Pleats Sofa by Stephen Burks for Modus.
Via Designboom
Category: sofa
Morro by deQuinta
A colorful sofa by deQuinta
It all started with a mess. And it was beautiful. Living in Rio, a city surrounded by a bit of chaos here and there, favelas, and thinking that besides all that it works, we figured out that this mess was also functional. And how to incorporate it into a project, how to build upon it? Perhaps even more important, how to make it socially and ecologically relevant and also inspire some criticism? Bring the discussion to your home?
So here is Morro.
Morro is a slang for favela in rio, something like a hill covered with houses built with whatever means they have. And this had to be translated to the project. Built out of foam waste from other traditional sofas, using cloth shreds as lining (with the help of a favela seamstress and craftwork co-operative) different colored and sized cubes are attached to a very simple recycled wood structure with the use of velcro.
As a result, Morro has already won an honorable mention in its first design contest and the production is about to start.
Morro was proudly designed by deQuinta, wich stands for fifth category design, and is composed by Marcelo Damm, Rafael Roldao and Renato Mosci, with the help of Giuliano Mello.
Via Design deQuinta
William and Mary style Wing Settee – Late 17th century
William and Mary style Wing Settee – Late 17th century
Estimate £10,000 – £15,000 ($15,200 – $22,800)
Sale 5969 a west country tradition: avon antiquesbradford-upon-avon, wiltshire 21 May 2009
London, South Kensington
At Christie’s
Added: Price Realized £23,750 ($37,501)
Last edited by gje on November 26, 2009 at 8:33 PM
The History of the Boca Sofa
If you are interested in some historical facts of the Boca Sofa, I suggest you read this article on the Splendia luxury hotel blog….
Update January 2023:
Well the blog disappeared. It seems that a couple of young architects of Studio 65, among them Franco Audrito, were asked to dream up the interior of a super fitness center in Milan and eventually thought of Dali’s painting of Mae West in which there was a sofa formed of two lips. They called the sofa Marilyn, because that was the name of one of the owners of the Gym. The sofa served a central attention piece in the fitness center, but also became an instant hit as a sofa as well. Gufram made the original and underway it changed name to Bocca. Gufram still produces it.
Pleats-Pleats Sofa by Daniel Hedner
Here on Freshome we already have an amazing collection with the 35 of the Most Unique & Creative Sofa Designs, and Pleats-Pleats is an unique sofa designed by Daniel Hedner from Imaginary Office that could be easily the 36 th piece from our collection.
Via Freshome: Pleats-Pleats Sofa by Daniel Hedner