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Here you will find the press review and all the news related to the protagonists and the historical and future products as well as the ongoing events and those who have made the brand history.
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Hyper Poltronova, Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2024
Centro Studi Poltronova presents Hyper Poltronova Salone Internazionale del Mobile Rho Fiera Milano, Hall 24, Booth D01 – Archizoom Associati –
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Centro Studi Poltronova for Elle Decor Material Home
Centro Studi Poltronova for Elle Decor Material Home a project by Elle Decor Italia Palazzo Bovara corso Venezia 51,
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Centro Studi Poltronova for Capsule Plaza ‘Radical Sensations’
Centro Studi Poltronova for Capsule Plaza ‘Radical Sensations’ Spazio Maiocchi via Achille Maiocchi 7, Milan Centro Studi Poltronova presents
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Centro Studi Poltronova at Fuorisalone. ‹L’Appartamento› Artemest
Centro Studi Poltronova at Fuorisalone L’Appartamento, Artemest Residenza Vignale, via Enrico Toti 2, 5 Vie Art & Design District, Milan PASSIFLORA by Superstudio Artemest selects the iconic Passiflora
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Living Corriere. December 2023
Living Corriere. December 2023 Ultrafragola mirror by Ettore Sottsass jr. appears in the cover and main article of the December 2023 issue of Living
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Vogue NL. September/October 2023
Vogue NL. September/October 2023 Joe armchair by De Pas, D'Urbino, Lomazzi appears in the cover and main article of the September/October 2023 issue of
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Super Forniture, a Selection of Radical Design from Poltronova
20 October - 20 December Art Taipei 2023 Super Forniture, a Selection of Radical Design from Poltronova Centro Studi Poltronova presents ULTRAFRAGOLA by Ettore Sottsass Jr JOE |
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Elle Decor Italia. June 2023
Elle Decor Italia. June 2023 A series of Poltronova objects appear in the June 2023 issue of Elle Decor Italia. The Sanremo floor lamp
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Interni. June 2023
Interni. June 2023 A piece on Ultrafavola, the Poltronova installation for Milano Design Week 2023, appears in the June 2023 issue of Interni.
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Area 06 Interior. May 2023
Area 06 Interior. May 2023 The May 2023 issue of Abitare Interior is centered on Patterns and it features a review on Poltronova's new
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Elle Decor. The Art of Light
17—23 April Milano Design Week 2023 Elle Decor The Art of Light Palazzo Bovara, Corso Venezia 51, Milan Interior Design: Giuliano Andrea dell’Uva Lighting Design: Marinella Patetta and
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Ultrafavola. Poltronova beyond the mirror
17—23 April Milano Design Week 2023 Design Variations by Mosca Partners Circolo Filologico Milanese, via Clerici 10, Milan Centro Studi Poltronova presents ULTRAFAVOLA. Poltronova beyond
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Elle Decor Italia. April 2023
Elle Decor Italia. April 2023 The April 2023 issue of Elle Decor Italia is dedicated to the Milan Design Week 2023. The Sofo armchair
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Abitare 621. January/February 2023
Abitare 621. January/February 2023 The new head quarter of Archivio Poltronova is described in the review ‘At the Heart of Design’.
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Interni. Novembre 2022
Interni. Novembre 2022 In the November 2022 issue of Interni, the double-page ‘PhotograpINg dynamic elements’ is dedicated to the Rumble sofa by Gianni Pettena.
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Elle Decor Italia. July/August 2022
Elle Decor Italia. Luglio/Agosto2022 The Mies armchair and the floor lamp Sanremo by Archizoom Associati are published in the August 2022 issue of Elle
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Turn on, Tune in, Drop by… Afro-Tyrolean kitsch
6 June - 11 September Milano Design Week 2022 Turn on, Tune in, Drop by
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Elle Decor. Design Forever
6–12 June Milano Design Week 2022 Elle Decor Design Forever Palazzo Bovara, Corso Venezia 51, Milan Interior Design: Fabio Calvi and Paolo Brambilla Interactive Installation: KoKoscha Revival Landscape Design:
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Turn on, Tune in, Drop by… 5 5vie Design Week
6–12 June Milano Design Week 2022 Turn on, Tune in, Drop by
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Turn on, Tune in, Drop by… Gianni Pettena… Per parole e per immagini…
May 31 - June 30 Milano Design Week 2022 Turn on, Tune in, Drop by
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XXVII ADI Compasso d’Oro 2020-2021
XXVII ADI Compasso d'Oro. 2020-2021 The Monographs Poltronova designed by Donatello D'Angelo, participated in the XXVII edition of Compasso d'Oro ADI, competing for the
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Design! Objects, processes, experiences
Open to the public on 28 April in Parma, simultaneously in two locations, the Abbey of Valserena and Palazzo Pigorini, the exhibition Design!
