Vitra Vlinder Sofa

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Vlinder Sofa

VLINDER SOFA

Hella Jongerius, 2018

Vlinder combines the archetypal form of a comfortable sofa with a precisely tailored duvet-like fabric cover. The textile cover bears the Dutch designer's distinctive signature and pushes the boundaries of modern weaving technology: eight colours with yarns of two different thicknesses comprise the various levels of seven different jacquard weaves.

Vlinder is perfectly complemented by Bovist, a stool, ottoman and floor pillow whose motif and colour scheme are inspired by the sofa's design.

DESIGNER

HELLA JONGERIUS

The Dutch designer Hella Jongerius lives and works in Berlin. She founded the Jongeriuslab studio in 1993 and began collaborating with Vitra in 2004.

Since then, she has not only contributed a substantial number of designs to the continually expanding Vitra Home Collection, but has also applied her expertise in the realm of colours and materials to the Vitra Colour & Material Library

The designer Hella Jongerius has become known for the manner in which she fuses industry and craft, high- and low-tech, traditional and contemporary.

In 1993 she founded the Jongeriuslab studio, where she has pursued independent projects and also created products for major clients, including Maharam, Danskina, IKEA and KLM.

For Vitra, the Dutch designer has developed distinctive pieces such as the Polder Sofa and the East River Chair. Jongerius has consistently addressed the significance of colours and surfaces in contemporary design in her work with textiles, ceramics and furniture.

She has been the Art Director for colours and materials at Vitra for many years and developed the Vitra Colour & Material Library – a system that enables the versatile combination of different materials and colours throughout the extensive Vitra product collection. Hella Jongerius has also written a book about this complex task entitled «I Don’t Have a Favorite Colour».

Works by Hella Jongerius have been shown at museums and galleries such as Design Museum (London), Galerie kreo (Paris) and the Moss Gallery (New York).

INFORMATION

COVERS

All covers are removable

EFFECTIVE WIDTH

140 cm +/- 2 cm

MODEL

Vlinder Sofa

GLIDES

Steel legs with felt glides

BODY FRAME

Wooden construction, with zigzag springs in the seat section and upholstery webbing in the backrest.

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WEIGHT

660 g/m² +/- 5%

FASTNESS TO RUBBING

Dry and Wet: min. 3-4

OVERALL WIDTH

142 cm +/- 2 cm

PILLING

Min. 3-4

COMPOSITION

- 87% New Wool
- 7% Cotton
- 6% Polyamide

UPHOLSTERY CONSTRUCTION (BODY)

Multilayer polyurethane foam in different levels of firmness, top layer made of viscoelastic foam, with polyester fleece.

ABRASION RESISTANCE

Min. 18.000 Cycles

LIGHTFASTNESS

Min. Grade 5

COVER

Chamber cushion structure, filled with a mix of goose feathers and down, as well as polyurethane and latex rods. Three-part design (two armrest sections, one seat-backrest section). Secured to sofa body with zip fasteners.

SEAT HEIGHT WITH COVER

400 mm (270 mm with applied load, measured in accordance with EN 1335-1:2000)