Blog of B/A Sofas

There are few activities as relaxing and stimulating as reading. Those who enjoy it so much usually have their own special reading corner within their crib, a place where they like to get lost in the fascinating words of who knows what authors.

Helsinki-based designer Inbar Paradny Kalomidi came up with a fantastic way of enjoying a good book in a versatile, modern environment. His Recamier Reading Corner gives a new meaning to the activity of reading a book. This is a perfect combination between a comfortable chaise-longue and a shelving system. Designed to offer a comfortable position, the recamier can be taken out of its place in the bookcase. A sinuous shape completes the round corners design of the simple, white bookcase and gives it an interesting twist.

With this type of furniture item, reading will seem more intense than ever, as the ergonomics of this design ensures maximum body comfort and a high level of concentration. A light blanket and a comfortable pillow is all you need to feel like this space belongs only to you as long as you enjoy the adventures of the main character in your book. The uncommon reading corner looks perfect for the living room and when it is not in use by one of the passionate “readers” within the home, it can serve as a regular sitting item. With the shelves near by, all of the user’s favorite books are easy to reach and so are other items that can be used during reading intermissions. Keep your books close, maybe a cup of tea and enjoy the wonders and luxury of escaping into fantasy lands of your choosing.

The Suita Sofa is part of a large range that includes many individual pieces of furniture. They can all be mixed and matched for use in many different spaces in numerous ways. Suita pieces can be harmoniously integrated into existing arrangements and also create a collage with other pieces in the Suita range.

Suita comes in two different basic versions – with soft or firmer seat cushions – that serve to meet customers‘ various comfort needs. For the softer version, customers can choose between classic or pointed cushions. For the firmer version, the backrest cushions all have a classic cushion shape.

Some pieces in the Suita range can be fitted with a component that lengthens the backrest, which not only serves to offer the head more support, but also creates a kind of barrier from both noise and visual stimuli.

Shelves that are mounted on the back make the Suita Sofa, when placed away from walls, the perfect place for briefly working on a laptop when combined with a chair. If placed against a wall, the shelf creates additional storage or decoration space.

The Suita platform is very tightly upholstered and comes in two sizes. As a piece that is a cross between a table and an ottoman, the platform can be used for trays, books and magazines, or for tired feet.

Vitra is a furniture company dedicated to developing healthy, intelligent, inspiring and durable solutions for the office, the home and for public spaces. Vitra’s products and concepts are developed in Switzerland by applying a diligent design process that brings together the company’s engineering excellence with the creative genius of leading international designers. It is our goal to create products with a high functional and aesthetic life expectancy.

Small apartment decorating is always a challenge. Inspiring solutions can be found in many areas: from storage to color composition and from decorating to using modern and versatile furniture with multiple use. Searching for small apartment solutions can take up a lot of time, but be prepared to stumble upon so many ideas that it will be hard to choose the right one for your home.

Start with making a list of the things you need, like storage facilities and take into account that, by using colors, light and mirrors, you can create the illusion of a bigger space. A small apartment can be just as relaxing and comfortable as an apartment with a large floor plan if you use functional furniture and unconventional space delimitations.

A personalized small apartment solution can come from the decision of using custom made furniture that will help your small apartment reach its full potential. Custom furniture can be an effective solution for maximising small spaces in apartments; creating a “wow-factor” with a statement piece; custom designer homes with specific décor requirements.

Try to use every available space and think out of the box. Use sliding doors and mirrors to hide storage space. In the bedroom, use the underside part of your bed for keeping linens or even consider a bunk bed and use the lower part as office space. There are many ideas that can help you decorate a small apartment and a good interior designer can customize the space in a way that you and your family can connect to, so don’t hesitate to ask for help.

This unique furniture collection by German designer Valentin Loellmann cannot really be assigned to any style. The collection got the name “M.&Mme” and is based on the idea of family of a design “dynasty” that is evocative of the contemporary Dutch school of design.

The pieces can be regarded as art installations, a post’ modern interpretation of classical wood furniture that falls just short of elegance, giving it up for naive design. Surreal, burlesque, Alice-in-wonderland-like comes to mind in regard of these very individual pieces. The beautiful old bankirai wood, reinforced and framed in a polyester skin with the appearance of white plaster looks sophisticated, playful and rustic. It is the contrast between the natural and the “technical” that sets the tone of past meets present and lends itself to an embedded narrative.

