A handful of the best
It is never easy curating a 'best of' from the Space collection. With so many strong designs that are popular and iconic and found in collections around the world, these carefully selected sofas and armchairs have been handpicked because they represent the best in show, what the Space team sees as the future classics. Their innovative designs and the ideas behind them never get dull, their details are elegant and often surprising, and their nuanced forms transcend time, in tune with how we live now, and our interior and outdoor spaces to come.
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Sofas
Arflex Strips
Cini Boeri’s notable projects include the flexible 1968 Strips sofa, and then bed, that would simultaneously launch the Arflex brand and receive the coveted Compasso d'Oro prize in 1979. Cini Boeri was the first woman to be awarded the accolade and more than fifty years later, Strips remains one of Arflex’s most popular pieces.
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B&B Italia Bend
It’s not an easy task to design a new sofa, particularly something with a new typology. The Bend Sofa designed by Patricia Urquiola for B&B Italia places emphasis on sculptural form and textural detailing.
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B&B Italia Ray
Elegantly balanced, flexible and refined in its detail, Ray is a modular sofa system. The design's simplicity is enriched with tailored elements, including blanket stitching in contrasting or matching colours that gives the Ray collection its elegance.
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Baxter Tactile
The Tactile sofa was designed for Baxter in 2014 by Vincenzo de Cotiis whose approach to what the Milan-based designer calls ‘perfect imperfection’ explores the use of new materials and their expressive potential.
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B&B Italia Camaleonda
First designed in 1970 by Mario Bellini and selected for the 1972 exhibition ‘Italy: The New Domestic Landscape,’ Camaleonda was relaunched by B&B Italia and Mario Bellini in 2020 with an eye on refinement and sustainability. Faithful to the original project are the sofa’s 900 by 900 mm modules, its backrest and armrest and the characteristic capitonné design, still manufactured with the innovative system of cables, hooks and rings first created by Bellini in 1970.
Arflex Marenco
The characteristic curves of Marenco's sculptural cushions that define the Italian classic are only one side of the sofa's innovative design. Its concealed metal frame in Fiat red cleverly supports the seat and armrest that are designed to slip on and off with ease, giving the collection both comfort and practicality.
Living Divani Extrasoft
The ultimate modular sofa that is both casual and soft with yielding and malleable comfort, while it creates a strong geometric anchor within a room.
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B&B Italia Tufty-Time
Tufty-Time is not only a reinterpretation of the past, it provides innovative functions that encourage you to play: traditional sofa, chaise lounge, corner sofa, or the flexibility of 360° seating.
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Maxalto Apollo
The collection is composed of three sofa types, united by pleasantly curved but rigorous lines, which distinguishes each element and creates a harmony between curves and linear forms. In its fluid shape, where the corners seem designed to accommodate the body, geometry becomes comfort with Apollo.
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Kartell Lunam
Inspired by what designer Patricia Urquiola describes as the dreamy atmosphere of the lunar landscape, Lunam’s curvaceous form is both generous and essential, with a painted metal structure that supports soft upholstered sections.
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B&B Italia UP5_6
To celebrate the 50th anniversary, B&B Italia has expanded the range with solid colours and included a 50th Anniversary Special Edition in striped beige/petrol green that references Pesce’s original colour palette developed in 1969.
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Baxter So Good
The So Good armchair combines sculptural significance with technical prowess and versatility. Here, the classic tubular metal frame is oversized to give the 1970s inspired chair presence.
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Maxalto Apollo
The design of the backrest, depth of the seat, contoured shapes and generous padding give Apollo its comfort, while the structure, defined by a painted aluminium border detail available in a range of sophisticated colours, gives the chair its curved, rigorous form and balanced aesthetic.
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B&B Italia Husk
For Husk, comfort and environmental sustainability were key to the collection that is a tribute to softness and relaxation thanks to the large quilted cushions inspired by the classic capitonné design. The hard shell is made of Hirek®, a special non-toxic plastic composed of recycled and recyclable polymers.
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B&B Italia Le Bambole
Part of the B&B Italia collection for half a century, in 2022 Le Bambole was revisited by designer Mario Bellini who has built on the collection with a look and feel akin to the original.
SP01 Royce
The original avian inspiration behind the design animates the new piece, giving it a distinct sense of character. The simple geometric line is reduced to a bird-like silhouette that appears ready for take-off.
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Baxter Lazybones
Studiopepe has drawn on an architectural silhouette that evokes primitive architecture and the contrasting interplay between massive, totemic volumes, softness and comfort.
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SP01 Caristo
A re-interpretation of the wingback chair that would be right at home in a Palm Springs pad or a harbourside home.
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Baxter Nepal
Nepal is petite, modern and fun. Simple and expressive,Nepal is defined by a refined form and its upholstered Mongolian leather.
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Arflex Pecorelle
Designed for both residential and hospitality spaces, the equally iconic collection and its snugly resolved, pillowy form was inspired by masters of landscape art, Christo Vladimirov Javasev and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon. Their nature inspired paintings would become the collection’s muse.
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Kartell K-Waiting
Described by designer Rodolfo Dordoni as ‘the comfort of an embrace’, the K-Wait collection blurs the division between residential and commercial applications.
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Baxter Marilyn
Evocative of the shapes of the 1970s with a rigid polymer shell and leather upholstery in soft curled leather, the design is at home with Joe Colombo, Pop Art and the shimmering atmosphere of Studio 54, at once a modern classic that transcends the decades.
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Edra Cipria
Launched in 2009, the Cipria started as sofa and is now available in a armchair. Composed of structural cushions that appear as powder puffs, their comfort enhanced by Edra’s innovative Gellyfoam® which in combination, remarks Edra, are as soft to the touch as a caress.
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