Califfo

by Ettore Sottsass jr.

Il divano Califfo, disegnato nel 1962 da Ettore Sottsass per Poltronova, ritorna, dopo una lunga assenza, in produzione nel 2025. Califfo è uno e trino: la struttura portante è una panchina con schienale e sezioni laterali in listelli di legno. Corredato di comodi cuscini rivestiti per la seduta, gli schienali e i braccioli; può essere divano da salotto, ma anche sommier per l’ospite inatteso, o per un riposo pomeridiano. Non solo un divano, ma un prodotto polifunzionale, privo dei marchingegni dei divani/letto in commercio, che rivela come il design di Sottsass sappia coniugare estetica e funzione in modo semplice ed elegante.

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anno1964
tipologiadivano
dimensioni200[l] x 83[p] x 63[a] cm
materiali[struttura] frassino massello verniciato all’anilina
[cuscini] poliuretano espanso
[rivestimento] cotone rigenerato o ciniglia o misto cotone-lino
colori[struttura] nero, rosso cinabro, bianco avorio, grigio fango, rosa prugna, verde foglia
[rivestimento] nero, blu notte, blu polvere, blu acquamarina, grigio new york, giallo solidago, verde mela, rosa antico

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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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Before smartphones. Before social media.   ⚡️🍓 Ultrafragola was born.   Today, this mirror/lamp is an icon.  ✍️ Text & voice over by Cecilia Marzocchi @cclmrz  📖 Discover more in our Ultrafragola Monography, available on our store.   🔗 Link in bio.   #Poltronova #Ultrafragola #DesignIcon #EttoreSottsass #Mirror #TikTokDesign #PinkWavyMirror #UltrafragolaMirror

🟩🟪 Sofo. Born in the sixties, yet still moving, shifting, surprising.

💭 From interiors to imagination—Sofo turns any space into a playground.

Armchair, sofa, miniature or rug: which one would you pick?
[All of them?]

🛋️ Armchair and sofa by Superstudio
🤏 Sofo miniature, scale 1:8 — now available
🌀 Tappeto Sofo / rug design by Superstudio — Made by Poltronova with @cc_tapis

🔗 Link in bio to discover more!

📸 Pictures by @kaylaraquel.studio
💡 Shooting production by @emmabyvanck.dvd

#Poltronova #Superstudio #SofoSofa #Sofa #RadicalDesign #PopDesign #Design #CollectibleDesign #Furniture #MadeInItaly

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🟩🟪 Sofo. Born in the sixties, yet still moving, shifting, surprising.

💭 From interiors to imagination—Sofo turns any space into a playground.

Armchair, sofa, miniature or rug: which one would you pick?
[All of them?]

🛋️ Armchair and sofa by Superstudio
🤏 Sofo miniature, scale 1:8 — now available
🌀 Tappeto Sofo / rug design by Superstudio — Made by Poltronova with @cc_tapis

🔗 Link in bio to discover more!

📸 Pictures by @kaylaraquel.studio
💡 Shooting production by @emmabyvanck.dvd

#Poltronova #Superstudio #SofoSofa #Sofa #RadicalDesign #PopDesign #Design #CollectibleDesign #Furniture #MadeInItaly

🟩🟪 Sofo. Not your ordinary sofa.    🤍 Designed in 1968 by Superstudio
💚 Covered in bold pop stripes  🩷 Stackable, playful, radical   — Armchair and sofa by Superstudio
— Sofo miniature, scale 1:8 — now available
— Tappeto Sofo / rug design by Superstudio — Made by Poltronova with @cc_tapis
  🔗 Link in bio to discover more 
📸 Pictures by @kaylaraquel.studio
💡 Shooting production by @emmabyvanck.dvd

#Poltronova #Superstudio #SofoSofa #Sofa #RadicalDesign #PopDesign #Design #CollectibleDesign #Furniture #MadeInItaly

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🟩🟪 Sofo. Not your ordinary sofa.    🤍 Designed in 1968 by Superstudio
💚 Covered in bold pop stripes  🩷 Stackable, playful, radical   — Armchair and sofa by Superstudio
— Sofo miniature, scale 1:8 — now available
— Tappeto Sofo / rug design by Superstudio — Made by Poltronova with @cc_tapis
  🔗 Link in bio to discover more 
📸 Pictures by @kaylaraquel.studio
💡 Shooting production by @emmabyvanck.dvd

#Poltronova #Superstudio #SofoSofa #Sofa #RadicalDesign #PopDesign #Design #CollectibleDesign #Furniture #MadeInItaly

