Paris Design Award 2023
Winner
The SOFA FS-413-1 was awarded the Paris Design Award in 2023. The work emerged from a continuous exploration of nature perception, reduction, and the question of how spatial atmosphere can be translated into a clear constructive order.
The starting point of the design was not the search for an expressive form, but the memory of a walk in the forest: fallen tree trunks, layering, stillness, materiality, and the specific spatial quality of serial natural structures. This perception was translated into an abstracted geometric system.
The sofa consists of identical cuboid volumes arranged like stacked beams. By shifting individual elements, the overall length of the piece can be adjusted. This creates different spatial conditions for sitting, lying, or withdrawal. Use is not strictly predefined, but remains adaptable and open to different modes of occupation.
The construction follows a clear logic. Movement and transformation are not achieved through complex mechanics, but through the simple displacement of elemental units. Even the option of removing the backrest entirely to extend the lying surface follows this reduced principle.
The project understands furniture not as a decorative object, but as a spatial tool. Material, proportion, and use take precedence. The form does not aim to attract attention, but to support calmness, clarity, and a conscious perception of space.
Each sofa is individually manufactured. The version shown uses a bouclé fabric, whose textile surface further enhances the tactile and atmospheric qualities of the design.
