Julep Sofa

Overview

Julep is an upholstered sofa that Jonas Wagell designed for Tacchini in 2018. The page ties its soft, enveloping shapes to the 1950s avant-garde, with a contemporary, romantic, feminine side added. Wagell gave the sofa full volumes and a recessed base that makes them look lighter, as if raised slightly from the floor. Tacchini places it in contract and residential settings, alone or next to the Julep armchair.

Construction

A wooden frame forms the core. Sofa and chaise-longue carry one-component polyurethane foam; the Island carries multi-density polyurethane foam. The final cover is fabric or leather.

Specifications

• 0JLPDV240 sofa: W 240 × D 126 × H 75 cm, seat height 42 cm (fabric 11.10 m)
• 0JLPCL208 chaise-longue (fabric 10.00 m)
• 0JLPIS174 Island (fabric 9.50 m)

Softness and the 1950s

Tacchini says that with Julep Jonas Wagell reinterprets the elegance of 1950s avant-garde through generous volumes and gentle lines, joining contemporary romanticism with visual lightness. The sofa is described as softness and intimacy in a welcoming embrace, with lines that encourage relaxation.

A base that lifts

The generous volumes gain an unexpected lightness from the recessed base. Wagell comments on the commission: “Tacchini represents a benchmark for me in Italian design: collaborating with them on Julep was an extraordinary creative journey, where form and comfort meet in perfect harmony.”