Friends Sofa by Roberta Rampazzo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design Competition Category.
BronzeFurniture· 2023
Friends Sofa
Client: Roberta Rampazzo
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Furniture Category
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About Friends Sofa
What is the purpose of a sofa? To relax? But what about if you do it with the people you like most? That's the differential of the Sofa Friends. Designed to accommodate the user in an unusual and more friendly position: closer, face-to-face or seated, relaxed or lying down. It's not that ordinary TV sofa, it's more than that. It invites you to chat, discuss new ideas, change yourself, to go deeper in an intimate moment. A piece of furniture with a strong emotional design.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Friends Sofa is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Friends Sofa is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Friends Sofa splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The purpose of a sofa is to provide a safe and comfortable place to relax, but Friends Sofa was designed to accommodate the user in an unusual and more friendly position: face to face.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The sofa can be customized. The suggested measures are 2400 x 1900mm x 850mm.
- Tags
- sofa, friends, handmade, living room, armchair, relax, chair, friend, indoor, outdoor
- Production Technology
- Handmade upholstery and wood side table.
- Design Challenge
- Create a sofa with unique elements that would stand out among the many others ones already on the market.
- Research
- The research process includes an ergonomy study, the right fabrics for indoor and outdoor environments, the best quality foam, and also its esthetic.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by a necessity for an informal and relaxed piece of furniture where we could see each other, face to face, creating more connection and a friendly environment. A very important piece of the house but with a strong emotional approach.
- Project Duration
- The project started in October 2022 in London and it will be finished in July 2023 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Operation Flow
- The piece invites the user to enjoy it in a more intimate and friendly way. You can sit or lie down, by yourself or with your friends and family. The table serves to accommodate some glasses or books and make your moment even more comfortable.
- Image Credits
- Saito Studio
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