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Cologne 2014: German designer Christian Werner has created a sofa for French brand Ligne Roset with backrests that can be placed in any position (+ slideshow).

Werner designed the Prado sofa to allow users the freedom to configure the sofa to suit their mood or lifestyle.

Weighted cushions that act as movable backrests and additional bolster cushions can be arranged in any configuration on top of the large seat, or used to create informal seating areas on the floor.

From front-on the cushions have a standard oblong shape but sweep out at the back to form a stable base.

A metal insert in the base enhances the stability of the cushions, while a non-slip surface prevents them from moving once they’re in position.

The sofa’s deep seat is raised on a black lacquered steel base and is available in two lengths.

The smaller size comes with two back cushions and two bolster cushions, and the larger with three back cushions and two bolsters.

Mattress ticking on the reverse side of the seat cushion means it can be flipped over to turn the sofa into an occasional bed, and an optional fitted sheet can also be specified.

Prado was exhibited by Ligne Roset at the imm cologne trade fair last week, along with a rounded sofa by Philippe Nigro and a combined coffee table and footstool by GamFratesi.

Here are some more details from Ligne Roset:

Concept

“I don’t stand if I can sit. I don’t sit if I can lie down.”
“Some people succeed in finding their dream, whilst others create it if they can’t find it.”

It is through these quotations by Henry Ford and Theodor Fontane respectively that Christian Werner brings us his Prado nomadic settee. A way of showing us that the search for freedom and wellbeing has completely guided the design of this model. Quite apart from the habitual style exercise which surrounds a new settee – which consists of a principally aesthetic proposal – Prado represents first and foremost an approach based on the study of lifestyles, or in short, the human being. Here, therefore, we find the same ambition as that which brought us Smala in the early part of the new century.

Prado consists of a vast seat (sizes: 100 x 200 cm and 120 x 240 cm) which may be used either independently or with other elements, on which back cushions may be scattered at will. There is total freedom since these cushions, which are weighted and equipped with an anti-slip system, will remain in place without needing to be leant against or attached to anything. They could therefore be arranged on the floor for a few leisurely moments around a low table, whilst the seat could do duty as an occasional bed simply by turning over its seat cushion, the reverse of which is covered with mattress ticking.

The Oda low and pedestal tables (designed to slide above the seat cushion thanks to their cantilevered tops) were designed as the perfect complements to this settee, making it possible to create corner compositions, for example, or to add occasional tables on which one can place one’s personal effects.

Nomadic settee, removable cushions, 2 sizes 100 X 200 and 120 X 240.

The medium settee comes with 2 back cushions and 2 bolsters. The large settee comes with 3 back cushions and 2 bolsters. Optional armrest cushion (sold either singly or in pairs). Structure, back cushions, bolsters and armrests may be ordered in the same covering material, or in various colours and/or covering materials.

Another important and particularly interesting feature of Prado is the possibility of transforming it into a comfortable bed-settee, for the reverse of the seat cushion is covered in mattress ticking: simply turn the cushion over and use the optional fitted sheet to create a comfortable sleep platform either 100 or 120 cm in width.

Technical description

Structure in panels of chipboard clad in foam 50 kg/m3 and 110 g/m2 quilting.
Seat cushion in polyurethane foam 36 kg/m3 and 110 g/m2 quilting.
Base in Epoxy matt black lacquered steel.
Back cushion in injected foam 60 kg/m3 moulded onto a metal insert, equipped with elastic webbing and with a compartmented goose feather-filled comfort layer (10 % down / 90 % feathers) with 110 g/m2 quilting.
Anti-slip system.

Lumbar cushion filled with new goose feathers (10 % down / 90 % feathers).
Optional armrest cushion in polyurethane foam 35 kg/m3 and 200 g/m2 quilting.
A white 100 % cotton fitted sheet is also available for each settee.

