sofo, Gherpe and Passiflora become
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Superonda on Freeda
Stephanie Glitter tells us about the history of PVC in fashion from a flamboyant red Superonda.
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ITALIANA — Narrating italian history through fashion 1971-2001 at Palazzo Reale
Poltronova is honoured to be part of ITALIAN exhibition, curated by Maria Luisa Frisa and Stefano Tonchi at Palazzo Reale, in Milan till
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Superstudio 50, Power Station of art, Shanghai
Superstudio 50 Time:December 16, 2017 – March 11, 2018 Curator:Gabriele Mastrigli Location:3F, PSA Address:200 Huayuangang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, 200011 Organizer:Power Station of Art Co-Organizers:MAXXI (National Museum of 21st
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Ettore Sottsass. Oltre il design at CSAC Parma
On Saturday, November 18, the exhibition of Ettore Sottsass opens at CSAC University of Parma. In addition to the design, curated by CSAC
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IO DONNA
Joe Bloom, the last special edition launched by Poltronova, is now published in "IO Donna" of the "Corriere della Sera" group.
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Panorama
The Italian magazine "Panorama" has just published Joe Bloom, the latest addition to the Poltronova family. Poltronova is happy to share this publication.
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Meet Joe Bloom
The encounter between Roberta Meloni, president of Centro Studi Poltronova, and the architect Hussain Harba has led to “Bloom”, a tribute to Joe:
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UTOPIE RADICALI at Palazzo Strozzi
The exhibition presents a wide selection of the work – design objects, videos, performances, installations - of the so-called radical architects who developed
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ADI DESIGN INDEX 2017
Yesterday – October 9th, the ceremony officially took place at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci. You can
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paristurin.ch shows Poltronova
Selected Italian design classics from the 70s of the Italian furniture icon Poltronova, thanks to the commitment of Benjamin Kurz
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There is a planet at Milan Triennale
There is a planet is a journey, a monographic exhibition that illustrates the work of this eclectic artist. Overseen by Michele de Lucchi
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CORRIERE DELLA SERA
Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera", just published a long article about Ettore Sottsass. Poltronova is very happy of being featured with its mirror/lamp
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Cortona on the move 2017
Centro Studi Poltronova becomes festival official partner. Indeed, selected artworks from the well-known Tuscan company will be materially visible
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Waiting for the sun
Curated by Martha Kirszenbaum Dora Budor Margaret Honda Matthew Lutz-Kinoy Laure Prouvost Reza Shafahi Opening Saturday may 13, 2017, 6 p m - 10 p m / sunday may 14,
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Superstudio – Mobili 1966-2016
On the occasion of the International Furnishing Fair IMM and the Passages (Interior Design Week Cologne) the exhibition of the architects group Superstudio
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Architettura invisibile
This project of exhibition wishes to present the 1960s’ and 1970s’ Italian and Japanese radical avant-garde experiences and the project ideas of their
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Ettore Sottsass. A private scrapbook
Centro Studi Poltronova is happy to announce that the documentary Ettore Sottsass. A private scrapbook. 1957–2007 has been selected by Milano Design Film Festival,
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Cortona on the move 2016
From Thursday, 2016 July 17, at the same time with the beginning of Cortona On The Move, Centro Studi Poltronova becomes festival official
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Superstudio 50 at MAXXI
MAXXI presents “Superstudio 50” 50 years on from its foundation, MAXXI is devoting a major retrospective to the group: SUPERSTUDIO 50. Known for the
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Poltronova Backstage
Poltronova Backstage, curated by Francesca Balena Arista explores the history of the Italian furniture company Poltronova. It is a snapshot of the radical
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Domestic Icons at Salone del Mobile 2016
Poltronova showed its most iconic, engaging and still exciting furnishings, two re-editions and a book in an all-white space at Milan Design Week
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Creativa Produzione
From furniture to objects, from vehicles to graphic design. An exhibition focusing on the relations between the project culture and the world of
