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Oct 11

My Couch, My Canvas by Annebet Philips

Dutch designer Annebet Philips cut this sofa and its cushions from a single block of foam and covered it with a blank canvas so that it looks like an unfinished cartoon.

My Couch, My Canvas by Annebet Philips

The thick black lines of the canvas cover mark out the edges of the cushions, which are completely integrated into the foam backrest and armrests.

My Couch, My Canvas by Annebet Philips

The removable cover can be coloured in with fabric paints and dyes as the owner desires.

My Couch, My Canvas by Annebet Philips

“People always put cushions on a couch as if they are not satisfied with the basic shape of the couch and want to add something to it,” explains Philips. “With that in mind I thought, why not make a couch that has this addition already?”

My Couch, My Canvas by Annebet Philips

Previously we’ve featured a red couch that scrunches into different shapes and a sofa that looks like a rolled up mattress.

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Here’s some more information from the designer:

This project is about a couch that has no loose cushions. The cushions are integrated in the shape of the couch. The couch is a wooden/foam construction with the shape of the cushions integrated in the backrest/armrests. When designing the foam shape of the couch, various ways of sitting were taken into account, because it has to be comfortable for many kind of users. The cushions are constructed with firm support at the backside and with soft layering at the outside.

The couch comes with a cover that can be put over the entire sofa, including the cushions. Also in this cover the shape of the couch and cushions are melted together. Because of this one‐piece cover, patterns and prints can be continuous in the entire couch. To emphasise the possibilities of the cover, the cover is made out of cotton canvas and is also treated as if it is a blank canvas. In this first version heavy painted strokes accent the outlines of the couch. The idea is to make several painted versions with various patterns. The cover can easily be taken off and can be washed. The project is still in progress. The couch in the picture is the first prototype.

I am currently working on more examples of the painted canvases. The idea is also to have the canvas in various colours and to extend this project with a fauteuil. Another idea is to offer a total blank canvas that the customer (or their children) can paint themselves. At the moment I am investigating the possibilities of producing the couch.

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Sep 18

Roulade Sofa by KiBiSi for Versus

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Danish design studio KiBiSi have created a sofa that looks like a rolled-up mattress for furniture company Versus.

Roulade Sofa by KiBiSi

Roulade appears to be curled up but is actually made from a fixed piece of high-density foam with oversized buttons referencing classic Chesterfield leather sofas.

Roulade Sofa by KiBiSi

“The idea was to make a roll-up and unfoldable bed,” designer Lars Larsen told Dezeen, but when that proved impossible due to cost constraints they still chose to keep the “jelly roll” shape, as it “gave us a great expression.”

Roulade Sofa by KiBiSi

Roulade is designed to complement KiBiSi’s Brick sofa of stacked cushions, also for Versus. Other projects by KiBiSi we’ve featured on Dezeen include a pair of snow-proof headphones and a colourful bicycle with a baggage rack.

Roulade Sofa by KiBiSi

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Here’s some more information from the designers:

In collaboration with Versus, KiBiSi launches the Roulade as friend and family to the Iconic Brick Sofa.
Roulade is a meeting between generations and genres, a meeting between mattress and Chesterfield, chair and couch. Roulade is a Swiss Roll turned sofa – a contemporary, iconic and humorous character with a cosy and comfortable expression.

Roulade is made from High Density foam cut into a fixed shape reminiscent of a rolled up mattress. It is upholstered with top class materials such as Kvadrat fabrics, and the comfort and durability is outstanding. It is a sort of newcomer – a plump 1,5 pax sofa designed for laid back hanging out. Bespoke, oversized buttons modernise the old school Chesterfield expression.

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May 04

Float by Karim Rashid for Sancal

Posted in: Milan 2012, Sancal

Milan 2012: New York and Amsterdam designer Karim Rashid presented this sofa with modular arms and headrests slotted into a high back at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this month.

Float by Karim Rashid for Sancal

Called Float, the design for Spanish brand Sancal comes with three different backs and can be upholstered in one colour or a combination of fabrics from the collection called Cairo that Rashid designed especially for Sancal.

Float by Karim Rashid for Sancal

If you like this, you might be interested in Doshi Levien’s sofa from 2008 called My Beautiful Backside.

Float by Karim Rashid for Sancal

See all our stories about Karim Rashid on Dezeen here and more sofas here.

Float by Karim Rashid for Sancal

The Salone Internazionale del Mobile took place from 17 to 22 April. See all our stories about Milan 2012 here, plus photos on Facebook and Pinterest.

Here’s some more information from Sancal:

Float

A sofa that is also a screen.

Hand in hand with Karim Rashid, we have managed to create a seat that respects our own universe when we cohabit in public spaces. As Virginia Woolf would say, a room of one’s own providing intimacy and freedom.

Float is a contemporary couch designed for multiple purposes. This slim floating seat with incorporated back wall provides complete privacy in open spaces, to rest back on, hang one’s scarf or coat on or simply wait in the secluded area given by its high back.