Range

Large settee W 240 D 120 H 87 seat height 40.5
Medium settee W 200 D 100 H 87 seat height 40.5
Optional cushion W 40 D 23 H 15

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Paris designer Inga Sempé has added an armchair to her Ruché collection of furniture with quilted covers for French design brand Ligne Roset (+ slideshow).

Like Inga Sempé‘s earlier sofa and bed in the range, the Ruché armchair comprises a simple wooden frame with a loose padded cover draped over the top for comfort.

The piece has an asymmetric design, with one armrest the same height as the backrest and the other sitting just proud of the seat so that the user can drape their legs over the side.

“My idea was to offer different ways of sitting: normal, sideways, straight or slouchy,” Sempé told Dezeen. “As all edges are upholstered, there are no hard parts to avoid.”

“An armchair is almost as expensive as a sofa so I believe that it should be as comfortable as the main piece of the living room,” she continued. “Sometimes the armchair is more like the poor and less comfortable member of a range that includes a sofa.”

The design is available with the higher armrest positioned on the left or the right, and it’s intended to be used with an existing ottoman in the range.

The frame comes in natural or varnished beech, blue-grey or red, while the upholstery can be made up in a choice of Ligne Roset fabrics including velour, wool, thick cloth, microfibres or leather.

“I have to say that I was not behind the choice of the sofa’s colours,” she confided. “It often happens that the company does not want to involve the designer on the colours, and so one discovers it at the fair. Sometimes one could cry; sometimes one can be lucky.”

Ligne Roset will showcase the new piece at Maison & Objet trade show in Paris from 24 to 28 January 2014, where Sempé has chosen to present it in red and taupe.

“I have chosen this colour to contrast with the red structure, and to be rather happy and enlightening as it has to be presented at this dark time of the year in Europe,” she explained.

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Product news: an extra surface swings out from underneath this coffee table by Italian designer Roberto Paoli (+ slideshow).

Designed for Ligne Roset, 360 degrés has a second shelf tucked underneath the larger table top, which can be rotated outward and positioned on three sides next to the slightly higher surface to create more flat space.

The additional shelf is balanced on an arm that branches from the single leg supporting the primary table.

Paoli chamfered the coffee table corners and minimised the profiles by tapering the edges underneath.

The most recent Ligne Roset products on Dezeen are a table with a cross-shaped notch to store magazines and a console that can be curled round to create a dining table.

Tables we’ve featured in the past couple of weeks include Zaha Hadid’s limited editions made of marble and some that Nendo coloured using crayons.

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Product news: the circular sections of this console by French designer Philippine Lemaire for Ligne Roset can be curled round to make a dining table.

Philippine Lemaire incorporated metal ball joints underneath each sawn-oak circular top so the sections can be realigned.

Segments cut out of three of the four tops allow them to fit together and rotate around each other easily.

Each suface balances on two solid oak legs, which branch from a single stem coated in grey laquer at the joint.

The console was displayed at imm cologne last month, where a paperclip-like lamp and an asymmetric desk were also on show.

Other products launched by Ligne Roset this year include a footstool nipped-in with lengths of cord and a glass table with three circular tops.

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Product news: French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance has created a glass table with three circular tops for French brand Ligne Roset.

Aoyama, which translates as “blue mountain”, is named after a district of Tokyo and was launched at trade fair imm cologne last month.

The piece features three circular tabletops that overlap to form a single surface, with each top standing on slim rectangular legs. It’s made from slabs of blue-tinted annealed glass that are glued together.

Other recent projects by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance include the wooden slatted Market chair for Petite Friture and the leaf-like Naturoscopie II lights.

Other glass tables we’ve featured on Dezeen include the tessellated Isom tables by Sebastian Scherer and the almost invisible Luminous table by Tokujin Yoshioka.

imm cologne took place from 14 to 20 January. Other products launched at the fair included an asymmetrical desk by Thibault Desombre and the Ficelle chair by Osko+Deichmann that was inspired by cooked spaghetti.

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