Califfo Sofa by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, 1960s

Califfo sofa by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova.
A funny and colorful sofa by Ettore Sottsass, produced by Poltronova in the 60s, in orange lacquered walnut with a series of upholstered cushions. In 1963, around the time he designed this sofa, Sottsass told Domus magazine: "I tried to collect the shapes, colors and symbols that could represent the change in the images of this century, from intellectual organization to reality that must to be lived - to a kind of pure and vital energy ".