Image source: Artek — Kiki Sofa
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Kiki Sofa
Ilmari Tapiovaara's steel-framed Kiki Sofa for Artek, 2- or 3-seater, 1960
1730 × 680 × 750 mm
1960
Hungary
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Description
Overview
The Kiki Sofa comes from Ilmari Tapiovaara; Artek gives the year 1960, places it in its Kiki Collection and offers it as a 2-seater or a 3-seater.
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Construction
Steel forms the frame, shown with black powder coating. Fabric or leather, over PU foam and polyester padding, covers the seat and back.
Specifications
- 3-seater: 173 x 75 x 68 cm; 2-seater: 116 x 75 x 68 cm (values not labelled on the drawing)
- Frame: steel, black powder coating
- Seat and back: fabric or leather upholstery
- Made in Hungary
Story
Two sizes
The page offers the sofa as a 2-seater and a 3-seater, with a drawing titled for each, and lists five versions in fabric and leather, three of them without a size in the label. In every version the frame is steel in black powder coating.
Upholstery
Fabric or leather over PU foam and polyester padding covers the seat and back. The listed versions use 06 Aura canary fabric and Sörensen Prestige leather in cognac and in black, and the page says the sofa is available in various fabric options. Artek lists it in the Kiki Collection, dated 1960.
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Kiki Lounge Chair
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Mademoiselle Rocking Chair
Tapiovaara’s 1956 solid-birch rocking chair, shaped through Finnish tradition and modern design.
Aslak Chair
A stackable beech chair sketched in 1946 and brought into production by technical advances in 1958.
Mademoiselle Lounge Chair
A solid-birch lounge chair joining Finnish chair tradition with Tapiovaara’s modern approach.
Collection
Kiki Collection
Artek's Kiki Collection by Ilmari Tapiovaara, 1960: oval steel tube frames, a lounge chair, sofa, bench and low table, and a Milan Triennale gold medal.
