A collaborative installation by Italian design brand Poliform and international design studio Yabu Pushelberg will unveil “Solstice” at Yard 200 in Shanghai’s Channing district on Friday and Saturday.
MILAN — Less than a year after debuting their first collaboration, Poliform and Yabu Pushelberg are setting out to enchant China.
On Friday, the Italian design firm and the New York- and Toronto-based firm founded by George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg will unveil “Solstice,” an immersive installation in Shanghai that celebrates the brands’ ongoing partnership that started this year. The exhibition will unfold in a seasonal sequence through a unique experience at the Yard 200, located in the city’s Channing district.
The exhibition moves through the four seasons. Spring’s botanical setting centers on the Lanai bed. Winter pairs Aqualuna armchairs with snow and mirrored blue flooring. Summer showcases Poliform armchairs in reflective setting. And Autumn unfolds in a private lounge of warm, earthy materials. Together, the spaces evoke the cyclical rhythm of Solstice through shifting light and atmosphere. Poliform first showcased the Lanai and Aqualuna armchairs during Milan Design Week in April.
“Just as Lanai repositions the bedroom as a holistic environment rather than simply a place for sleep, the installation reimagines the showroom as a dynamic setting rather than a static display,” Yabu said of the exhibit, which was envisaged around the sculptural elegance of the Lanai bed.
Despite the ongoing real estate and retail slowdown in China, Yabu Pushelberg has remained active in China, helping fuel the nation’s ongoing design renaissance and hospitality boom.
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