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Palla Lounge Chair
PERFECT BALANCE OF FUNCTION AND COMFORT
The Palla swivel lounge chair, first unveiled by Claudio Salocchi at the Salone del Mobile in 1969, was born from the creative intensity of a decade defined by radical experimentation. Starting from the volume of a sphere, Salocchi decomposed its form into a chair and ottoman that fit together in dialogue, inviting new ways of sitting, relaxing, and sharing space. It was a deliberate move away from the conventions of the armchair, expressing the search for freedom and informality that shaped Italian design in the late 1960s.
Over fifty years later, Acerbis reintroduces Palla in 2025 as part of its Remasters collection. The design is preserved in its original identity, but adapted for contemporary living: offered in both fixed and swivel versions, with updated padding and refined comfort. Its construction combines a wooden frame with polyurethane foam and a base in graphite-coated steel or polished chrome, remaining faithful to Salocchi’s architectural precision. The result is a piece that continues to embody the radical spirit of its era while seamlessly inhabiting today’s interiors.
For Salocchi, an architect and designer who moved fluidly between urban planning, interiors, and product design, Palla was not simply a chair but a manifesto of possibility. Its return underscores his role in shaping Italian design history: an independent voice whose experiments with form and function anticipated many of the themes that define living today. Through the Remasters collection, Palla speaks again, bridging past radicalism with present needs.
Swivel Lounge Chair. The load-bearing structure of the armchair is in wood with padding in polyurethane foam with differentiated density inserts. Swivel with return mechanism. The base is in matt graphite grey coated steel (RAL 9011) or with housing in thermoformed ABS in a shiny chrome finish. The pouf has polyurethane padding and base in medium density fibreboard, painted matte black. The upholstery is non-removable and completely covers the two elements.
Dimensions
Lounge Chair - W. 90cm (35 7/16”) , D. 90cm (35 7/16”), H. 69.5cm (27 3/8”)
Pouf - W. 86.3cm (33 31/32”), D. 69.5cm (27 3/8”), H. 34cm (13 3/8”)
MATERIALS
FABRIC
BASE
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Helia Fabric by Kvadrat/Raf Simons:
(Pistachio, Ivory, Grey, Black, Chalk, Seppia, Orange, Wine, Blue, Moss, Forest)
Constructed to resemble the texture and sheen of Astrakhan, Helia is a bouclé textile with an organic, structured design that swirls across the surface. The fabric is a woven interpretation of the fur and the result of extensive research into the qualities of fur, combining both a luxurious appearance and an extremely soft handle.
Composition: 47% new wool worsted 32% polyacrylic 15% viscose 4% nylon 2% polyester
Moss Fabric by Sahco:
(Stone, Bark, Sand, Silver, Anthracite, Cork)
The second design by Vincent van Duysen and Anna Vilhelmine Ebbesen is the distinctive upholstery fabric Moss. The mixture of twisted yarn and chenille gives the fabric surface a textured structure with an appearance of movement, and also creates a soft handle which adds a special dimension to the furniture it covers. The twenty-two colourways are either one- or two-tone combinations inspired by Vincent van Duysen’s own home and range from cool cement and soft blue to oily green, curry yellow and the shades of natural wood.
Composition: 52% cotton 22% viscose 14% polyacrylic 6% linen 3% polyester 3% nylon
DESIGNEr
claudio salocchi
Claudio Salocchi
Palla Lounge Chair
Claudio Salocchi (Milan, 1934 – 2012) was an Italian architect and designer. He was a protagonist of the creative ferment of the 1960s and 70s, deeply attuned to the cultural and social transformations of the time. Through his work, he translated those changes into projects that anticipated forms, functionalities, technologies, and new typologies, many of which became trends years later. In his long career he was internationally involved for more than fifty years in the fields of industrial design, architecture and interior design. From 1967 he was a member of ADI, the Association for Industrial Design, of which he was vice president from the 80s until the beginning of the 90s. He was an independent and unclassifiable figure. As a designer, his work was closely tied to exclusive collaborations with emerging companies of the time. These companies quickly distinguished themselves through unique products, making a significant contribution to the history of Italian design. He researched and was interested in prefabrication, creativity, and design matters, and with the group “Ricerche Non Finalizzate”, he took part in the expositions at the Triennale di Milano in 1968 and 1973.
MANUFACTURER
ACERBIS
One of the most enduring furniture companies in Italy, Acerbis stands as a connoisseur’s benchmark of Italian design — a pioneer with 150 years of expertise, whose continual search for modernity has produced creations of stunning innovation. First founded in 1870 by Benvenuto Acerbis in Bergamo’s Valle Seriana, Acerbis introduced cutting-edge industrial production and collaborations with some of Italy’s most trailblazing designers by the 1960s under Lodovico Acerbis, including Giotto Stoppino, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Vico Magistretti, Nanda Vigo and Gianfranco Frattini.
Acerbis impart a fundamental luxury experience of design for users to match the conceptual aesthetic solutions of the furnishings. Over these years of experimentation and industrialization, Acerbis forged its DNA of Italian ingenuity for a future-gazing clientele ever since. Today this mission continues with fresh vigor. With industry leader MDF Italia investing in Acerbis for a newly cemented partnership, and recently appointed creative directors Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces helming a dynamic path forward, Acerbis affirms its family-led lineage of pace-setting vision, and its universe of designs that unite function and the avant-garde.
Looking to the past to face the challenges of the future, Acerbis takes on the great changes of our era, and the need to create a more sustainable society — a future that returns to a time when objects were made to last, when we needed only a few things but things that were beautiful and high-quality, when design meant a radical break from tradition and creating innovative products with the latest technology and material developments.
Acerbis will continue to offer beauty and functionality, like that found in all the iconic products of the company, which in its 150 years of experience has created products whose modernity survives the decades and remains avant-garde even today, and for the future. Continuing this mission means maintaining Acerbis as a place of research and experimentation, of new collaborations with both emerging and celebrated designers, and of breakthrough new products that will become future icons of design.
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