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. I recall other heartier dinners with Sergio Cammilli on red gingham tablecloths at the Osteria del contadino
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. Le parole con cui Sottsass descrive questa serie, caratterizzata da «forme tondeggianti e gonfiate (per sempre) forme
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 as the founding moment of the so—called Radical Architecture movement, which was given its name by art
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. In 1956 I was in the United States and more or less unemployed both when I went
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
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.