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Bouquet Armchair
Bouquet swivel armchair by Tokujin Yoshioka for Moroso, covered in hand-folded fabric squares
770 × 830 × 830 mm
2008
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Description
Overview
Bouquet is an upholstered swivel armchair by Tokujin Yoshioka for Moroso, dated 2008. A removable cover of folded fabric squares wraps the whole seat.
Construction
The seat is built over an internal steel frame and turns on a powder-coated steel swivel base that stands on neoprene rubber glides. The cover is polyester microfiber and comes off.
Specifications
- Overall size: 77 x 83 x 83 cm (BQ0050)
- Seat height: 38 cm without applied load
- Base: powder-coated steel, swivel
- Cover: removable, polyester microfiber (65% polyester, 35% polyurethane)
Story
Squares folded into petals
The cover is made of fabric squares that are folded by hand and sewn on one at a time, with patience and care, until they cover the seat entirely as soft petals. The repeated gesture of folding and sewing is what shapes the chair, and the chair is a tribute to beauty.
A bouquet for the person who sits
The armchair is an allegory of dreams: a poetic transposition that celebrates the material nature of an industrial object. It gives happiness to the person sitting in it, in the way a bouquet of flowers gratifies the person who receives it.
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