Launched with only three pieces the collection will grow and evolve over time. While their forms or characteristics change, a common element or ‘mood’ will always connect the new pieces to the original ones. Not the most practical of pieces, but would make for a unique and artistic lobby.

Loellmann, looked to forms of traditional craftsmanship when designing this collection where every piece is unique and intended to have a narrative that is both independent and interconnected to the rest of the pieces.

After the graduation in 2009 Loellmann founded his own studio and started a workplace where he creates his own projects as well as projects for clients. For him, the challenge lies in cultivating an alternative perspective on the things around and this serves as a source of inspiration for designer. This is both his task and his challenge to express the experience and impressions in his work.

The coffee table is an oft overlooked piece of furniture, but the right coffee table can make or break a living room. But what makes a coffee table a coffee table? And what modern styles are out there?

Possibly the most defining feature of a coffee table is its long, low shape. It normally has shorter legs than a side table or a bistro table, and it is usually oval or rectangle as opposed to circular or square in shape. This is so that it can be placed in front of a sofa and compliment its long form and be at just the right height for easy access to anything on its surface.

However, not all coffee tables are created equal. These basic features don’t come close to describing a truly modern coffee table. Some are tall, some are short; some are wide, some are thin; some are made of wood, some are made of glass; and all of them can compliment their surroundings if placed appropriately.

You can have a coffee table that matches a handful of side tables, or you can create an eclectic look using a variety of shapes and styles. The coffee table you choose can be made of glass, wood, chrome, plastic or any material of your choosing, as long as it is sturdy and stable.

A coffee table is an integral part of a living room, because it centers all the other furniture. Your sofa set will pop if you incorporate the right coffee table – but it could fizzle if you choose the wrong one. Coffee tables are also used as a gathering place, so you’ll likely want yours to be warm and inviting.

Consider size, placement, texture and material when picking out your coffee table – you’ll thank yourself later.

Clifford Furnitureis a youthful designer who isn’t afraid to experiment. He started in design by working with wood at the young age of 15, and hasn’t looked back since. This sparked his interest in working with as many of native species of wood as possible. Whilst learning about the working properties of wood he became interested in furniture making. With a relatively small number of designs under his belt, Clifford still has to prove himself – but his beginnings are definitely promising.

Look at the Conversation Seating above. There is nothing better than having an in-depth conversation that piques your interest and stimulates your mind, and Clifford pounces on this idea with gusto. The two chairs are joined near the base, facing each other, at a comfortable distance for either couples or strangers to make eye contact and have a deep discussion.

Below is Clifford’s Rocket Table. It features a retro-modern design that is a bit space-agey – hence the name Rocket Table. We love its mix of wood and glass, and the texture in the stripes that circle around the base. This would look wonderful paired with a low platform white leather sofa.

Clifford’s designs use simple lines and show a willingness to experiment with material and style. He is still finding his footing as a designer, and we look forward to seeing what he has in store for us in the future.

Designer Tim Mackerodt of Germany will show his lamp and stool made of folded concrete at DMY International Design Festival in Berlin next month. Called FALT.series, the objects are made from thin sheets of fibre-reinforced concrete that’s rolled out and formed over moulds.

Mackerodt completed the project while studying at Kunsthochschule Kassel in Germany and will exhibit alongside fellow students at DMY Berlin.

In order to produce FALT.lamp and FALT.stool, fiber-reinforced concrete from the company g.tecz is rolled out and manually folded on flexible molds. Thin walled objects of the FALT.series produce shapes and surfaces not replicable via conventional concrete casting methods. The lampshade of FALT.lamp has a material thickness of only 2.7 mm and therefore weights less than 1.400 grams.

In contrast, FALT.stool shows the structural strength of the folded concrete. All legs are only held in place by a layer of 5 mm fiber-reinforced concrete. The technique of folding concrete opens a new field for the application of high performance concrete in design.

FALT.series will be exhibited at Material Vision 2011 at the stand of G.tecz (Hall 4.1 L32) and can be viewed at the DMY 2011 together with other students from Kunsthochschule Kassel at “Liebling, lass uns nach Kassel fahren”.

