Poltronova
Poltronova is an Italian furniture company — founded in 1957 by Sergio Cammilli in Agliana (Province of Pistoia, Tuscany). The following year, Ettore Sottsass joined as artistic director — a collaboration lasting until 1972 that made Poltronova the central production site of Radical Design in Italy. Under Sottsass and in cooperation with the most important groups and individual designers of the radical movement, objects were created that today belong to the iconography of the 20th century: the Joe armchair (De Pas, D'Urbino, Lomazzi), the Superonda sofa (Archizoom Associati, 1967), the Ultrafragola mirror (Sottsass, 1970) and the Gherpe lamp (Superstudio, 1968). Poltronova was part of the landmark exhibition "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape" at the Museum of Modern Art New York (1972) and received the Compasso d'Oro in 1977 for the book "Fare Mobili con Poltronova". A period of gradual decline followed, culminating in the company's bankruptcy. In 2005, Roberta Meloni founded the Centro Studi Poltronova — an archive certified by the Italian Ministry of Culture that preserves the brand's historical heritage and re-edits the most significant designs of the company's history in handmade production.
Product programme: re-editions of the brand's most significant historical designs — Joe armchair (De Pas, D'Urbino, Lomazzi), Superonda sofa (Archizoom Associati), Ultrafragola mirror (Ettore Sottsass), Gherpe lamp (Superstudio), Sanremo floor lamp (Archizoom Associati), Saratoga series (Lella and Massimo Vignelli). All pieces handcrafted in the workshop near Florence. More recent collaborations: Bethan Laura Wood (Terrazzo Quarry seating landscape), rugs in collaboration with CC-Tapis. Design heritage: Ettore Sottsass (artistic director 1958–1972), Gae Aulenti, Paolo Portoghesi, Giovanni Michelucci, Angelo Mangiarotti, Archizoom Associati, Superstudio, De Pas/D'Urbino/Lomazzi, Lella and Massimo Vignelli, Ron Arad, Nigel Coates, Hans Hollein.
For architects, interior designers and design collectors seeking for ultra-luxury residential, cultural institution, boutique hotel and demanding international Radical Design heritage projects the only company that re-edits the iconic objects of the Italian Radical Design movement under the supervision of the Centro Studi Poltronova in handmade production, with a Ministry of Culture-certified archive, the Compasso d'Oro heritage (1977) and the MoMA exhibition history (1972 "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape") as guarantors of authenticity — Poltronova is the most reliable address for handmade re-editions of Italian Radical Design from Agliana, Tuscany.
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Poltronova
Poltronova is an Italian furniture company — founded in 1957 by Sergio Cammilli in Agliana (Province of Pistoia, Tuscany). The following year, Ettore Sottsass joined as artistic director — a collaboration lasting until 1972 that made Poltronova the central production site of Radical Design in Italy. Under Sottsass and in cooperation with the most important groups and individual designers of the radical movement, objects were created that today belong to the iconography of the 20th century: the Joe armchair (De Pas, D'Urbino, Lomazzi), the Superonda sofa (Archizoom Associati, 1967), the Ultrafragola mirror (Sottsass, 1970) and the Gherpe lamp (Superstudio, 1968). Poltronova was part of the landmark exhibition "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape" at the Museum of Modern Art New York (1972) and received the Compasso d'Oro in 1977 for the book "Fare Mobili con Poltronova". A period of gradual decline followed, culminating in the company's bankruptcy. In 2005, Roberta Meloni founded the Centro Studi Poltronova — an archive certified by the Italian Ministry of Culture that preserves the brand's historical heritage and re-edits the most significant designs of the company's history in handmade production.
Product programme: re-editions of the brand's most significant historical designs — Joe armchair (De Pas, D'Urbino, Lomazzi), Superonda sofa (Archizoom Associati), Ultrafragola mirror (Ettore Sottsass), Gherpe lamp (Superstudio), Sanremo floor lamp (Archizoom Associati), Saratoga series (Lella and Massimo Vignelli). All pieces handcrafted in the workshop near Florence. More recent collaborations: Bethan Laura Wood (Terrazzo Quarry seating landscape), rugs in collaboration with CC-Tapis. Design heritage: Ettore Sottsass (artistic director 1958–1972), Gae Aulenti, Paolo Portoghesi, Giovanni Michelucci, Angelo Mangiarotti, Archizoom Associati, Superstudio, De Pas/D'Urbino/Lomazzi, Lella and Massimo Vignelli, Ron Arad, Nigel Coates, Hans Hollein.
For architects, interior designers and design collectors seeking for ultra-luxury residential, cultural institution, boutique hotel and demanding international Radical Design heritage projects the only company that re-edits the iconic objects of the Italian Radical Design movement under the supervision of the Centro Studi Poltronova in handmade production, with a Ministry of Culture-certified archive, the Compasso d'Oro heritage (1977) and the MoMA exhibition history (1972 "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape") as guarantors of authenticity — Poltronova is the most reliable address for handmade re-editions of Italian Radical Design from Agliana, Tuscany.