Modern Italian Moncloud Sofa by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina

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Moncloud sofa designed by patricia urquiola.
manufactured by cassina (italy)

the future in a sofa
a generous, welcoming refuge that … Read more Moncloud sofa designed by patricia urquiola.
manufactured by cassina (italy)

the future in a sofa
a generous, welcoming refuge that celebrates comfort and hospitality.

designed by patricia urquiola, moncloud is an extremely elegant, versatile sofa, studied to rethink upholstered furniture design with an eye to circularity. The wood structure lifts the upholstered parts off the floor, lending the entire sofa the lightness and softness of a cloud. The fabric upholstery envelops the contours of the sofa, creating a distinctive fold that enhances the beauty of its silhouette. The backrest cushions, instead, are defined by centre stitching that lends a unique, sophisticated aesthetic signature to each module.

the eco-minded core of the sofa is composed of a metal skeleton wrapped in quilted recycled pet fibre padding that embraces the backrest and armrest structures like an enveloping comforter. Even the soft seat cushions are made of recycled pet that surrounds inserts in polyurethane with a percentage of polyols derived from biological sources.
this special construction technique was made possible through experimentation with circular materials conducted by the company in order to reduce the use of polyurethane to a minimum. Therefore, moncloud contains an extremely low percentage of foamed elements made of circularrefoam®, a polyurethane made with a percentage of recycled polyols. These inserts were crafted so they can be separated from the other materials in order to facilitate recovery and recycling.
since there are no glued parts, the sofa can be completely disassembled at the end of its life cycle.

structure
metal framed seat structure with fabric upholstered elastic belting; metal framed backrest and armrest structure with fabric upholstered elastic belting with removeable inserts in recycled pet.

sack
quilted and padded with recycled pet fibre, removable fabric upholstery.

padding
padded seat cushion in recycled pet fibre with differentiated density insert in circularrefoam®, a polyurethane made with a percentage of recycled polyols.

a generous, welcoming refuge that celebrates comfort and hospitality. Designed by patricia urquiola, moncloud is an extremely elegant, versatile sofa, studied to rethink upholstered furniture design with an eye to circularity. The wood structure lifts the upholstered parts off the floor, lending the entire sofa the lightness and softness of a cloud. The fabric upholstery envelops the contours of the sofa, creating a distinctive fold that enhances the beauty of its silhouette. The backrest cushions are defined by centre stitching that lends a unique, sophisticated aesthetic signature to each module. The eco-minded core of the sofa is composed of a metal skeleton wrapped in quilted recycled pet fibre padding that embraces the backrest and armrest structures like an enveloping comforter. Even the soft seat cushions are made of recycled pet.
this special construction technique was made possible through experimentation with circular materials conducted by the company in order to reduce the use of polyurethane to a minimum. Therefore, moncloud contains an extremely low percentage of foamed elements made of circularrefoam®, a polyurethane made with a percentage of recycled polyols. These inserts were crafted so they can be separated from the other materials, in order to facilitate recovery and recycling.
since there are no glued parts, the sofa can be completely disassembled at the end of its life cycle.
moncloud defines each room in the home, thanks to a careful selection of modules that makes way for different interpretations of use. The elements can be joined to create unique arrangements, while some of them can stand alone.


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about the manufacturer:
in a continuing dialogue between past, present, and future, cassina has created the i maestri collection, revisiting furnishing designs by the twentieth century’s best-known architects, including le corbusier, pierre jeanneret, charlotte perriand, charles rennie mackintosh, gerrit thomas rietveld, franco albini, frank lloyd wright and marco zanuso. While the designs and functional concepts have been precisely preserved, the models have been manufactured using evolved technology. This is also the company that has manufactured iconic pieces of contemporary design from the 50’s to the present day, ideated by some of the most important international designers. Today cassina continues to look to the future of design with audacious, passionate curiosity and an open, holistic approach. It affirms its exclusive ability to furnish a home’s living and dining spaces completely and iconically with the cassina perspective: a concept, a philosophy, an informed, futuristic thought. A detailed, expansive horizon of combinations; when placed together, the products have an innovative soul and the modern icons create authentic, welcoming, personal atmospheres involved in a conversation dominated by a code of design excellence, formal sensitive awareness, solidity and cultural authority. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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