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ADI Design Index 2021
ADI Design Index 2021 The Monographs Poltronova designed by Donatello D'Angelo, in 2020-2021 participated in the XXVII edition of Compasso d'Oro ADI, competing for
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Forgiven by Nature
From 15th January to 13th March 2021 at La Verrière - the Brussels headquarters of Fondation d'entreprise Hermès - and at the ISELP,
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Interni. September 2020
Interni. September 2020 The iconic Ultrafragola Mirror by Ettore Sottsass features in the review ‘Le differenti anime del Design Italiano’ by Francesca Balena Arista.
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Design Break 14 — Cristina Morozzi: Radical memories
Poltronova Backstage. Fortino Editions, 2016. Curated by Francesca Balena Arista www.fortinoeditions.com www.garmentory.com Continental, facing their home, and have some chicken broth, because Nanda had such a delicate stomach.
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Poltronova at Contemporary Cluster in Rome
The Contemporary Cluster will be celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of two cult Poltronova items: the Ultrafragola mirror by Ettore Sottsass jr. and the Joe armchair by De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi.
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Design Break 13 — Ultrafragola and the Mobili Grigi series
Lo specchio Ultrafragola è l’unico elemento entrato in produzione tra i Mobili Grigi di Ettore Sottsass, tutti gli altri sono stati realizzati in pochissimi esemplari.
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MD Journal
In the September issue of the trade magazine MD Journal, Elisabetta Trincherini wrote an article about Poltronova entitled "Design Centro Studi Poltronova per
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Design Break 12 — Dario Bartolini, Archizoom Associati: Photos at Poltronova in Agliana
Poltronova Backstage. Fortino Editions, 2016. Curated by Francesca Balena Arista www.fortinoeditions.com www.garmentory.com 1967: In order to reach Agliana we traveled by car from Prato, heading for the outskirts
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Design Break 11 — D’Urbino and Lomazzi interview conducted by Francesca Balena Arista
Let’s start from the beginning: how did Joe and your connection to Poltronova come about? Did the idea come from Sergio Cammilli, director
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Design Break 10 — A SMALL AND DIFFERENT ENTREPRENEUR, Paolo Deganello
Poltronova Backstage. Fortino Editions, 2016. Curated by Francesca Balena Arista www.fortinoeditions.com www.garmentory.com In 1957, Sergio Cammilli rented a small workshop with three or four upholsterers, in Agliana, a
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Design Break 09 — The big wave
The shape of the future Superonda sofa was created for the historic 1966 exhibition Superarchitettura at Galleria Jolly 2 in Pistoia. The event was regarded
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Design Break 08 — The story of a lamp, Christmas 1967. Dario Bartolini, Archizoom Associati
Before the Christmas holidays with my family, I gather together everything needed to build what I have in mind - a light source
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Design Break 07 — Ettore Sottsass jr. interviewed by Francesca Balena Arista
From Ettore Sottsass. A private scrapbook. 1957—2007 How did your relationship with Poltronova begin? «As I think I’ve written somewhere, my story with Poltronova began in 1956—57.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Anteprima Pop-Up
Poltronova is present with Ultrafragola and Superonda in the context of the Fall Edition of the pop-up store in Soho, at 498 Broome
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Florence Biennale
Poltronova has been invited to expose some of its products among ADI Toscana selected projects in the context of XIIth Florence Biennale. Our brand
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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
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Porto Design Biennale
Porto Design Biennale intends to promote, revitalize and internationalize the thinking and practice in design. The first edition takes place between September and December 2019
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Icon Design
Sanremo lamp by Archizoom Associati has been featured on the last Icon Design N.36. Our lamp is show in the context of the
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The strategist
Click here to read a very nice article about Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, written by Hilary Reid from The Strategist.
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I–MADE — Italian manufacture art & design exhibition
Poltronova will take part in the new exhibition curated by Giulio Cappellini during the London Design Festival 2019 Hosted at Saatchi Gallery during the
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Elle Decor
Click here to read a very nice article about Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, written by Carla Amarillis from Elle Decor.
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Domino
"This Ettore Sottsass mirror is everything to me. The neon pink light creates the best mood.” The writer Lena Dunham wore a huge red
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New York
Tribute to women and femininity. A piece of art set in a mirror. Arches, curves, shapes, neon lights and colours to go beyond an era. A
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SUPERONDA, THE SECOND MONOGRAPH BY POLTRONOVA
Each object produced by Poltronova is not only an icon, it is a history. Each product tell a piece of life of its
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Domino
Click here to read a very nice article about Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, written by Rebecca Deczynki from Domino.
