Italian furniture house Poliform and Toronto-New York design studio Yabu Pushelberg have launched Solstice, an immersive installation at YARD 200 in Shanghai, open to visitors on November 13-14, 2026. The two-day show marks the public debut of a new creative partnership between the brands, and Shanghai was chosen deliberately: Poliform's CEO Marco Spinelli calls China one of the fastest-growing markets for high-end design, with the studio already holding a strong presence there.
The installation itself is built around the idea of seasonal transition. Visitors enter through a garden framed by mirrored walls, then move through a sequence of rooms representing spring, winter and summer, with a private VIP lounge completing the cycle as autumn. Spring centres on the new Lanai bed system surrounded by botanicals; winter sets a pair of Aqualuna armchairs against a deep-blue mirrored floor with snow spilling across it, evoking a glacier; summer places the same chair on a reflective water surface ringed by wild grasses. A bespoke lighting and soundscape programme quietly shifts as you move between rooms, using ambient nature-like audio to smooth the transitions.
The pieces on show are the substance behind the staging. The Lanai collection treats the bedroom as a complete environment rather than just a place to sleep: a modular platform bed combined with integrated storage, seating and case goods for daily rituals. The Aqualuna armchair, with its soft, enveloping silhouette, appears in both the winter and summer scenes. George Yabu framed the concept as dissolving boundaries, reimagining the showroom as a dynamic setting instead of a static display.
For travellers, the window is short but real. If you happen to be in Shanghai on those dates, entry to a free-feeling, walk-through spatial design piece from two of the biggest names in interiors is an unusual thing to slot into an itinerary. YARD 200 is an events venue in the city, easy to pair with a day spent around Shanghai's design-forward districts. And even if you miss it, the partnership signals more joint projects to come, so Poliform's showrooms and future installations are worth watching if design-led travel is your thing.