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Cortona On The Move 2015
For the second consecutive year of cooperation with the Cortona On The Move festival, this edition’s protagonist is the Superstudio group, with the
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Firenze4ever2015
On the occasion of the event Firenze4ever 2015, Centro Studi Poltronova consolidates the relationship with Luisa Via Roma, true to the traditions of
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EMMA
Ultrafragola at Pop Art Design exhibition 18 February 2015 – 10 May 2015 EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art WeeGee Exhibition Centre
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Superonda Feat Archizoom
Superonda Feat Archizoom con Dario Bartolini, Antonio Carloni, Gilberto Corretti e Roberta Meloni. Date: 2014.10.21 Location: Grid #01/02, Florence
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Andrea Branzi
Centro Studi Poltronova at Museum of Decorative Arts of Bordeaux From 2014/10/19 to 2015/01/25 at Espace Saint-Rémi. Exhibition "Andrea Branzi
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Gallery Redcat
Centro Studi Poltronova at Gallery Redcat of Los Angeles From September 27th to November 23rd, 2014, the Gallery Redcat will present "Small Museum for the
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Cortona On The Move
Till September 28, at Cortona our design works are on display at the photo festival Cortona On The Move 2014. Sit, relax and make
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New website
With the first dynamic illustration designed by the Florence studio D'Apostrophe, It is online our new website. Keep in touch for the next
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Museo Novecento
Museo Novecento - a Florence museum entirely dedicated to Italian 20th Century Art - opened to the public today: exhibition and museum design
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Sottsass
Great emotions for all of us, memories and thoughts of a great master. Yesterday in Milan at the Galleria Carla Sozzani, Phaidon honored
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1968 Radical Italian Furniture
1968 Radical Italian Furniture Photographs by Maurizio Cattelan & Pieropaolo Ferrari with Alessandro Mendini (Illustrator), Maria Cristina Didero (Contributor) Hardcover, 120 pages Deste Foundation/Toilet Paper, Slp Brdbk
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Ettore Sottsass
Ettore Sottsass Ultimate monograph on influential Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass by Philippe Thomé Hardback, 320 x 230 mm, 500 pages, Phaidon Press, May 19
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De Pas D’Urbino Lomazzi
De Pas D'Urbino Lomazzi edited by Maria Teresa Feraboli Cover illustration by Luca Enoch 2014, Libraccio Editore
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Prospero Rasulo
Prospero Rasulo was born in Stigliano di Matera in 1953. Artist and designer, firstly for the Alchimia Studio and then in his own,
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Pop Art Design
Pop Art Design 22 October 2013 - 9 February 2014 Art Gallery, Barbican, London Picture credits © Collection Vitra Design Museum
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1000 Lights
1000 Lights edited by Charlotte & Peter Fiell Hardcover, 14,5 x 19,5 cm, 640 pages Taschen
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Decorative Art 60s
Decorative Art 60s edited by Charlotte & Peter Fiell Hardcover, 15,1 x 19,5 cm, 576 pages Taschen
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La biblioteca dell’interior design
Pop Style, n. 7, 2013 La biblioteca dell'interior design Il Sole 24 Ore
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Analogia Project
Analogia Project by Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra June 18th 2013 SPAZIO GRID #01/02, Borgo Ognissanti 28, Florence Some iconic furniture of historical company Poltronova are sketched in
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Radical Minds Radical Design
RADICAL MINDS RADICAL DESIGN 14th of June _ 21st of July, 2013 edited by Alessandro Romanini with Stefano Pezzato ARCHIZOOM NIGEL COATES GIANNI PETTENA ANDREA SALVETTI ETTORE SOTTSASS SUPERSTUDIO UFO Friday, 14th of June
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Toilet Paper
Wallpaper*170 Toilet Paper May 2013 Here is the making of Dakis's Revenge: Behind-the-scenes of the W*170 Toilet Paper shoot
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Superstudio Backstage 1966-1978
SUPERSTUDIO BACKSTAGE 1966-1978 28.04.2013 - 26.05.2013 edited by Cristiano Toraldo di Francia and Mariadele Conti Fondazione Pescheria, Centro Arti Visive, Pesaro
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Donne in bottega
Donne in bottega (Women in shop) The presence of handicraft women / protodesigner / designer / entrepreneurs in Lombardy from 1906 to 2012 15.03.2013 -
