Riace by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Ronan Bouroullec (born in 1971) and Erwan Bouroullec (born in 1976) have been working together for more than twenty years now. Their collaboration is a permanent dialogue, nourished by their distinct personalities and a shared notion of diligence, with the intention to achieve greater balance and refinement. In 1997, they presented their Disintegrated Kitchen at the Salon du Meuble in Paris, where it was spotted by Giulio Cappellini, who gave them their first industrial design commissions. The Bou-roullecs have been working with Magis since 2004, designing three complete...

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec once again create a new sofa playing on contrasting lines and volumes. Riace, an ode to the beauty of the town with its famous Warrior statues, is a short-circuit of dynamic rigour. Equally sculptural and sinuous, the Riace sofa has a slender white bronze frame supporting a seemingly-suspended, wide upholstered seat and backrest. It comes in one size and shape only, while the fabric covers can be changed to suit different furnishing needs. Riace fits perfectly well in both residential and contract environments. Once again, an impeccable balance between seriousness and...

“The dynamic rigour is defined by the slender white bronze frame that holds, as if suspended, a wide upholstered seat and backrest.”

4-seater sofa. Frame in tumbled white bronze. Seat and backrest cushions padded with shaped fire-resistant polyurethane foam (rating 1 IM) and mattress with individually pocketed springs. Covering in removable fabric.

96,7 Frame / White bronze White bronze Fabric / Fabric cat.1 Fabric cat.2 Materials / Frame in white bronze / Fabric cat 1 / Torri Lana Rella white bronze Fabric cat 2 / Kvadrat Vidar Kvadrat Alle