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FROM BRAZIL TO CHINA THE NEW LIGNE ROSET TERRITORIES Ligne Roset is not only an undeniable benchmark in terms of international design. The manufacturer, whose history began in 1860 in the heart of traditional French heritage, is also notable for the fact that it is a business with the human touch, one with sustainability as its watchword. Each year, new products leave its French factories, produced with passion and with respect for the environment, products which are intended to nd an enduring place in homes all over the world. Often for several decades or generations, in the image of its...

WHAT WAS IT THAT FIRST ATTRACTED YOU TO LIGNE ROSET? I spotted the Togo armchair in a magazine and thought it looked so comfortable that I was caught at that very moment. I thought it would be perfect for my seaside home. I then emailed the Ligne Roset website, asking if there was a representative of the brand in Brazil. They responded, asking whether I was interested in buying products or representing the brand myself. This question made my husband and I stop and think. We had noticed that all the Italian, German and Scandinavian brands had opened boutiques in the country, but not a single...

WHAT IS THE BRAND’S IMAGE IN BRAZIL? It is still being built. Many Brazilian architects know the Ligne Roset collections from the Milan Furniture Fair and the public is gradually getting to know it. HOW DO BRAZILIANS APPROACH DESIGN TODAY? There is a design culture here. Brazilians have a predilection for the warmth of local wood and the ‘Fifties’ style is back with a vengeance. Brazil has had some excellent designers: Joaquim Tenreiro, Geraldo de Barros, Jorge Zalszupin, Sergio Rodrigues and Oscar Niemeyer are known all over the world and their furniture currently fetches very high prices...

INTERVIEW WITH YU CHUNBO, PROPRIETOR OF THE LIGNE ROSET STORE IN PEKING, CHINA WHAT IS THE BRAND’S IMAGE IN CHINA? Most Chinese consumers are still discovering contemporary furniture brands but Ligne Roset is known for its avantgarde, unique and extremely visual design. The brand pays great attention to detail, from the manufacturing process to perfecting the design of accessories or lights. This helps customers design their interiors in a better way, beneting from high-quality service. Ligne Roset Peking WHAT FIRST ATTRACTED YOU TO LIGNE ROSET? Ligne Roset is a great international brand...

HOW DO THE CHINESE APPROACH DESIGN THESE DAYS? Chinese consumers are interested in different styles of furniture, depending on their generation and the region they come from. Young people, most notably those who live in cities and who travel, prefer contemporary style. Fortysomethings and inhabitants of medium-sized towns are more attracted to Western style and wooden furniture. Older people, meanwhile, being more steeped in traditional Chinese culture, only really buy ‘Chinese-style’ items. Those who own large houses or villas tend to prefer made-tomeasure furniture or collectors’ items....

THE INTERIOR ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER, A REGULAR FACE IN THE LIGNE ROSET CATALOGUE, HAS A PASSION FOR BRAZIL, WHERE HE RESTORED A 1950s HOUSE SOME YEARS AGO. A HAVEN OF PEACE AND MODERNITY NESTLED IN THE HEART OF THE ATLANTIC FOREST NEAR RIO DE JANEIRO. He grew up in the Auvergne, with Andalucian origins, but Didier Gomez could just as well be Brazilian. A consummate traveller and close observer of culture all over the world, the interior architect has travelled the country from north to south, visiting Rio on several occasions before losing his heart to the city – and in particular its lush,...

“This house in glass and concrete was set facing the sea, hemmed in to the rear by the forest,” he explains. “I completely opened it out, installing pivoting panels of glass, to the extent that today, one sees the sea to one side, the tropical forest to the other, always at a 180° angle. I am fascinated by the power of nature. The trees and plants there are immense, vigorous. One sees this strength and energy reected in the Brazilians, who are a positive, joyous and very physical people, just like me.” Impassioned by music and a musician himself – he has played the piano since the age of...

the perseverance of Michel Roset and the talent of the Briord workforce. All this enabled him to obtain both a minimal depth of 78 cm and a remarkable sensation of comfort. “I have long been on the lookout for a small settee for my hotel projects and could nd nothing to satisfy, in terms of neither function nor format. This settee is small without necessarily looking so, and is very comfortable thanks to its individual suspensions on the seat and back.” We can wager that this unusual creation will nd pride of place in interiors the world over, particularly in the homes of space-poor...

SETTEES LIGNE ROSET MARRIES TRADITION & MODERNITY, CREATIVITY & COMFORT The timeless success of Togo, designed by Michel Ducaroy more than 40 years ago, or the exceptional comfort of the Bouroullec brothers’ Ploum: both demonstrate Ligne Roset’s commitment to quality & nonconformism. If Ligne Roset devotes itself to producing settees with soul, it is the customer who must rene their personality : with a collection of more than a thousand covering materials & colours, everyone can employ their own taste & inspiration to personalize their settee. CHRISTIAN WERNER

CHRISTIAN WERNER

RONAN & ERWAN BOUROULLEC

RONAN & ERWAN BOUROULLEC

MICHEL DUCAROY

DIDIER GOMEZ

RUCHÉ INGA SEMPÉ

RUCHÉ INGA SEMPÉ

EXCLUSIF 2 DIDIER GOMEZ

EXCLUSIF DIDIER GOMEZ

PHILIPPE NIGRO

DIDIER GOMEZ

HUDSON DIDIER GOMEZ

NOMADE 2 DIDIER GOMEZ

PUMPKIN PIERRE PAULIN

RONAN & ERWAN BOUROULLEC

ELIZABETH NATHAN YONG

PASCAL MOURGUE

DIDIER GOMEZ

ELYSÉE PIERRE PAULIN The Elysée collection of settee, armchair & footstool was reconstructed by Ligne Roset using plans in the archives of Pierre Paulin. If the aesthetics & the volumes of the original have been scrupulously respected, the comfort of the seats has been signicantly improved through the use of the new materials now available & the highly specialised expertise of Ligne Roset in the eld of multi-density foams. The compactness, graphic purity & visual lightness of the Elysée seating enables them to t perfectly into small spaces such as city apartments. A monocolour model which...