Steel Base Isole Modular Seating System , Home Contemporary Modern
Sofa Bed
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Isole Modular Seating System Production Process
The base is made from powder coated steel and the seat, armrest and
backrest are made from soft moulded CMHR foam with steel inserts.
Upholstery is done in stretch fabrics suitable for both home and
contract environments.
Isole Modular Seating System Material
Powder coated steel base, moulded CMHR foam seat, backrest and
armrest. Black MDF table tops with nano laminate surface
Isole Modular Seating System Leg options
Black powder coating (available with mounting set for fixation in
floor)
Standard Table Top Colors
Black
Isole Modular Seating System Standard Upholstery Options
Available in Uniform and Uniform Melange. All from Febrik.
Strength, Durability and Safety Testing
The product is tested for strength, durability and safety according
to EN 16139 Level 2 - Extreme use.
Isole Modular Seating System CONCEPT
The Isole modular seating system is a simple, endearing design
co-created by Japanese firm Nendo and Italian design studio
Nichetto, whose close connection defied the geographical distance
between them.
Nendo founder Oki Sato and Nichetto founder Luca Nichetto applied
the principles of Tanka, a traditional Japanese poem, to design
Isole, the Italian word for islands. According to Sato, “With
Tanka, one person starts the poem and another person completes it.
I sent Luca rough sketches via my iPhone of soft shapes like
pebbles or islands.” “When I saw the islands I realized that they
were missing bridges,” adds Nichetto. “I’m from Venice, a city of
archipelagos connected by bridges. So I sent back sketches of
armature as a bridge to connect the islands.”
One look at Isole and the visual connectivity is instant and
enthralling. A pebble-shaped “island” moulded from CMHR foam and
upholstered in stretch fabric appears as the back, seat and arm
rests. Together they are affixed to a powder-coated steel base
featuring low, slim legs with a floating on water effect. Available
in all kinds of combinations and configurations, each seating unit
comes with or without arm rests. Add to that the option of a
laminated round, square or rectangular side table discretely
integrated into the design.
“For me, Isole embodies the idea of comfort and connectivity, which
is what everyone looks for in a sofa,” says Martin Kornbek Hansen,
CEO of &tradition. “Nendo and Nichetto initially connected over
a coffee and proceeded to virtually co-author the sofa together.
Their different perspectives came together as one vision, one
entity. Like the singular seating of the sofa itself – which
connects with other “islands” via their brilliant “bridges”. A
simple organic design that also echoes aspects of nature, which
runs deep in our Danish DNA at &tradition.”