Flexform: new york

"The inventive design work architect Antonio Citterio
led not only to collections of small armchairs and accessories
but also to a range of large sofas."





"Flexform entered the world of products made and designed in Italy just when the extraordinarily innovative cultural era of "Italian Design" was dawning. It did so in 1970 with a collection of items created by such great names as Joe Colombo, Cini Boeri, Sergio Asti and Rudolfo Bonetto. Flexform has grown since then, expanding into a complex family run group of enormous creative talent, establishing a hallmark style which can be seen in its products and in its research and business. The inventive design work architect Antonio Citterio led not only to collections of small armchairs and accessories but also to a range of large sofas."

NY: 155 East 56th Street. New York NY 10022

Cini Boeri
"strips"

"Soon after, Boeri created another masterpiece with the Strips sofa, which could be described as either a lounge made from sections of sleeping bags or a bed-sized puffer jacket!"

"Born in Milan in 1924, Cini Boeri graduated from Milan Polytechnic in 1951 and began a long period of cooperation with Marco Zanuso, founder of Italian furniture firm Arflex. She set up her own studio in 1963, concentrating on civil architecture and industrial design. In 1967, Bobo Divano was released by Arflex and became the first mono-block seat in polyurethane foam with no internal structure. The Serpentone, designed in 1971, was another revolutionary sofa made from thin sections of polyurethane articulated around a flexible central core, allowing for free-flowing shapes of unlimited length.

Soon after, Boeri created another masterpiece with the Strips sofa, which could be described as either a lounge made from sections of sleeping bags or a bed-sized puffer jacket!

The sofa’s impact would prove to be lasting – she eventually won a prestigious Compasso d’Oro industrial design award for it in 1979, and Patricia Urquiola recently stated that her critically acclaimed B&B Italia ‘Tufty-Time’ sofa was her homage to Boeri’s Strips sofa.

all text taken from here....