Surfin’ on Superonda 🏄🏻‍♀️ 
In Italian, Superonda means “super wave” — and that’s exactly how it moves.
This iconic sofa by Archizoom Associati isn’t just a sofa: it’s a chaise longue, a bed, a wave of radical design. 🌊 
✨ Swipe through our catalog to discover all the available covers.
🔗 Link in bio! 
Superonda by Archizoom Associati 
🎞️ Photos by @kaylaraquel.studio  
👩‍🎨 Shooting production by @emmabyvanck.dvd

#Poltronova #Superonda #ArchizoomAssociati #ItalianDesign #ModularSofa #RadicalDesign #PopDesign #DesignIcon #InteriorInspo

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Surfin’ on Superonda 🏄🏻‍♀️ 
In Italian, Superonda means “super wave” — and that’s exactly how it moves.
This iconic sofa by Archizoom Associati isn’t just a sofa: it’s a chaise longue, a bed, a wave of radical design. 🌊 
✨ Swipe through our catalog to discover all the available covers.
🔗 Link in bio! 
Superonda by Archizoom Associati 
🎞️ Photos by @kaylaraquel.studio  
👩‍🎨 Shooting production by @emmabyvanck.dvd

#Poltronova #Superonda #ArchizoomAssociati #ItalianDesign #ModularSofa #RadicalDesign #PopDesign #DesignIcon #InteriorInspo

Superonda, dynamic sofa by Archizoom Associati  · Designed in 1967 by the Florentine Radical group Archizoom, this was the first sofa without a conventional frame.

· It is composed of two waves made from a polyurethane block cut into two parts with an S—shaped incision, which can be interlocked and stacked to produce different configurations.   · The lightness and modular design permit a range of various uses: Superonda can be a sofa, a bed or a chaise longue.
 · Like many of the pieces designed by the Archizoom group, it challenges bourgeois conventions, stimulating the creativity and fantasy of the user.   · The shiny leatherette cover in the basic colors of white, black and red accentuates the pop image.  📸 Photo credits:  From the archive: © Dario Bartolini Ph. Kayla Raquel Studio @kaylaraquel.studio — Photoshoot production @emmabyvanck.dvd   #Poltronova #Superonda #Sofa #RadicalDesign #ArchizoomAssociati #PopDesign #Design #Architecture #Furniture #ItalianDesign #MadeInItaly #DesignLovers #Iconic #InteriorDesign #ModularDesign

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Superonda, dynamic sofa by Archizoom Associati  · Designed in 1967 by the Florentine Radical group Archizoom, this was the first sofa without a conventional frame.

· It is composed of two waves made from a polyurethane block cut into two parts with an S—shaped incision, which can be interlocked and stacked to produce different configurations.   · The lightness and modular design permit a range of various uses: Superonda can be a sofa, a bed or a chaise longue.
 · Like many of the pieces designed by the Archizoom group, it challenges bourgeois conventions, stimulating the creativity and fantasy of the user.   · The shiny leatherette cover in the basic colors of white, black and red accentuates the pop image.  📸 Photo credits:  From the archive: © Dario Bartolini Ph. Kayla Raquel Studio @kaylaraquel.studio — Photoshoot production @emmabyvanck.dvd   #Poltronova #Superonda #Sofa #RadicalDesign #ArchizoomAssociati #PopDesign #Design #Architecture #Furniture #ItalianDesign #MadeInItaly #DesignLovers #Iconic #InteriorDesign #ModularDesign

～ design that moves with you ～

More than a sofa — a radical landscape to explore. Superonda adapts to your energy, defying stillness with every curve.  Born in 1967 to question the ordinary, it still refuses to play by the rules.

Own a piece of revolution.  
 📸 Photo credits: @kaylaraquel.studio
🎨 Art direction: @emmabyvanck.dvd

#Poltronova #Superonda #ArchizoomAssociati #RadicalDesign #DesignIcon #ModularSofa #ItalianDesign #InteriorDesign #Furniture #PopDesign

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～ design that moves with you ～

More than a sofa — a radical landscape to explore. Superonda adapts to your energy, defying stillness with every curve.  Born in 1967 to question the ordinary, it still refuses to play by the rules.

Own a piece of revolution.  
 📸 Photo credits: @kaylaraquel.studio
🎨 Art direction: @emmabyvanck.dvd

#Poltronova #Superonda #ArchizoomAssociati #RadicalDesign #DesignIcon #ModularSofa #ItalianDesign #InteriorDesign #Furniture #PopDesign

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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