Matrizia by Ron Arad

Matrizia by Ron Arad

One of the newer designs by Ron for Moroso (2015).

Matrizia is instead a sofa-sculpture, an upholstered furniture item which acts as the ideal midway point between design skill and craft talent.

The idea came about by accident, after seeing mattresses dumped in the street when walking in town, a sight which captured the boundless imagination of Ron Arad and triggered an imaginary operation of salvage and decontextualisation.

Matrizia was thus born by modelling and recovering a mattress so as to create a comfortable and innovative seat, while the name is a witty combination of the word “mattress” with “Patrizia”

Via Ron Arad . Com

Corques – Cork Sofa and Armchair by Lucie Koldova – 2018 IMM Cologne 01


Corques – Cork Sofa and Armchair by Lucie Koldova

I’m planning to visit IMM Cologne again after two years of absence, while last year I visited Maison et Object in Paris instead of IMM. And nice to find out that the designer who will decorate The House (Das Haus) on invitation of the organizing trade show, did indeed design a sofa and a chair for the Belgian manufacturer Per/Use:

A large-scale object to serve as the centrepiece of the interior. It was a fascinating experience to sculpt an object out of a soft textured material. The subtle yet robust form and the combination of natural Portuguese cork and strawberry-red cushions is my personal visual statement.

Text: Lucie Koldova

Afterthought by Ron Arad

Afterthought by Ron Arad

My own photo of Aferthought taken at the Centre Pompidou at the occasion of Ron Arad’s overview exhibition.

While making Southern Hemisphere, Arad found his eye and imagination caught by two formed, untrimmed plates sitting in the workshop. He decided to treat these slabs as if they were an otherworldly and powerful press, locking a volume between them so that it seemed to be compressed—and called this idea an “afterthought.” The red version dramatizes the effect, highlighting the landscape within the piece.

Text: Moma

Sitting Stones by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel – 2013 IMM Cologne (11)

Sitting Stones by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel - 2013 IMM Cologne

Sitting Stones by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel 2013 IMM Cologne

Sitting Stones by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel

Informal working and lounging in an often formal world. Cheerful, free and variable – the Seating Stones by Ben van Berkel create generous seating landscapes. Inspired by nature, they fulfil our longing for naturalness and original forms of seating. Users intuitively follow the possibilities on offer: sitting or lounging around, relaxing or concentrating, on your own or in dialogue. A lively coming together of familiar Lounge Chairs, new Silent, Tub and Side Chairs as well as Poufs. No limits to the arrangements for creative spaces – in an open space office, in lounges, in an inviting entrée.

Text via Walter Knoll

Mademoiselle Lounge Chair by Ilmary Tapiovaara (1956) – 2013 IMM Cologne (10)

Mademoiselle Lounge Chair by Ilmary Tapiovaara (1956)

I’m not a Ilmary Tapiovaara design fan as the chairs and stools tend to fall apart because they cannot bear the load of sitting. In one way or another he wasn’t able to give his designs the sturdiness of real shaker chairs.