64 June 2015 showcase DETAILS TAKE A SEAT Clever seating can add focus to any space, welcoming visitors and transforming your house into a home. The pieces in this selection from Moroso combine both comfort and style for a look that’s individual and welcoming. REDONDO Redondo is a set of seating elements designed by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso. Its distinctive theme is roundness, and indeed the name in Spanish means “round”. The system comprises a sofa and two snug armchairs that evoke an almost "protective" intimacy. The line and form of the structure are reminiscent of a balloon glass consisting of two adjoining volumes that together form a cocooning seat, like a shell. MASSAS Moroso, Asymmetric, Sofa, System, Adorably, Stitched (Massas) designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a modular sofa system with the addition of a standard armchair, small armchair and small table. The shape appears compact and controlled, yet well-defined cuts and lines map out the fabric asymmetrically. Visible raised stitching, like tacking, runs around the perimeter until deconstructing its linear aesthetic. The structure is in polyurethane foam and the particularly soft upholstery is the product of a bonded combination of fabric and wadding. www.womanthismonth.com GENTRY The new sofa designed by Patricia Urquiola fosters a return to industrial design’s capacity for technical and aesthetic designing of products destined for the retail market. The collection’s strength is its almost basic simplicity which imbues it with character and modernity yet, at the same time, its silhouette has the added attractively graceful touch of a gentle arch in the frame to ensure the right structural balance of solids and voids. With large, soft cushions to make it exceptionally comfortable, Gentry sofa’s discreet personality enables it to perfectly blend into any interior décor or setting. The steel frame is enveloped in moulded polyurethane foam and it is vailable in a choice of leather, woven fabric or chunky knitted fabric upholstery. DIATOM BY ROSS LOVEGROVE Diatom, a stackable aluminium chair, takes its shape from the frustum of a diatom, this primordial single-cell organism with silica skeleton found in bodies of water the world over. Refined ornamental geometry in three-dimensions, a marvel of structure devised from exploring the rules of mathematics that dictate the vegetative development of living organisms. Production adopts a technology developed in the automotive sector to reduce both the weight and the production cost of the seats; die-cast aluminium sheeting ensures the lightest weight and eliminates the need for steel while ensuring equivalent levels of performance. Call 17 593-616 (Palm Square, Budaiya).
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