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! Objects, processes, experiences curated byĀ Francesca Zanella, produced byĀ CSAC ā The Study Centre and Communication Archive of the
Design Break 13 ā Ultrafragola and the Mobili Grigi series
Ā Lo specchioĀ UltrafragolaĀ ĆØ lāunico elemento entrato in produzione tra i Mobili Grigi di Ettore Sottsass, tutti gli altri sono stati realizzati in pochissimi esemplari. Le parole con cui Sottsass descrive questa serie, caratterizzata da Ā«forme tondeggianti e gonfiate (per sempre) forme
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 il DesignāDallāArchivio storico alle riedizioni. Il design come crescita culturaleā. The article provide an interesting eye on
Design Break 07 ā Ettore Sottsass jr. interviewed by Francesca Balena Arista
From Ettore Sottsass. A private scrapbook. 1957ā2007 How did your relationship with Poltronova begin? Ā«As I think Iāve written somewhere, my story with Poltronova began in 1956ā57. In 1956 I was in the United States and more or less unemployed both when I went
Design Break 05 ā 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 world. When not shamefaced and relegated to bare functionalism, the mirror is the most evocative of all household
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 by BelƩn Imaz. In the context of a 14th century Tuscan convent, a series of Poltronova objects
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 Anthropologie's creative director.
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 St from October 29th to November 10th. The new Anteprima concept (this is the name of the pop-up)
Porto Design Biennale
Porto Design BiennaleĀ intends to promote, revitalize and internationalize the thinking and practice in design. The first edition takes place between September and December 2019 in several locations of Matosinhos and Porto. To speak of new millennium tensions is to enunciate a diffuse
The strategist
Click here to read a very nice article about Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, written by Hilary Reid from The Strategist.