CREASE Sofa

What would an armchair look like if it were turned inside out, like a sweater? Designer Faye Toogood answers with a groundbreaking collection for Meritalia® called Crease. It includes an armchair and a sofa (two seater and three seater). Irony and sophistication unfold through prominent stitching and almost two–dimensional shapes throughout the soft wool upholstery.

All three are the result of almost archetypal, classic models, as if the "reverse" side of the lining concealed every peculiarity. But what truly distinguishes them – and makes Toogood's signature evident – is the very importance of the upholstery, which serves as a starting point, even before the structure itself. All the components of Crease are made by hands that seem to have folded the paper to cover the "structure." It is the "fold" lines, intentionally imperfect, that create soft, playful, and sculptural forms.

Craftsmanship plays a key role in this project – as always happens at Meritalia®: once again, the radical brand par excellence leverages expert and forward–thinking people to explore new frontiers of design with spontaneous and, above all, refined elegance.Crease Toogood's first collaboration with Meritalia. A collection of seating and tables inspired by two–dimensional nets, flat–pack and the act of folding paper. Crease turns upholstery upside down.

Faye Toogood is a British artist and designer. Her experimental practice seeks to explore and dismantle the hierarchies between design and art, functional form and sculpture. Faye and her team create timeless works of unconventional design, including but never limited to furniture, interiors and homeware. At the centre of every Toogood project is a restless spirit of experimentation, and a joy taken in process and play. On each project, designers,furniture makers, sculptors, and interior designers cross-pollinate to produce work that is bold and sculptural, but always designed for everyday use. Her works have been acquired for the permanent collections of institutions worldwide, and she has exhibited in institutions such as Victoria & Albert Museum, Triennale, National Gallery of Victoria and many more.

W 170, D 105, H 75 cm; 75 Kg