After a hectic week looking for the latest news in the furniture’s world we stopped to collect ten proposals of sofas.
With an eye on those which exploit the opportunity to think innovatively, or provocative, about the theme of the informal sitting.
Best of #sofas
At exactly one week from the end of Salone del Mobile, let's talk about furniture again with our selection of 10 sofas. With some interesting experimental projects on the theme of sitting.
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- 25 April 2015
– Clerici: the Italian brand Mattiazzi for the Design Week 2015 presents Clerici, a new collection by Konstantin Grcic, which concept lies in the grand simplicity of the design.
– Patricia Urquiola for B&B: the collections by Patricia Urquiola for B&B Italia outdoor seating systems and accessories is designed by smooth flowing lines drawn from the natural world.
– Lucidi&Pevere: Lucidi & Pevere are proposing different types of unfinished wood, leather and fabric patterns inspired by flora and fauna for the Yak sofa, designed for De Padova.
– Cubit Sofa: Cubit declines the functional connector system and simple esthetics that characterize their shelves into the new modular sofa presented at imm cologne.
– Orwell: designed by Goula / Figuera Design Studio, Orwell is a piece of furniture somewhere between a sofa, a bed, and a “cabin” that invites you to rest it in its interior.
– Sofist Sofa: awarded at “Talents à la Carte” during Maison&Objet 2014, Turkish designer Sule Koc designed Sofist, that explores the sofa’s basic framework.
– Origami sofa: Yumi Yoshida's Origami sofa, presented at D3 Contest, Imm Cologne 2014, is a rug that becomes a sofa using Japanese orgami techniques.
– Seating landscape: Vienna based studio mathak + mahlknecht developed with Stani-Polsterei a sofa system – presented in the context of Passionswege 2014 – that reflects on being settled.
– Stephanie Hornig, Camp and Set: at the upcoming Design Parade 8, the Austrian designer presents Camp, a collection that reflects on contemporary nomadism, and the Set bookshelf.
– Pierre Paulin, Daybed: Ligne Roset presents in Paris the reissue of Daybed, the Pierre Paulin settee without arms which won him so much approval from the Salon des Arts Ménagers in 1953.
Top: mathak + mahlknecht, Seating landscape, Stani Polsterie