Swoon Lounge

Overview

The Swoon Lounge (Model 1770, wood base) is a lounge chair by Space Copenhagen, designed in 2016. Fredericia describes it as a modern lounge chair with a sculptured shape and a casual, laid-back expression, whose organic curves allow many seating postures. Size: 90 cm wide, 88.5 cm deep, 83.5 cm high, with a 36 cm seat height and a 50 cm armrest height; weight 18.6 kg.

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Construction

The chair is fully upholstered, with solid wood legs mounted with metal thread. The inner shell is moulded cold-cured foam in HR or CMHR grade, reinforced with a steel frame. The seat and back cushion are foam with a removable cover, while the external cover is not removable. It is offered in fabric or leather.

Specifications

• Legs: five finishes in walnut or oak, oak ones marked FSC Mix 70%
• Upholstery: 159 fabrics in four groups and 26 leathers in seven ranges
• Weight: 18.6 kg
• Tests: EN 1022:2005, EN 16139:2013 (L2) and a VOC test to ANSI/BIFMA X7.1/M7.1/e3-2019

Made for a New York hotel

According to Fredericia, Swoon was first designed for the 11 Howard Hotel in New York, and the collection was named Swoon because the word describes an intense feeling of pleasure. The sheet for Model 1770 gives 2016 as the year of the design by Space Copenhagen.

A chair between two types

Space Copenhagen designed the chair to fill the gap between traditional lounge chairs and larger easy chairs. Fredericia calls the result a less formal typology with a recognisable and contemporary character, and the page names lobbies, receptions and break-out areas as places where versatile use is in focus.

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Comfort

The page says Swoon is designed to adapt intuitively to the body while giving good back support, and that the seat and back cushions are attached as one piece. The product sheet describes a removable seat and back cushion of foam with a removable cover, so the two texts differ on how the cushions are fixed.