Cove Armchair

Overview

Cove is a seat by Foster + Partners that the page calls much more than an armchair: a space within a space, offering calm away from the surrounding crowd. Its curved profile gives room to work or relax without dividing walls, and the page names public lounges in stations and airports, reception areas and showrooms as places for it.

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Features

• Seat: circular form with a wide, comfortable seat
• Equipment: integrated USB port, optional mains power supply and a table that can serve as a desk
• Back: cushion ribs that extend in places into ridges usable as armrests
• Surfaces: inside and outside customisable in Pelle Frau® leather, saddle leather or fabric

Specifications

• Largest drawing values, not labelled with axes: 132, 111 and 99 cm

Studied from lounge use

The page and the sheet say the curved form came out of research into how lounge guests adapted the furniture they were given. The result is a circular form with a wide seat, USB charging, an optional mains supply and a table.

Alone or in a cluster

According to the sheet, the chair was designed to work as part of a cloud-like cluster of chairs as well as a secluded place to eat, work or relax. The brochure adds that its ergonomics were worked out for postures from relaxation to focused work.