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Mākslas vēsture un teorija
The "Mies" armchair and the "Superonda" seat, designed by Archizoom Associati, together with the "Passiflora" lamp by Superstudio, are published in the art
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Top Decoration World China
A bunch of Poltronova products has been featured on June 2019 issue by Top Decoration World China. Superonda, Gherpe, Sofo, Ofelia Spera Vanitas, Passiflora,
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Vitra — Salone del Mobile 2019
During last Salone del Mobile Vitra shows four scenes. Featuring new products, they provide insights into four different lifestyles. We're really happy to see
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Icon Design
Icon Design by Mondadori Group launched its new brand during 2019 Salone del Mobile; within one of the new sections of the magazine,
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D Casa
Superonda, the iconic piece created by the Archizoom Associati group in 1966, appears in an article dedicated to pop trends in the April
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The Good Life Italia
Ultrafragola mirror lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass Jr, and Joe armchair by De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi appear on the April 2019 cover of
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Triennale di Milano — Italian Design Museum
Triennale Museo del Design Italiano, opened on April 8, 2019 and located in the evocative spaces of the Curva on the ground floor
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Ettore Sottsass and the Social Factory
“Ettore Sottsass and the Social Factory” surveys the work of Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass, focusing on his monumental furniture, conceptual photography,
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superstudio la vie après l’architecture
Life after Architecture is the first major exhibition in France dedicated to the work of this Italian group. The exhibition will present the
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Real Living Australia
Poltronova masterpiece Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, has been featured by Real Living Australia in April 2019 issue.
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GAP CASA
Poltronova masterpiece Mies armchair designed by Archizoom Associati, has been featured by Gap Casa n° 220 in March 2019.
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Annabelle
Poltronova masterpiece Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, has been featured by Annabelle n.2/19 in section dedicate to living trend.
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The undomestic house: architecture and living
The exhibition is divided into two sections. The first shows works by some of the artists invited to contribute to the issue of
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Icon Design
Poltronova masterpiece Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass, has been featured by Icon Design n.30 in section dedicate to design objects made of plastic.
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Luisaviaroma: Home for the Holidays
LuisaViaRoma turns the store in Florence into a house to celebrate the holidays with a project that pays homage to the Italian excellence
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Colorfully Subversive: Poltronova’s Radical Designs
Fun, bright and subversive, TLmag talks to Poltronova owner Roberta Meloni and designer Donatello D’Angelo about the radical Italian design movement Hundreds of black
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Poltronova and the forest of impertinent objects
In Bruxelles an exhibition explores the “insurrectional“ language of a bunch of designers against conventions and good rules of style, driven by the
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Ettore Sottsass and Poltronova AT CSAC
On Friday, September the 21st at 18.30 last appointment dedicated to Ettore Sottsass at the CSAC: Francesca Balena Arista, Milco Carboni and Poltronova
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JOUETS À JOUER — OGGETTI NELLA FORESTA
With the current international focus on Radical Design, or Contro Design, the Centro Studi Poltronova is presenting, as part of September Design 2018,
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CORRIERE DELLA SERA STYLE MAGAZINE
The Italian magazine “Style” by Corriere della sera has just published Superonda Stripes, designed by Andrea Branzi in the occasion of Superonda fiftieth
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JOE, THE FIRST MONOGRAPH BY POLTRONOVA
Centro Studi Poltronova (the Poltronova Research Center) was created in 2005, among other purposes, to build an archive of important documents related to
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Poltronova Superonda Special — Limited edition by Archizoom
Set design by D’Apostrophe Giardino della Triennale di Milano viale Alemagna 6, 20121 Milano 17th/22nd April 2018 press preview, Monday 16th April, 11:00 a.m./6:00 p.m. opening, Tuesday
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Poltronova protagonista del nuovo video musicale di Calibro 35
The funk-jazz band Calibro 35 pays homage to Poltronova and her designers in her latest music video. Ultrafragola, T01, Sofo, Gherpe and Passiflora become
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Superonda on Freeda
Stephanie Glitter tells us about the history of PVC in fashion from a flamboyant red Superonda.
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ITALIANA — Narrating italian history through fashion 1971-2001 at Palazzo Reale
Poltronova is honoured to be part of ITALIAN exhibition, curated by Maria Luisa Frisa and Stefano Tonchi at Palazzo Reale, in Milan till
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Superstudio 50, Power Station of art, Shanghai
Superstudio 50 Time:December 16, 2017 – March 11, 2018 Curator:Gabriele Mastrigli Location:3F, PSA Address:200 Huayuangang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, 200011 Organizer:Power Station of Art Co-Organizers:MAXXI (National Museum of 21st
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Ettore Sottsass. Oltre il design at CSAC Parma
On Saturday, November 18, the exhibition of Ettore Sottsass opens at CSAC University of Parma. In addition to the design, curated by CSAC
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IO DONNA
Joe Bloom, the last special edition launched by Poltronova, is now published in "IO Donna" of the "Corriere della Sera" group.