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 I would print them. I quickly realized I could make up for my weak writing skills with
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 world. When not shamefaced and relegated to bare functionalism, the mirror is the most evocative of all household
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 world. Poltronova Backstage. Fortino Editions, 2016. Curated by Francesca Balena Arista www.fortinoeditions.com www.garmentory.com I had on my pale-green rubber rain boots when I
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 world. Dear Andrea, if I say Superonda, what comes to your mind? He smiles I think of the fact that
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 world. On December 4, 1966 an exhibition called Superarchitettura was inaugurated in Pistoia at the Jolly 2 gallery. Previously,
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 world. In 1966 Jonathan De Pas (1932—1991), Donato D’Urbino (1935) and Paolo Lomazzi (1936) launched a partnership that
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 Belén Imaz. In the context of a 14th century Tuscan convent, a series of Poltronova objects
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 the Sixties.
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.
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 Museum of Triennale Milano, a lamp designed in 1968 by Superstudio, which will become part of the