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Apulo
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Architonic ID: 20265357
SKU: 3231
Einführungsjahr: 2021
Apulo is the sofa designed by the Formafastasma duo – Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi – for the new Natuzzi Italia collection: a project which, based on a careful reflection on the changing requirements of contemporary living, responds to the growing need to reconcile functionality and continuity in the domestic arena. In fact, nowadays the places where we work and enjoy our free time are more often than not one and the same, the focal point of a new normal where organisation has become a priority if we are to live peacefully with ourselves and the things around us.
In this sense, the Apulo home/office sofa is another step along the path to achieving a sophisticated form of versatility that is tasked with combining multifunctionality, comfort and design. A delicate balance that can no longer be improvised but which must have its own precise boundaries and involve in-depth multidisciplinary research: the research on which the approach of the designers is based.
In fact, the sofa takes on new functions and is also designed to accommodate small objects to meet the most sophisticated home office requirements: a wooden desk to attach to the back of the frame – providing a work surface – and a height-adjustable side table that provides additional functionality and offers another surface. The design research is also underlined by the presence of a raceway built into the structure of the sofa which makes it possible to seamlessly integrate laptop cables into the aesthetic of the sofa.
Whether in the linear three-seater version or the configuration including chaise longue, Apulo is a pure and simple presence thanks to its precious saddle leather shell, which defines its lines, and its metal feet, which emphasise its lightness.
Technical specifications:
• Sofa available in a three-seater linear version and modular version with a chaise longue
• Leather frame
• Metal feet
• Loose cushions
• Available with leather or fabric cover
• BYBORRE white fabric cover
• Optional wooden desk element with metal attachments (same finish as the feet) which can be attached to the back of the sofa body
• Hidden cable channel integrated in the frame
• Optional height-adjustable wooden side table
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Produktdetails
Material
Untergestell Leder, Untergestell Metall, Leder, Metall
Design-Dateien
6
Vertriebspartner
Designer
Formafantasma
Netherlands
Andrea Trimarchi (1983) and Simone Farresin (1980) are Studio Formafantasma, an Italian designers duo based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Their interest in product design developed on the IM master course at Design Academy Eindhoven, where they graduated in July 2009. Since then, Formafantasma has developed a coherent body of work characterised by experimental material investigations and explored issues such as the relationship between tradition and local culture, critical approaches to sustainability and the significance of objects as cultural conduits. In perceiving their role as a bridge between craft, industry, object and user, they are interested in forging links between their research-based practice and a wider design industry. As a result, works by Studio Formafantasma have been commissioned by a variety of partners including Fendi, Max Mara - Sportmax, Hermès, Droog, Nodus rug, J&L Lobmeyr, Gallery Giustini - Stagetti/Galleria O. Roma, Gallery Libby Sellers, Established and Sons, Lexus and Flos. Whether designing for a client or investigating alternative applications of materials, Studio Formafantasma apply the same rigorous attention to context, process and detail to every project they undertake. The added nuance for the duo is that they do so with an eye to the historical, political and social forces that have shaped their environments. Their work has been presented and published internationally and museums such as New York's MoMA, London’s Victoria and Albert, New York's Metropolitan Museum, the Chicago Art Institute, the TextielMuseum in Tilburg, the Stedelijk’s-Hertogenbosch, MUDAC Lausanne, the Mint Museum of Craft and Design in North Carolina and the MAK Museum in Vienna have all acquired Formafantasma’s designs for their permanent collections. In March 2011 Paola Antonelli of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and esteemed design critic Alice Rawsthorn listed their studio amongst a handful of practices that would shape the future of design. Andrea and Simone are lecturing and heading workshops in various Universities and Institutions. Currently they are teaching at the ‘Well Being’ and 'Contextual Design' Departments of the Design Academy Eindhoven. Since October 2016, they are at the head of the Design bachelor at MADE Program in Siracusa, Italy.
