I 4 Mariani Kristall Sofa

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KRISTALL SOFA

KRISTALL SOFA

Designed by Mauro Lipparini, 2005

A sense of rigour, unsurpassed richness, and attention to detail.

The leather straps wrapped around the steel frame of the base convey a sturdy impression as they provide support to the strong-lined yet generous cushions; at the same time, the seating area appears to have levitated, lifted gently off from the floor below, as if the luminous line of the frame could somehow counteract the effects of mundane gravity.

At the rear of the sofa, a chromed or painted horizontal steel plate both contributes to the chic visual styling and allows for the subtle positioning of the back cushions to create a wonderfully comfortable seating arrangement.

DESIGNER

MAURO LIPPARINI, 2005

Mauro lipparini graduated in 1980 from the university of florence’s department of architecture where he is currently a faculty member.

A leader and innovator in the style that has been called “natural minimalism,” Lipparini is a winner of the Young & Designer Milano (Italy 1987) and International Du Pont Award Köln (Germany 1988 and 1989) international design competitions.

Lipparini’s extensive work in the field of industrial design includes home and office furnishings, textiles, and other products created for a host of renowned European and Japanese firms.

In the realms of architecture and interior design, Lipparini has concentrated primarily on private and public housing, retail and wholesale showrooms, and exposition installations.

Lipparini also provides cutting-edge corporate identity construction services including graphic design, editorial, full-scale production, and product application. Lipparini’s style, rooted in the spare forms and clear, powerful lines that are the hallmarks of minimalism, is imbued with a spirit of joy, a buoyant sense of pleasure and possibility.

Freely employing bold colors, organic textures, imaginative visual concepts, Lipparini broadens the palette of minimalism, conveying the immediacy and strength of the aesthetic into a new era. Art direction and product design for the following companies: Antonangeli (Italy), Arflex-Seven (Italy), Centro Studi Auto Lancia (Italy), Contempo-Toray (Italy/Japan), de Sede (Switzerland), Dema (Italy), Emu (Italy), Interlübke (Germany), IPE (Italy), Italvelluti (Italy), I 4 Mariani(Italy), Kyoritz (Japan), La Falegnami (Italy), Livi’t (Italy), Misura Emme (Italy), Ornare (Brazil), Orsenigo (Italy), Potocco (Italy), Rolf Benz (Germany), Roncoroni (Italy), Saporiti Italia (Italy), SieMatic (Germany/Italy), Solzi (Italy), Tonon (Italy), Touei Building (Japan), Toyo Kogei (Japan), Walter Knoll (Germany), Xirivella (Spain).

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BRAND

I 4 Mariani

PRODUCT TYPE

Made in Italy

PRODUCT TYPE

Sofa

COLLECTION

Kristall

DESIGNER

Mauro Lipparini

BASE

Base in tubular steel to which are fixed elastic polypropylene and natural latex belts that grant the webbing. On the base there are fixed as well some saddle leather stripes for aesthetic reason only. It is available chromed or epoxy powder painted in RAL colors of your choice.

COVERS

Available in fabric or leather; removable covers only for cushions

BASE

Chromed

YEAR PRODUCTION

2005

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LOW TABLES

The top is available in melamine coated panel covered in saddle leather or in tempered supersilver glass white painted underneath. The base is in tubular steel available chromed or epoxy powder painted in RAL colors of your choice.

PAINTED HORIZONTAL

Ainted horizontal steel plate

MATERIAL

- Fabric -Leather

CUSHIONS

The seat cushions are in two versions: a) CFC-free polyurethane foam with different density of 30÷35 kg/m³; b) CFCfree polyurethane foam with different density of 30÷35 kg/m³ and feather in the upper and front part of the cushion. The back cushions are feather-filled.

FRAME

The backrest and the armrests are in solid poplar heartwood (“naturally” seasoned for at least 3 years) with connecting elements in particleboard panel; dap joints with cylindrical dowels. The framework is upholstered with contoured sheets of resilient, CFC-free polyurethane foam with density of 75 kg/m³ covered by polyester wadding and bonded plush. A back support in steel is fixed to the frame; it is available chromed or epoxy powder painted in RAL colors of your choice.