Dedon - Paros sofa comp.02

PAROS is characterized by simple and comfortable compositions and low forms that seem to float above the ground, ensuring clean and tidy views. With its large circular stainless steel feet, the collection can be placed on the grass or on the ground, as well as on a terrace or terrace. Robust, versatile and weather resistant, PAROS is also easy to maintain. For PAROS, Massaud worked closely with DEDON’s fibre specialists to develop a new organic, natural and tactile fibre thread, almost like a screw. Fabric in this new fiber, the extra wide armrests and backrests of the collection can be comfortably seated. The design is finished in silt, a warm matte brown color that gives it an even greater depth while blending easily with organic elements.

Jean-Marie Massaud

Jean-Marie Massaud (Toulouse, 1966) is a French designer and architect. Graduated from the National School of Industrial Design "Les Ateliers" in Paris in 1990, he then began to work with Marc Berthier. He has worked in all fields of design, from furniture to individual products to industrial equipment. In 2000, he founded Studio Massaud, expanding his experience in the architectural development sector. Among his projects is the 'Volcano Chivas Stadium', a low environmental impact stadium, inaugurated in July 2010, in Guadalajara, Mexico. He collaborates with various brands, including B & B Italia, Axor Hansgrohe, Dior, Poltrona Frau, Lancôme and Renault. Proclaimed 'designer of the year' in 2009 at the Salon M&O Now, his works have been published in the most prestigious magazines in the world and exhibited in important international exhibitions.

Dedon

Dada, a company belonging to the Molteni Group since 1979, is an Italian company of high-end kitchen furniture. In 1926 the small carpentry workshop was founded by Angelo Garavaglia. In 1950 the company was strengthened by building the first industrial buildings, thus passing to a serial production of cabinets and kitchens. In 1972 the new DADA brand was created, high-end kitchen furniture, which became the company’s logo abandoning the old acronym "Angelo Garavaglia e figli". The collaboration with internationally renowned architects and designers such as Angelo Cortesi, Georges Coslin, Giovanni Offredi, with the most innovative graphic designers including Italo Lupi and Amilcare Ponchielli, and with some of the best known photographers such as Gabriele Basilico and Aldo Ballo. In 1979 Dada joined the Molteni Group, under the direction of Luigi Molteni. The company quickly established itself in the field of haute cuisine. Luca Meda designs a recognizable and inimitable image. In 1987 Dada received a special mention at the Compasso d'Oro for the Futura kitchen designed by Kairos studio. The central element, the wall unit, is still one of Dada’s most innovative products. In 2015 the Molteni Group celebrates 80 years of activity with an exhibition at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Milan, 80! Molteni. With an exhibition curated by Jasper Morrison and the graphic design by Studio Cerri & Associati, prototypes and furnishings from all the Group’s companies tell, for the first time, 80 years of experience, quality and innovation. The exhibition becomes the core of the Molteni Museum in Giussano. In 2018 In New York the first "Lifestyle Store" Molteni Group. Molteni Group opens a new global showcase in the heart of Manhattan, at 160 Madison Avenue. The spirit of a unique project, evolutionary, in tune with modernity and faithful to its stylistic principles, signed Vincent Van Duysen. This is the first Flagship Store in the world to bring together the three Group brands: molteni&c, Dada, and Unifor.