One of the main characteristics of Karim’s designs is their colourful combinations, which at first sight seem not possible. Sancal products, on the other hand, are less vibrant. Float offers the perfect balance, as we have granted greater relevance to the textures and reserved the touches of colour for smaller detail such as the headrest or cushions.

Each Float component (arms, seat, back and headrest) can be selected in a different fabric. There is also a single colour option, upholstered with the same fabric.

Float is available in 3 sizes: two sofas with a low back and one sofa with a high back. The latter offers different combinations: apart from the straight arms, you can choose an inclined arm to lie back on like a divan. Furthermore, two hangers can be attached to the high back as if as it were a wall.

As for the cushions and headrests, Karim has also designed a series of patterns named Cairo. The collection is inspired in Egypt, where he was born. With a strong contemporary approach, Karim unites tradition and personal memories, adding bright colours to pictures of organic geometry.

Jan 22

Snoopy by Iskos-Berlin for Versus

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From the side, this sofa by Iskos-Berlin for Danish brand Versus bears a passing resemblance to its canine namesake, Snoopy.

Snoopy by Iskos-Berlin for Versus

The design comprises a large rounded pillow for the seat with a single piece of upholstery wrapped round the back to form both arms and backrest.

Snoopy by Iskos-Berlin for Versus

The range includes a chair and three sofas plus a stool, all finished with solid oak legs.

Snoopy by Iskos-Berlin for Versus

This time last year Iskos-Berlin presented Spook, an armchair made from a single sheet of felt.

Here’s more from Versus:

Versus launches SNOOPY Design by ISKOS-BERLIN

”We wanted to design a compact but comfortable “family” of sofas that harked back to classic soft furniture styles – especially to the post WW2 period”.

Snoopy by Iskos-Berlin for Versus

Snoopy’s sculptural language is simple and clear. There are just two elements – a horizontal “pillow” for a seat and a vertical “duvet” at the back that wraps around the seat, embracing it from the sides.

Snoopy by Iskos-Berlin for Versus

Upholstery details – marked piping is used to accentuate its shape in a natural way, giving it an easily recognizable design “signature”.

Snoopy by Iskos-Berlin for Versus

Snoopy doesn’t demand much space and fits easily into smaller rooms. Snoopy is constructed and produced following the finest traditions of craftsmanship for this type of furniture. Snoopy series consists of a pouf, a chair, a 2-seater, a 2,5-seater, and a 3-seater.

Snoopy by Iskos-Berlin for Versus

Materials
Back & arm section: Belted wooden construction and polyether foam structure with supersoft foam padding.
Seat: Belted wooden construction with spring system and polyether foam structure with supersoft foam padding.
Legs: Solid natural oak

Jun 27

Dezeen Screen: Moody Couch by Hanna Emelie Ernsting

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Dezeen Screen: Moody Couch by Hanna Emelie Ernstinga

Dezeen Screen: this movie by Frankfurt designer Hanna Emelie Ernsting demonstrates the many possible ways to nestle into her Moody Couch. Watch the movie »

Apr 20

Highlife by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Tacchini

Posted in: Milan 2011, Tacchini

Highlife by Claesson Koivisto Rune

Milan 2011: Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune presented this series of sofas with different-height backrests for Italian brand Tacchini in Milan last week.

Highlife by Claesson Koivisto Rune

Intended to be grouped in clusters for contract interiors, the Highlife series comprises seats with the same arms, frames and cushions but interchangeable backs.

Highlife by Claesson Koivisto Rune

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Highlife by Claesson Koivisto Rune

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Highlife by Claesson Koivisto Rune

The information below is from the designers:

HIGHLIFE seating collection

The basic sofa as landscape.

A family of sofas and easy chairs – fairly simple in form – with one prominent feature: different heights of the backrest. A family of furniture that creates dynamic spaces within interiors when used in contract spaces such as hotels etc.

The high backrest is today something that has gotten a renewed interest in the contract market, since the need of privacy has arrived with the use of cellphones, laptops, iPads, e-readers, etc.

However, most of the current designs often have three of their four sides high, giving a box-like appearance, ”closing off” these pieces into individual cocoons. We believe this is excessive. In our opinion, the greatest need is actually for visual privacy from behind.

By giving each piece in a small collection – where many of the components, such as armrests, pillows and seat cushions, are essentially the same – a different backrest height creates an interesting visual dynamic.

Backrest comfort can be created with a double row of loose pillows. This eliminates the need for a perfect backrest angle.

Detailing

Within our design team are people with tailoring experience. During the development of HIGHLIFE we played with familiar fasteners from clothing. Columns of buttons on the armrests and backrest are the result of this idea.

This detailing, together with carefully selected fabrics – chunkier for the backrest, smoother for the armrests and seat – help strengthen the appearance of the sofas as being ‘well dressed’, a bit like an elegant city gent.