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Pop Art Design
Pop Art Design 21.02.2013 - 09.06.2013 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebæk, Denmark
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KAMA sesso e design
KAMA sesso e design (KAMA sex and design) December 5th, 2012 - March 10, 2013 Triennale Design Museum
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Pop Art Design
Pop Art Design 13.10.2012 - 03.02.2013 Vitra Design Museum Picture credits © Collection Vitra Design Museum
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Italian Genius Now
Italian Genius Now Brazil 6 June - 12 August 2012 Santander Cultural presents, Porto Alegre
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Superstudio Backstage
Superstudio Backstage Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato a Special event edited by Stefano Pezzato and Cristiano Toraldo di Francia with Archivio Superstudio
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Un coro a tre voci
Un coro a tre voci (A three-voice chorus) "Un coro a tre voci" Exhibition, 2011 May 14 - July 10, Lanificio Conte, Schio (VI)
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Dream Factories
Dream Factories People, ideas and paradoxes of Italian design 5 April 2011 - 4 March 2012 La Triennale di Milano, Design Museum
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Nigel Coates
Nigel Coates is architect, designer and author. Born in 1949, and trained at University of Nottingham and the Architectural Association. Nigel Coates is
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Ballo plus Ballo
Ballo plus Ballo, The language of the object through the photos of Aldo Ballo and Marirosa Toscani Ballo, PAC Exhibition, Milan
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Re-value
Centro Studi Poltronova presents "Re-value, the new mis-assembly line", factory workshop from 2008 to… the end of orphaned manufactures. Creative director : Pier Paolo
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Dritto Rovescio
Dritto Rovescio: Fili intrecciati tra arte, design e creatività di massa, Triennale di Milano, 24 Febbraio-29 Marzo 2009
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Out There
Out There: Architecture Beyond Building 11th International Architecture Exhibition Director: Aaron Betsky 14th September – 23rd November 2008 Sites: Arsenale and Giardini Director appointed by President Paolo Baratta
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Mies
The Mies armchair in its structure is a project that reminds Mies Van der Rohe's philosopher, and he was one of the characters
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DeSiGN PaRaDe 03
DeSiGN PaRaDe 03 EXHIBITS INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FESTIVAL JULY 4, 5 & 6, 2008 HYèReS CONTESTS EXHIBITS ENCOUNTERS FROM JULY 6 TO SEPTEMBER 21, 2008 In the Tour des
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Vorrei sapere perché
Vorrei sapere perché. (I would like to know why) Una mostra su Ettore Sottsass. (An exhibition about Ettore Sottsass) 06.12.07 - 02.03.08 Salone degli Incanti, ex
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Plexiglas
Plexiglas Material in Architecture and Design Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt Museum Künstlerkolonie 16/09/07 - 06/01/08
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Speed
Speed a Arte da Velocidade na Casa FIAT de Cultura (the Art of Speed at FIAT Culture House) BELVEDERE - Nova Lima / MG, Brasile 13.06.2007
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Mies on “A&W” magazine
A&W Architektur and Wohnen April/May 2007 Mies on "A&W" magazine, 2007 April-May
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Il Modo Italiano
The Mart, with "Il modo italiano" focuses on the theme of design and its links with the visual arts and industrial production
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Italy Made In Art Now
Italy Made In Art Now Contemporary Arts & Industrial Design edited by Achille Bonito Oliva MOCA Shangai, 2006
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Ettore Sottsass Architect and Designer
Ettore Sottsass Architect and Designer Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA March 12 - June 11, 2006
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50+2Y Italian Design, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
50+2Y Italian Design, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
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Italian Beauty
Italian Beauty: 100 products to the top Transformation of the Modern Design November 11th - November 25th, 2005 Calenzano (FI)
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HabitatMed
HabitatMed Cooperation, contamination and material culture as vehicles of development EuropeanMediterraneanSystem
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Poltronova adventure… over time
Gianni Pettena. Furniture filters its own time, absorbing and retaining the ingredients, the dust of cosmic wind.
