Inside the Poliform Washington, D.C., store.
Courtesy of Poliform
Washington
EXCLUSIVE: Italy’s Poliform Lands in Washington, D.C., Marks U.S. Growth
MILAN — Luxury furniture-maker Poliform first set foot on American soil in 1998, at a time when very few knew about the brand — or its Italian peers for that matter — and the market was dominated by multibrand stores.
Wednesday marks a major milestone in the U.S. as Poliform opens its fifth store, a directly operated flagship located at 3304 M Street NW in Cady’s Alley, in the heart of Georgetown’s burgeoning Design District.
Fellow Italian furniture-makers like Molteni&C, Boffi De Padova and B&B Italia are among its only Italian neighbors, but that is likely to change as Italian design brands continue to collectively corner prime U.S. retail real estate like they did in New York City’s Madison Avenue or NoMad area, said Poliform’s U.S. chief executive officer and president Laura Anzani, daughter of Giovanni Anzani, one of the three cofounders.
“The east side of Washington is becoming a beautiful area. There are a lot of retail stores there and the fashion industry has started opening there as well,” said Anzani, who first moved to New York 16 years ago.
Spanning 9,400 square feet across two floors, the flagship marks a significant milestone in Poliform’s ongoing expansion plan in the U.S. and globally. Currently, Poliform has 110 monobrand stores in 95 countries, including five in the U.S.
Today, the company founded in 1970 by Alberto Spinelli, Aldo Spinelli and Giovanni Anzani in the heart of Brianza, the northern Italian furniture district, counts the U.S. as its second-biggest market by sales after Europe, driven largely by what Anzani describes as a strong network and word of mouth marketing. Post the COVID-19 pandemic, the company saw sales in America double and despite a wider market slowdown, the company has grown consecutively every year since. Asia is also growing “exponentially,” she said.
The showroom will feature Poliform’s broad spectrum of products and design offerings to elevate different areas of the home, from living rooms, kitchens, dining rooms and bedrooms, to walk-in closets, storage solutions and accessories and will feature the outdoor line in the next few months. Poliform’s first outdoor collection was launched earlier this year.
Poliform originally started as a cabinet-maker, and saw its business grow rapidly following its expansion into kitchens and eventually the sleek, luxury furniture that echoes natural forms and shapes. “The D.C. market is important because every four years or so, people come and go [due to the election cycle] and for international brand awareness,” Anzani contended.
Forging new design enclaves is something Poliform has been accustomed to, after opening a monobrand store in New York City’s NoMad district in 2016, Miami’s Design District 22 years ago and in Los Angeles in West Hollywood 20 years ago.
The turning point that propelled Poliform’s growth in the U.S. was an editorial project-turned-ad campaign by famed fashion photographer Paolo Roversi. In 2020, he turned pieces of furniture into muses accented by his signature romantic lighting and curated styling.
“We use some of those images in our campaign here in the U.S. and I think that because it was so different, people started asking about us because they found something extremely sophisticated…different from what other companies are doing,” she said.
Anzani added that the brand’s new outdoor collection designed by French architect and inventor Jean-Marie Massaud, designer Emmanuel Gallina, Singapore and New York-based architect Soo K. Chan and Dutch designer and art director Marcel Wanders garnered instant success in the U.S., before it was even presented in stores. Clients were happy with color samples without ever seeing the product in person, she said.
One third of Poliform’s revenues are generated from cabinets, another third by fine furniture and another by kitchens. “We follow the real estate market because we enter homes with cabinetry when there is a new purchase and second home renovation. We’re a little concerned because the real estate market is not at its best at the moment, but we are growing compared to last year,” Anzani said.
According to the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales in the U.S. fell to their lowest level in nearly 30 years in December 2023. In April, the median existing-home price for all housing types was up 5.7 percent to $407,600 from the previous year.
On September 11, 2025, after 11 years at the Washington Post as an editor and columnist, I was fired via email.
In the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing, I did what I have always done— and was expected to do — as a public voice and columnist on race, gender, and culture: I commented on America’s racial double standards in public discourse when it comes to political violence. You can read my posts below.
And then this post of mine:
The very next day, I was fired from my job at the Washington Post without so much as a conversation.
According to the termination letter from the Post, the company cited these two Bluesky posts, claimed that I disparaged white men, accused me of ‘gross misconduct’, and that my Bluesky posts “potentially endanger[ed] the physical safety of our staff”.
You can read the letter for yourself here.
In October, along with the Washington Post Guild and the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, we filed a grievance against the Post, challenging the termination.
So, I have some updates…
The arbitration hearing will be this Thursday, June 4, in Washington, D.C.
