Joe

✧ Everyday object. Larger than life.

Meet Joe.

Designed by De Pas, D’Urbino and Lomazzi for Poltronova in 1970, Joe transforms one of the most recognizable objects in American culture, the baseball glove, into an unexpectedly generous place to sit.

Its name is a tribute to Joe DiMaggio, the legendary baseball player who had already transcended sport to become an American cultural icon.
Inspired by the visual language of Pop Art, the designers took something familiar and changed its scale completely. The glove became monumental. The object became furniture. And something associated with the baseball field suddenly entered the domestic interior.

That shift in scale is what gives Joe its unmistakable presence.
Large, soft and immediately recognizable, the chair invites interaction almost instinctively. You don’t simply look at Joe. You climb into it, sit inside it, move with it. Hidden wheels underneath make its oversized form unexpectedly mobile, adding another playful dimension to the experience.

More than five decades after its creation, Joe still has the ability to stop people in their tracks.
Perhaps because it sits somewhere between furniture, sculpture and cultural memory.

Or perhaps because the best design can take something everyone knows and make us see it completely differently.

☞ Joe: armchair by De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi. Poltronova. 1970.
⚾︎ Joe Ball: footrest by D’Urbino, Lomazzi. Poltronova. 2020.

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IT’S GIVING PLAY + PLEASURE.
(ON A DESIGN ICON) 🖤

Not every design object asks you to sit properly.
Some invite you to climb, play, disappear into them for a while.
Joe — originally designed in 1970 by De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi for Poltronova — transforms a baseball glove into an oversized domestic landscape: somewhere between soft sculpture, pop imagery and anti-bourgeois provocation.
Shown here in vintage leather upholstery.

Half furniture, half visual statement.
100% comfort.
0% possible to ignore.

📸 Cover shot by Serena Eller Vainicher @serenaeller : Eller Studio @ellerstudio

Joe is a big comfortable chair in the form of a giant baseball glove, mounted on invisible wheels. Inspired by the poetics of Pop Art, the designers gave material form to their admiration for the legendary American baseball player Joe DiMaggio. Through a radical shift in scale, the glove becomes an inhabitable object, bringing a hyperreal image from the world of art into the domestic landscape.
For the fiftieth anniversary of Joe, Poltronova introduced Joe Ball: a leather pouf and footrest shaped like a baseball, designed by D’Urbino and Lomazzi in 2020. Conceived as the natural completion of the armchair, Joe Ball combines comfort, irony and sculptural presence.
Joe Ball pouf/footrest By D’Urbino, Lomazzi for Poltronova, 2020

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When play gets bigger — literally.

⚾️ Joe Ball pouf/footrest by D’Urbino, Lomazzi

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Joe Ball by Poltronova is a leather pouf and footrest created for the fiftieth anniversary of Joe.
Its shape and stitching directly recall a classic baseball, conceived as a natural completion to the Joe armchair.
Inside, a concealed weight makes the pouf stable when used as a seat, preventing it from rolling.

Made in Italy, Joe Ball has a simple form that requires exceptional craftsmanship.
Produced using pre-formed expanded polyurethane, it involves highly accurate manual work to faithfully reproduce a leather baseball on a giant scale.
The leather cover is crafted like an haute couture garment, ensuring the highest quality.
Each piece is unique and available in a wide range of colors.

Three branded marks stamped into the leather guarantee authenticity: the name Joe, the Centro Studi Poltronova logo, and the Joe 50th anniversary mark.

In the video, the object shifts from game to furniture, from scale play to physical interaction, turning Joe Ball into an experience where body, movement, and Italian design collide.

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🧡 Sink into iconic comfort.
The JOE armchair paired with the JOE pouf / footrest is where sculptural design meets everyday lounging.
Soft curves. Grounded presence. Effortless style.

Designed to anchor a space while inviting you to stay a little longer.
This is modern comfort that looks as good as it feels.

🟠 Would you style this set in a living room or a reading corner?

📸 Shot by @kaylaraquel.studio
💡 Shooting production @emmabyvanck.dvd
✍️ Edit @gianlucagarupaionni

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