Summertime

The close relationship between art and design has always been a source of inspiration for Gufram. The collaboration with Valerio Berrutti, an Italian artist with a distinctive trait, has given life to two couches which have been produced in 250 numbered pieces and have evocative names: Summertime e Autumntime.
Summertime recalls the title of one of the most famous songs by composer George Gershwin. The first introductive verse of the text becomes the symbol of the work “...and the living is easy”, thus playing with the term “living” – the English living room.
Autumntime, on the other hand, comes as an aesthetic and chromatic opposite to Summertime: if Summertime reminds of Summer colours, Autumntime draws it inspiration from the Autumn ones, like orange and yellow.
Both couches are made with soft polyurethane entirely covered by hand with in Gulfac, the particular paint patented by Gufram that makes it possible to make polyurethane look like leather while maintaining its flexibility and softness. The drawings created by the artist with water paint and wax crayons recall the typical benches that decorated the Italian seafronts in the post-war period and are different one from another in some small details that make of each piece a unique masterpiece.
As far as shape and proportions are concerned, the coil of the seat is larger and provides for a more relaxed position, with the feet slightly raised from the floor.
Thanks to the particular Guflac finish, Summertime and Autumntime can be used also outdoors so that their connection with nature and the seasons is increased.
Through the artist's delicate and poetic trait, the collaboration with Berrutti has led Gufram into some of the most important art exhibits in the world like the Biennale in Venice, and sanctions once more the close connection of the brand with some of the most interesting contemporary experiences.