Califfo

by Ettore Sottsass jr.

The Califfo sofa, designed in 1962 by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, returns to production in 2025 after a long absence. Califfo is one and threefold: its supporting structure is a bench with a backrest and side sections made of wooden slats. It comes with soft, upholstered cushions for the seat, backrests, and armrests; it can serve as a living room sofa, a daybed for an unexpected guest, or a spot for an afternoon nap. More than just a sofa, it is a versatile piece, free from the mechanisms typical of commercial sofa beds, and it shows how Sottsass’s design effortlessly merges aesthetics and function with simplicity and elegance.

To request information, please write to info@poltronova.it, for a quote to sales@poltronova.it.

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Chart

year1964
typologysofa
dimension200[l] x 83[w] x 63[h] cm
materials[frame] solid ash wood with aniline finish
[cushions] polyurethane foam
[cover] regenerated cotton or chenille or cotton-linen blend
colors[frame] black, cinnabar red, ivory white, mud grey, plum pink, leaf green
[cover] black, midnight blue, powder blue, aquamarine blue, new york grey, goldenrod yellow, apple green, old rose

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Exhibitions

- - 1970Eurodomus 3, Palazzo dell’Arte, Milan
  - 1971Domus Italian Design, Harrods, London
  - 1991Mobili Italiani 1961-1991. Le varie età dei linguaggi, Triennale, Milan
  - 1999Ettore Sottsass, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan
  - 20031945–2000 Il Design In Italia: 100 Oggetti della Collezione Permanente del Design Italiano, Triennale di Milano, Milan / La Fabbrica Bella, Centro Cultural Justiça Federal, Rio de Janeiro / La Fabbrica Bella, Altman Building, New York
  - 2004I Maestri: Design Italiano, Triennale di Milano travelling exhibition / Radical Design, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy
  - 2005Sottsass Progetti 1946—2005, MART, Museo di Arte Moderna di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
  - 2006Italy Made In Art: Now, Contemporary Arts and Industrial Design, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Shanghai / Ettore Sottsass Architect And Designer, LACMA, Los Angeles
  - 2007Plexiglass: Werkstoff in Architektur und Design = material in architecture and design, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany / Ettore Sottsass: Vorrei Sapere Perché, Salone degli Incanti, Ex Pescheria, Trieste
  - 2008Abitare il tempo, Verona Fiere, Verona, Italy
  - 2010Biennale Internazionale del Design, Palazzo dei Capitani, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
  - 2011Creative Junctions, National Museum of China, Beijing / Meet Design: An Italian Story, Museo dei Fori Imperiali, Rome / Meet Design: An Italian Story, Palazzo Bertalazone, Turin / Le Fabbriche Dei Sogni, Triennale di Milano, Milan
  - 2012Pop Art Design, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany / Pop Art Design, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
  - 2013Pop Art Design, Moderna Museet, Stockholm / Pop Art Design, Barbican Art Gallery, London
  - 2015Creativa Produzione: La Toscana e il design Italiano 1950–1990, Fondazione Ragghianti, Lucca, Italy / Firenze 4 ever, 11th edition, LuisaViaRoma, Florence / Pop Art Design, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
  - 2017Radical Utopias: Beyond architecture: Florence 1966—1976, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
  - 2018Joeuts à Jouer: Oggetti nella foresta, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Brussels, Belgium / Italiana: L’Italia vista dalla moda 1971–2001, Palazzo Reale, Milan / Radical Utopias: Beyond architecture: Florence 1966–1976, CCA Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  - 2019Museo del Design Italiano, Triennale, Milan / I–Made: Italian Manufacture Art & Design exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, London / Porto Design Biennale, Palácio das Artes Fundação da Juventude, Porto
  - 2020Poltronova. La casa non domestica, Contemporary Cluster, Rome

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From Ettore Sottsass jr. to Bethan Laura Wood and beyond, our pieces continue to inspire new ways of inhabiting space.

🇮🇹 Made in Italy.
🌍 Loved all over the world.

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Ettore Sottsass jr.

1917 — 2007

Designed for Poltronova:
Califfo, Crazy Horse, Ultrafragola, Asteroide, Barbarella, Superbox, Mobili grigi, Pranzo aromatico, Yantra, Nefertiti, Malatesta