Genoa
The coming together of Magistretti and Cassina always assures an original and simple result suitable for modern lifestyles. The Genoa sofa testifies to the need to upgrade a 'static' object such as a two- or three-seater sofa to create an object reflecting the contemporary image of simplicity.
The sofa, a two- or three-seater in the basic model, is conceived as a sail that, according to which direction the wind blows, aft or stern, assumes a more or less curved configuration in order to reign in the largest possible amount of wind. The sofa is designed in the traditional linear configuration of two-seaters but, by rotating two seats around a pivot, it can transform and configure a third seat in the centre. In this new configuration, the two end seats face each other, creating a situation that favours conversation, while the sofa assumes a versatile semi-circular shape capable of adjusting to several spatial arrangements.
The coffee table consists of a steel frame painted dark grey and contoured wood surfaces in charcoal grey, white or brick. The table surfaces are wedge-shaped so as to make it possible to dovetail them to create different configurations that adapt to the Genoa transformable sofa.
Steel. Frame
Polyurethane foam. The padding is embedded in the frame
Polyester wadding with polyurethane foam stuffer. Cushions
Metal. Painted black (feet)
Steel. Painted dark grey (coffe table legs)
Wood. Contoured border, wood charcoal grey, white or brick
Two-seater sofa: cm 208 x 84 depth x 86 H (transformed with an additional seat, it becomes cm 235 x 116 depth)
Three-seater sofa: cm 305 x 84 depth x 86 H (transformed with an additional seat, it becomes cm 335 l x 152 depth)
[senza titolo], in Interni 433, settembre 1993
La parola ai rivenditori, in Interni 433, settembre 1993
T. Molinari, A Colonia tre profili il sodalizio, in Gap Casa, gennaio 1994
Ottagono 1993, 109, pp./nn. 168
Ottagono 1993, 107, pp./nn. 122
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