Vitra - Freeform Sofa

The plasticity of Noguchi’s aesthetic language is expressed in the Freeform Sofa: it is completely different from the projects of the same period, and together with the Ottoman element it forms a sculptural group reminiscent of an enlargement of river pebbles flattened and smoothed by water.
The slender organic forms are fluid and harmonious. Noguchi highlights the lightness of the elements with a thin but comfortable padding and the choice of fabrics in natural colors for the coating.
The Freeform Sofa and Ottoman were produced in a limited edition around 1950. Today the few remaining pieces have reached record prices at auctions. The projects have been realized since 2002 as an authentic re-edition. The sofa is perfect not only for private living spaces, but also for entrances, hotels and stores.

Isamu Noguchi

Isamu Noguchi was born in 1904 in Los Angeles to the Japanese poet Yone Noguchi and the American writer Leonie Gilmour, studied at Columbia University and the Leonardo da Vinci Art School.                                                    He founded his first independent studio and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927. Noguchi became an assistant to Constantin Brancusi in Paris and presented his first solo exhibition in New York.           After studying brush drawing in China, he travelled to Japan to work with clay under the master potter Jinmatsu Uno. His experiences living and working  in different cultural circles are reflected in his work as an artist .He is considered a universal talent with a creative oeuvre that went beyond sculpture to encompass stage sets, furniture, lighting, interiors as well as outdoor plazas and gardens. His sculptural style is indebted to a vocabulary of organic forms and exerted a sustained influence on the design of the 1950s

Vitra

Vitra is a Swiss company that produces furniture and interior design. Known for producing the works of important designers and architects.The headquarters are located in Weil am Rhein, Germany, where the famous Vitra Design Museum is also located.This story starts in the post-war years, when two Americans, both architects, Charles and Ray Eames, decided to help a furniture dealer.The collaboration led them to design and then produce masterpieces for interior design, which are still very current today.