Tim Mackerodt was born in 1984 in Kassel. Worked for 12 month in South Africa. Finished BA in International Business Studies in 2008 and spend six month at the Düsseldorf office of DDB group Germany. Enrolled for product design at Kunsthochschule Kassel since 2009.

Design of dynamic collection of modular furniture FONTABLE was worked out by Italian design studio Alessandro Canepa & Andrea Paulicelli. The conception of collection is the series of letter-number elements. Tables which surfaces look like all the letters of the alphabet of upper and lower register and also all number row from 0 till 9 are universal and conceptual at the same time.

Tables are made of sheet steel and covered with lacquered paint of white, black and red color. Other color variants made by individual order are also available.

Refined support of the tables made of anodized aluminum are regulated by their height which allow matching elements combining tabletops one on another. As all the materials chosen for creating the collection are wear-resistant, water- and temperature falls-resistant, charismatic tables FONTABLE can be exploited both inside the placements and in the open air.

The purpose of stylish “3D-design” collection is forming the dynamic and always changing environment. FONTABLE furniture – whether it is one element of the collection or several assembled into one word or some “secret code” – will bring creative to the furnishing and create the intriguing space dynamic.

The process of producing of tables-accessories run in the small workshop outside Milan under guiding of the authors of collection – Alessandro Canepa and Andrea Paulicelli.

Alessandro Canepa is a professional designer since 2002, always seeking new stimulus, works for technical and design companies, where he acquired his engineering know-how and developed his own brand of “aesthetic thought. The name Andrea Paulicelli is synonomous with Mama designlab, a design and communication laboratory that develops integrated projects of product-design, graphic-design, visual and web communication since 1996.

Can you just imagine walking into your dining room to see a dark, absolutely gorgeous Claro walnut wood table such as the one pictured above by Hudson Furniture? This is one of those pieces you may catch yourself just standing there staring at from time to time, just to soak in its beauty. If you think the table is stunning, they also make other furniture, beds and sculptures without compromising the natural organic lines of the tree.

Hudson Furniture is a company who has a deep appreciation and respect for the inherent grain of wood. Trees offer geometric forms and well-defined lines that can be accented when cut the proper way and hand rubbed with an oil finish. Their unique pieces are available in Claro walnut, Ebonized pine, Satinwood, Acacia, Jasmine, Myrtle and Black walnut in custom dimensions.

Their furniture is never created from old growth forests. The wood that they use in the creation of these exquisite pieces of furniture are from either wind/storm damaged or salvaged trees.

From petrified wood stumps to their most exotic signature bed, each piece is hand-crafted with a great deal of thought and care to ensure that the end result pays tribute to nature as an exceptional piece of art.

Exotic furniture by Hudson Furniture can become bold but very original choice for real fans of exclusive sets. Model line of the company is quite variable to meet the requirements of decorating different placements. For example, if you look for the solid table for decorating your kitchen or dining room, obligatory pay attention on the offer by Hudson. By the way, do not forget about the chairs and benches which can ideally supply the chosen table.

If a single piece of furniture could define the word contemporary, the Amphora couch by Desforma furniture would be it. The piece literally screams for attention without being obnoxious. It is surprisingly comfortable, exceptionally crafted and simply elegant.

This stunning contemporary couch has truly been designed for the senses. The beautifully sculpted sinuous lines, elegantly curved downward-sloping back rest overall seductive shape can be appreciated from virtually every angle. The richly appointed leather has been hand-selected , cut and sewn to precisely fit the body contours. Beyond the visual appeal the internal high quality frame carries a patent for its special use of materials and high strength professional construction techniques. This design and frame style can not be matched anywhere in the furniture industry. And lastly but most importantly it is exceptionally comfortable.

In fact, the entire collection by Desforma is stunning and years ahead of its time. Just when you fall in love with one couch the Gravity chaise lounge or Safari sofa will catch your eye, making your decision that much harder!

What is there to say about a company that manufactures their furniture by hand like pieces of art? The result is furniture that is mysterious in design and looks phenomenal from every angle. These functional art pieces deserve to be showcased in the middle of a room to admire from every angle.

Desforma uses pure wood when creating the structure of their furniture, not polyurethane mass so it is durable, stable and comforting to every inch of your body. If you are looking for a one-of-a-kind piece of furniture that will impress your guests and invite you to relax, Desforma has something for you.