Tender Sofa

To grasp the lightness in full, the softness in the solid, and make it a project. Patricia Urquiola finds confirmation of her intuition and designs a modular system that is new in form and construction. The approach is technical: an aluminum frame, rounded wooden legs, abundant cushions, coffee tables and horizontal surfaces. Few components, easily assembled and interchangeable. The outcome surprises and deceives the senses. The fullness of the modules is contrasted by the lightness of the platforms which, like imaginary stilts suspended on the floor, seem to defy gravity. The legs, apparently extraneous to the frame, are pillars where they can be anchored and aggregated in multiple compositions: For the upholstery, a wool jersey - soft, elastic both in length and in width - follows the shapes, delineated with elegant accuracy by the pleats, in continuation of the investigation that began with Massas in 2012.

Seat in fire-retardant polyurethane foam with different densities and polyester fiber on an aluminum frame with stretched mesh in polyester / PVC composite. Backrests / armrests in injected flame-retardant foam and polyester fiber with internal steel structure. The legs are in powder-coated cast aluminum, with optional coating in natural painted turned ash. Insoles in polypropylene. The Tender collection is removable.

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