Revisiting
Richter

What is a chair when no one sits on it?

— Vjenceslav Richter

Salone del Mobile, Milan, April 21–26, 2026

At this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan, Prostoria presents Revisiting Richter, an exhibition project and new collection that, for the first time, brings the furniture designs of Vjenceslav Richter - one of the key figures of Croatian modernism - into production.

We launched the photographic project Revisiting Architecture in 2020 to explore one of our key sources of inspiration — Zagreb’s modernist heritage. For us at Prostoria, modernism is not a style tied to a specific historical period, but a cultural foundation: a way of thinking about design as rational, honest, and human-centered. Modernist values of proportion, clarity, and optimism continue to shape everything we create. Revisiting Architecture is part of Prostoria’s communication trilogy — alongside Revisiting Analogue and Revisiting Factory — which addresses the key themes central to Prostoria’s identity and values.

Emerging from Croatia’s modernist heritage, Prostoria draws inspiration from architects such as Vjenceslav Richter, Ivan Vitić, Bernardo Bernardi, Marijan Haberle, and Niko Kralj. Their vision — uniting architecture, design, and art around human experience — continues to inform our approach to furniture, developed with the same attention to use, comfort, and everyday life. Within Zagreb’s modernist culture, architecture, art, and design were understood as parts of a shared system.

Polygon emerged at a moment when Prostoria was defining its identity beyond function, seeking a clearer design language rooted in structure, comfort, and cultural continuity. Reflecting the brand’s early spirit of research and openness to new forms, the chair questions conventions and expands the language of upholstered furniture.