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UN—Poltronova at MDW 2026
Inside Lella and Massimo Vignelli: A Language of Clarity at @triennalemilano, the work of one of the most influential design duos of the twentieth century comes into focus through a vision that moves across graphic design, product design, and architecture under the principle of “Design is One”.
Within the exhibition, Saratoga plays a central role in tracing the early stages of Lella and Massimo Vignelli’s collaboration with Poltronova.
Designed in 1964, Saratoga translates their idea of design into built form: a rigorous synthesis of geometry, function, and formal clarity, articulated through essential volumes and an explicitly architectural structure.
Its presence in the exhibition extends beyond the object itself. It also points to the broader contribution of the Vignellis to the identity of the brand, which in those same years included the graphic design of Poltronova’s catalogues: a systemic, coherent, and radical body of work that helped define one of the earliest integrated expressions of design and communication within Italian design culture.
⚪️ Lella and Massimo Vignelli: A Language of Clarity
📍 Triennale Milano, Viale Alemagna 6, Milan
⏳ on view until September 6th
Curated by Francesca Picchi, with Marco Sammicheli and Studio Mut (Martin Kerschbaumer and Thomas Kronbichler)
Exhibition design: Jasper Morrison Office for Design with David Saik
In collaboration with: Vignelli Center for Design Studies, Rochester Institute of Technology (USA)
📸 Slide 4-5 Photo credits:
Lella and Massimo Vignelli. A Language of Clarity. Installation view. Triennale Milano 2026.
Photo: Delfino Sisto Legnani, DSL Studio © Triennale Milano
#Poltronova #MilanoDesignWeek2026 #LellaAndMassimoVignelli #Saratoga #TriennaleMilano
UN—Poltronova at MDW 2026
Inside Andrea Branzi by Toyo Ito. A Continuous Present at @triennalemilano, a key chapter of Radical Design unfolds through more than sixty years of Andrea Branzi’s research, interpreted through the vision of Toyo Ito.
The exhibition traces a biographical journey from Archizoom and Superarchitettura to Branzi’s anthropological approach to design. Themes of fragility, hybridization, ecology, and coexistence shape a fluid exhibition conceived as a continuous present. Over 400 works. Installations, objects, models, drawings, videos, and archival materials build an evolving landscape of ideas.
Within this radical moment, Poltronova’s dialogue with Archizoom emerges.
On view:
Superonda (1967). The modular anti-sofa redefining domestic space.
Safari (1968). The “imperial sofa”. Afro-Tyrolean kitsch. Radical irony.
Two manifesto pieces. One decisive collaboration. A new idea of living.
Andrea Branzi by Toyo Ito. A Continuous Present
📍Triennale Milano, Viale Alemagna 6
⏳March 19th — October 4th 2026
Produced by Triennale Milano and Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
Concept and exhibition design:Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
Curated by Nina Bassoli and Michela Alessandrini
In collaboration with Lorenza Branzi and Nicoletta Morozzi
Slide n.7-8 photo credits:
Andrea Branzi by Toyo Ito. Continuous Present.
Installation view. Triennale Milano 2026
Shot by Andrea Rossetti © Triennale Milano
#Poltronova #MilanoDesignWeek2026 #RadicalDesign #AndreaBranzi #TriennaleMilano
Superonda???
Superonda can be…a sofa, a bed, a chaise longue, or… whatever you want.
Designed by Archizoom Associati for Poltronova, Superonda is a dynamic modular sofa made of two wave modules you can flip, stack and rearrange freely. Radical Italian design.
No rules… just positions.
#Superonda #ArchizoomAssociati #Poltronova #RadicalDesign #ItalianDesign
UN—
Domestic space is no longer defined.
Poltronova returns to Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026 with an installation shaped by instability. Open. In constant transformation.
After XS, where surface generated space, UN— operates through subtraction.
Not what is shown. What remains incomplete. Suspended. In progress. Wrong?
Space is not presented as a finished form.
It is constructed as it unfolds.
April 21–26
Rho Fiera Milano | Hall 24 D33
Join us inside an UN-defined space. If you can.
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#Poltronova #SalonedelMobile #MDW2026 #MilanDesignWeek #Salone2026
If you get it, you love it.
Not everyone will understand it.
But those who do… fall for it.
Since 1957, Poltronova has been redefining design through radical collaborations and unconventional ideas — from Ettore Sottsass jr. to Bethan Laura Wood — creating objects that exist somewhere between art and function.
Still handcrafted in Italy.
Still not for everyone.
Poltronova.
UN—Conventional Design.
#Poltronova #UnconventionalDesign #ItalianDesign #FurnitureDesign #CollectibleDesign
〰 Superonda is not just a sofa.
It is a new way of living.
Designed in 1967 by Archizoom Associati, this modular system redefined comfort through movement, freedom, and play. a radical icon of Italian design that still feels ahead of its time.
This monograph by Centro Studi Poltronova explores its story and lasting impact.
☞ Discover more on our website. link in bio.
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#ItalianDesign #RadicalDesign #Superonda #DesignHistory #Poltronova
