{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-11/yabu-pushelberg-poliform-solstice-shanghai","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-11/yabu-pushelberg-poliform-solstice-shanghai.md","title":"Yabu Pushelberg and Poliform Open Solstice Exhibit in Shanghai","headline":"Yabu Pushelberg and Poliform Unveil Four-Season 'Solstice' Installation at Shanghai's Yard 200","description":"Yabu Pushelberg and Poliform open Solstice, a four-season installation at Shanghai's Yard 200 built around the Lanai bed and Aqualuna armchairs.","section":"Partnerships","published_at":"2026-11-11T06:38:41+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-11T06:38:41+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Poliform and Yabu Pushelberg unveiled 'Solstice,' an immersive four-season installation at Yard 200 in Shanghai's Channing district.","The exhibition centers on the Lanai bed in a spring botanical setting and pairs Aqualuna armchairs with snow and mirrored blue flooring in winter.","Poliform first showed the Lanai and Aqualuna armchairs during Milan Design Week in April.","Yabu Pushelberg's projects span North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, including New York, Paris, Tokyo and Riyadh."],"companies":[{"name":"Yabu Pushelberg","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00077zr/yabu-pushelberg","website":"https://yabupushelberg.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"WWD","title":"EXCLUSIVE: Poliform and Yabu Pushelberg Debut Immersive ‘Solstice’ Exhibit in Shanghai","url":"https://wwd.com/home-design/furniture/poliform-yabu-pushelberg-solstice-exhibit-shanghai-1239408098/"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Partnerships","Yabu Pushelberg"],"body_markdown":"Poliform and Yabu Pushelberg unveiled \"Solstice,\" an immersive four-season installation at Yard 200 in Shanghai's Channing district, on November 13, 2026, less than a year after their first collaboration. [WWD](https://wwd.com/home-design/furniture/poliform-yabu-pushelberg-solstice-exhibit-shanghai-1239408098/) reported the unveiling.\n\n## Inside the Solstice Installation at Yard 200\n\nThe exhibition moves visitors through the four seasons in sequence. Spring's botanical setting centers on the Lanai bed, while winter pairs Aqualuna armchairs with snow and mirrored blue flooring. Summer shows Poliform armchairs in a reflective setting, and autumn unfolds in a private lounge of warm, earthy materials. The spaces use shifting light and atmosphere to evoke the seasonal cycle.\n\nPoliform first showcased the Lanai and Aqualuna armchairs during Milan Design Week in April. The installation was envisaged around the sculptural elegance of the Lanai bed, according to the report.\n\n\"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,\" George Yabu said.\n\nPoliform chief executive officer Marco Spinelli said the exhibition is symbolic of \"a new, important chapter\" for the brand, adding that Yabu Pushelberg infuses a \"fresh perspective\" into the family-run firm founded in 1970 in Brianza, Italy. Glenn Pushelberg said the partnership rests on shared values and curiosity about where design is going.\n\n\"When selecting a partner, we look for brands that share our values and a genuine curiosity about where design is going. Poliform is a master of sophistication and craft, but what made this debut so compelling was a mutual desire to push boundaries,\" Pushelberg said.\n\n## Yabu Pushelberg's Project Footprint\n\nAccording to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), [Yabu Pushelberg](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00077zr/yabu-pushelberg) is a privately held design studio founded in 1989 and headquartered in Toronto, with a headcount range of 101-250. The same records list projects across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, including work in New York, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Riyadh, Athens and West Palm Beach.\n\nThe studio's services cover interior architecture, product design, lighting, art advisory and branding for hospitality brands, real estate developers, luxury retailers and aviation clients, per the same records. Its leadership includes co-founders George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, Creative Director of Product Design Bahar Ghaemi and Development Director Claire Dunlop.\n\n## Yabu Pushelberg's China Work\n\nYabu Pushelberg has remained active in China despite the country's real estate and retail slowdown. In 2025 the studio unveiled the renovation of The Muli Palace, inside a 500-year-old Ming Dynasty temple east of Beijing's Forbidden Palace complex, for Chinese furniture and storage company Muli. Its hospitality work in the country includes interiors for Conrad Shenzhen and Park Hyatt Shenzhen, and interiors, art advisory, lighting and custom product design for Rosewood Guangzhou.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}