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Isole Modular Seating System
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About this product
Architonic ID: 1475073
Year of Launch: 2017
Material
Powder coated steel base, moulded CMHR foam seat, backrest and armrest. Black MDF table tops with nano laminate surface
Leg options
Black
Table Top
Black Fenix Laminate
Power outlet
Available with a DK, UK, US & Schuko power outlet
Upholstery Options
Uniform Melange, Planum, Nitto & Gentle from Kvadrat
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.”
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Material
Base metal, Metal
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Designers
Luca Nichetto
Italy
Lodes’ Design Curator, in 2006 Luca Nichetto founded a multidisciplinary design studio in Venice, Italy, which specialised in industrial design, product design and design consulting. From the very beginning, this studio collaborated with a number of different brands and organisations, quickly expanding its influence far beyond Venice and Italy’s borders. Five years later, in 2011, Nichetto opened a second studio in Stockholm, Sweden. This practice was founded in response to an ever–growing number of requests for collaboration from international companies, with the studio’s work also broadening out from its initial focus on designed objects. Nichetto Studio has since expanded into areas such as interior design and architecture. Today, Nichetto Studio works with a variety of brands and clients from all around the world, and its expertise is sought out across all design disciplines.
nendo
Japan
Good Design Award (Japan) Japan Commercial Environmental Design Association (JCD) Award Gold Prize Japan Interior Architects / Designer’s Association (JID) Award Grand Prize I.D. Annual Design Review Best Product (USA) red dot design award (Germany) iF products design award (Germany) Furniture Design Award Grand Prize (Singapore) Wallpaper Best Domestic Design (UK) Compasso d’Oro Honorable Mention (Italy) ELLE DECO International Design Awards “Designer of the Year” (Italy) ELLE DECO International Design Awards “Bath and Materials” (Italy) Maison & Objet “Designer of the Year” (France) German Design Award (Germany) ELLE DECO International Design Awards “Bedding” (Italy) Iconic Design Award “Interior Designer of the Year” (Germany) CHANGE MAKER OF THE YEAR 2015 (Japan) ELLE DECO International Design Awards “Best in Outdoor Furniture” (Italy) Brussels Design September “Designer of the Year” (Belgium) Collective Design “Collective Influence” (USA)