Image source: Muuto — Outline
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Collection Story
Origin
The Outline family by Anderssen & Voll for Muuto sprang from the initial Outline Sofa. Muuto's story with the designers asks what defines a design family and gives their answer: it is "the total sum of its parts", with members that elevate one another when paired in a room. Espen Voll compares such a family to a human one: "We find that design families in many ways are a lot similar to the families of humans in the sense that they continuously evolve over time".
Design Language
Anderssen sums up the family as having a clean and elegant outside combined with a deep seat and soft cushioning. New members translate that language into other typologies: a chair, the compact Studio pieces, a corner sofa, a pouf and a daybed.
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Key Pieces
- Outline Sofa in 2-seater, 3-seater and 3 1/2-seater sizes, plus a Chaise Longue version
- Outline Chair, Outline Pouf, Outline Corner Sofa and Outline Daybed
- Outline Studio sofas (140, 170 and 220 cm) and chair, with a reduced depth of 76 cm
- Outline Highback sofas, work seats and cabins, and the Outline Soft sofas
Pieces in this collection
Outline Sofa Chaise Longue
An Outline sofa with a chaise longue, sculpted shapes and a generous seat.
Outline Chair
A single-seat Outline piece with a deep seat, curved armrests and a recycled aluminium base.
Outline Corner Sofa
An angular Outline sofa with a delicate silhouette, fine detailing and a black aluminum base.
Outline Pouf
Muuto's Outline Pouf by Anderssen & Voll: footstool and extra seat on an aluminium base.
Outline Daybed
The Outline lines applied to a daybed: a soft seat on slender steel legs.
Outline Sofa
A 1960s Scandinavian sofa archetype redrawn with a crisp outline, deep seat and soft cushioning.
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