Soft cell: we’ll take a lockdown any day to cosy up on the hottest new sofas
Plus, we celebrate 20 years of Wallpaper* and delve into the archives to trace the most iconic sofas created in the past two decades. Pull up a pew...
From left, ‘Paul’ sofa, from £4,879, by Vincent Van Duysen, for Molteni & C. ‘Mosaico’ sofa, €1,935, by Yonoh, for Sancal. ‘Freeman Lounge’ sofa, from £5,080, by Rodolfo Dordoni, for Minotti. ‘Kerman’ sofa, from €8,100, by Philipp Mainzer and Farah Ebrahimi, for E15, from Viaduct.
Photography: Thomas Brown. Interiors: Matthew Morris. As originally featured in the October 2016 issue of Wallpaper* (W*210)
From left, ‘Isabel’ sofa, from €9,204, by Carlo Colombo, for Flexform. ‘Beam’ sofa, from £5,520, by Patricia Urquiola, for Cassina. ‘Viktor’ sofa, price on request, by Draga & Aurel, for Baxter. ‘Peggy G’ sofa, from €7,680, by Roberto Lazzeroni, for Ceccotti Collezioni. ‘Mia’ sofa, from €2,184, by Francesco Bettoni, for MDF Italia
From left, ‘5047 Mellow’ sofa, £8,500, by Océane Delain, for Bernhardt Design, from Brands Ltd. ‘Drive’ sofa, £8,065, by Carlo Colombo, for Giorgetti. ‘Allison’ sofa, from £7,997, by Andrea Borgogni, for Porada. ‘Édouard’ sofa, from £5,523, by Antonio Citterio, for B&B Italia
Sofa so good: we look back at 20 years of iconic sofas...
1996: ’Neoz’, by Philippe Starck, for Driade
1997: ‘Zanzibar’, by Flexform
1998: ‘Lazy Working Sofa’, by Philippe Starck, for Cassina
1999: ‘Elan’, by Jasper Morrison, for Cappellini
2000: ‘Victoria & Albert’, by Ron Arad, for Moroso
2001: ‘Glide’, by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, for Cappellini
2002: ‘Lewitt’, by Rodolfo Dordoni, for Minotti
2003: ‘Hal’, by Norway Says, for Hjelle
2004: ‘Argo’, by Francesco Rota, for Paola Lenti
2005: ‘Tufty Time’, by Patricia Urquiola, for B&B Italia
2006: ‘Kennedee’, by Jean-Marie Massaud, for Poltrona Frau
2007: ‘Moon’, by Zaha Hadid, by B&B Italia
2008: ‘My Beautiful Backside’, by Doshi Levien, for Moroso
2009: ‘Cipria’, by Fernando & Humberto Campana, for Edra
2010: ‘Ruché’, by Inge Sempé, for Ligne Roset
2011: ‘Rive Droite’, by Christophe Pillet, for Ceccotti Collezioni
2012: ‘Residential’, by Architecture & Associés, for Knoll
2013: ‘Traffic’, by Konstantin Grcic, for Magis
2014: ‘Mariposa’, by Barber & Osgerby, for Vitra
2015: ‘Grid’, by Pool, for Petite Friture