As the last remaining Black full-time staff columnist in the Washington Post’s Opinions section, I was very aware of what my firing represented for diversity in newsrooms.
While newsroom diversity is absolutely critical, it is not the only principle at stake. I am fighting for journalists’ rights to do their jobs, to comment on matters of public concern without fear of censorship, retaliation, or political pressure.
And this is a battle well worth having.
I am thankful for the support of the Washington Post Guild, my lawyers at the Washington Baltimore News Guild, as well as Norman Eisen and the legal support from the Democracy Defenders Fund.
And of course, I am deeply grateful to my readers, followers, friends, mentors, and the industry peers who have supported me throughout my career and through what has been one of the most personally and professionally challenging periods of my life.
The stakes are high, but I’m ready.
Let’s go.
-Karen
Jordan Selesnick won the Regional Championship at SCG CON Washington DC with Azorius Momo on Sunday.
Creatures (25)
Lands (21)
In a field packed with Izzet Prowess and Mono-Green Landfall, Selesnick put the power of Azorius Momo on display — proving the power of strong metagaming and mulligan decisions. Selesnick regularly dug for better opening hands in tight matchups, allowing his deck to have starts similar to those in Modern as opposed to Standard. After an 8-1 start on Day 1, Selesnick cruised to the No. 1 seed in the Top 8 with a record of 12-1-2.
Once in the Top 8, Selesnick only dropped a single game in route to a dominant performance. He defeated Stephen Snelson, on Izzet Spellementals, 2-1 in the quarters before clean 2-0 wins against Alexander Kans, on Selesnya Aggro, and Matt Xu, on Mono-Green Landfall.
Selesnick showed off both types of powerful draws the Momo deck can have in the finals, blinking a Quantum Riddler into play on Turn 2 in Game 1, and landing a copied Sage of the Skies on Turn 2 in Game 2. With the fast starts and utility offered from Starfield Shepherd, Selesnick had no problem navigating the mid-games for fast wins facing down strong starts from Xu.
Creatures (20)
Lands (26)
Selesnick took home $20,000 and the title of champion, while Xu earned $10,000. The Top 32 finishers earned invites to the upcoming Pro Tour in Amsterdam, though Selesnick and Xu also punched their tickets to the Magic World Championship.
Izzet Prowess made up almost 25 percent of the 1,198 players on Day 1, followed by Four-Color Control at 10 percent, thanks to its strong showing in the most recent Regional Championships. Mono-Green Landfall was next at just under nine percent, while Mardu Discard and Dimir Excruciator rounded out the Top 5 decks.
Day 2 consisted of 285 players that reached 18 match points on Day 1. See how the archetypes converted below.
View the Top 8 decklists from the Regional Championship. For all the decklists from the event and final standings check out the Melee page for the tournament.
SCG CON will be back in action next in Las Vegas on June 26-28.
LONGVIEW, Wash. (KPTV/Gray News) – Officials say they have found the remains and identified all of the missing workers following a chemical vat implosion at the Nippon Dynawave paper mill on Tuesday.
The Cowlitz County Coroner’s Office released the names of those killed, bringing the death toll to 11:
- 52-year-old Gilbert Bernal of Kelso, Oregon.
- 29-year-old Tyler Covington of Castle Rock, Oregon.
- 27-year-old Brad Covington of Castle Rock, Oregon.
- 48-year-old Robert Wilson of Clatskanie, Oregon.
- 54-year-old Dale Miller of Portland, Oregon.
- 35-year-old Jared Ammons of Longview, Washington.
- 38-year-old Braydon Finkas of Cathlamet, Washington.
- 26-year-old Clinton Doran of Kelso, Oregon.
- 51-year-old John Forsberg of Longview, Washington.
- 58-year-old Norman Barlow of Vancouver, Washington.
- Dillon Miller, taken to a Portland hospital; coroner has no other information.
Officials say a 900,000-gallon tank containing a highly destructive chemical called white liquor imploded at the facility just after 7:15 a.m.
Roughly 600,000 gallons of the substance rushed through work areas at the plant on Tuesday when the tank ruptured.
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson called it “the deadliest industrial tragedy in modern Washington state history.”
Multiple people, including a firefighter, were injured and taken to area hospitals for treatment following the implosion. Some of those injured were also brought to the Oregon Burn Center.
Investigators were looking into what caused the tank to implode in the first place and whether there’s a risk of it happening again.
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board said it would begin an investigation into the implosion after the recovery efforts are concluded.
Officials said some of the chemical had made its way into the Columbia River and they have received reports of dead fish near the site’s spillways.
The Washington State Department of Ecology and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were monitoring air and water quality and working to assess any other environmental impacts.
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