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The Poltronova spirit
Andrea Branzi. In the 1960s, in a region such as Tuscany which produced literally nothing in the field of design, Poltronova had all
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Centro Studi Poltronova
Roberta Meloni. The Centro Studi Poltronova was created in 2005 for two reasons
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Focus on chaise longue
Focus on chaise longue Udine, International Chair Exhibition, 8-11 September 2005
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Centro Studi Poltronova
Centro Studi Poltronova was founded in 2005 by Roberta Meloni, in order to archive all the historical documents of Poltronova firm about Italian
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Luxury in Living
Luxury in Living Italian Designers for Italian Industries London, Royal Academy of Arts, 18-27 March 2005
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MEDesign
MEDesign: Forms of the Mediterranean November 5th – December 12th 2004 Palazzo della Borsa (Palace of Stock Exchange), Genova, Italy
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Architectural Digest
Collector's Edition AD - Architectural Digest The International Magazine of Interior Design May 2004
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La fabbrica bella
The exhibition La fabbrica bella (The beautiful factory) was organized by Regione Toscana, Toscana Promozione and CSM-Centro Sperimentale del Mobile e dell'Arredamento. It
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1945-2000 Il Design in Italia
1945-2000 Il Design in Italia: 100 Oggetti della Collezione Permanente del Design Italiano, Triennale di Milano, Milan
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Ron Arad
Ron Arad was born in Tel Aviv in 1951 and studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Art (1971-73) and at the Architectural Association
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Moma
Recognizing that the object in our society often serves as a fetish, some designers underscore that the quality by assigning to their designs
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Joe
With the opera "Joe" the designers De Pas, D’Urbino and Lomazzi, in 1970 wanted to express their admiration for one of the great
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De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi
Donato D'Urbino and Paolo Lomazzi have been working together since 1966. Their professional activities include architecture, industrial design, development of furniture and fittings, and
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Ettore Sottsass Jr
Born in Innsbruck in 1917, Ettore Sottsass Jr. graduated from Turin Polytechnic in 1939. For some years he worked with his father, Ettore
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Archizoom Associati
Archizoom Associati was founded in Florence in 1966 by Andrea Branzi, Gilberto Corretti, Paolo Deganello and Massimo Morozzi, and in 1968 Dario and
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Sanremo
Work of Dario Bartolini (Archizoom Associati). He designed the Sanremo as an engagement present for his future bride at an engagement party in
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Gherpe
Perhaps influenced by my keen interest in marine biology, one summer morning in 1967 I dreamt of a shape half animal, half artificial.
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Superstudio
Founded in Florence in 1967 and composed of Adolfo Natalini, Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, Roberto Magris, Piero Frassinelli, Alessandro Magris and Alessadro Poli
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Superonda
The Superonda was born as a development of a prototype that appeared in the Superarchitettura in Pistoia, a cardboard and plywood prototype that
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Superarchitettura
Superarchitecture is the architecture of super production, superconsumption, of the superinduction for consumption, the supermarket, the superman and the superpetrol. So reads the poster
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Passiflora
White body and yellow flower. Adolfo Natalini designed Passiflora, a diagonal cut at the base would give the object a pseudo natural state,
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Saratoga
Either orange or white. Made with a wood box frame finished in highly reflective polyester lacquer, plus feather-filled cushions covered in leather, Saratoga
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Vignelli Associates
Massimo Vignelli, born in Milan, studied architecture in Milan and Venice. He came to the United States from 1957 to 1960 on fellowship