The practice of covering a sofa with a throw, common on Spain’s Mediterranean coast, is transformed in Perrine Vigneron and Gilles Belley’s ‘Barnaby’ sofa for Sancal.
The practice of covering a sofa with a throw, common on Spain’s Mediterranean coast, is transformed in Perrine Vigneron and Gilles Belley’s ‘Barnaby’ sofa for Sancal.
After 40 years of decorating other people’s singular spaces, Spanish design brand Sancal reached the conclusion that the best way to celebrate its anniversary was by taking aim at its own factory, “leaving a visible mark of our philosophy on the production process itself.”
The prolific, award-winning Egyptian-born designer Karim Rashid has realised this bold, geometric sofa for the Spanish sofa specialists Sancal. Called ‘Float’, the proportionally top-heavy design is supported by delicate wooden legs and each of the sofa’s components, such as; arms, seat, back and headrest, can be modified and upholstered in a fabric of choice. Launched earlier this year, the sofa is available in three different sizes and is part of Sancal’s ‘Flash Collection‘ which also includes pieces by Luis Eslava, Rafa Garcia and Juan Ibáñez. (more…)
A Valencia-based design studio Nadadora have realised this minimalist, curved chestnut veneer stool for a Spanish furniture brand Sancal. Available in two heights and in wide range of shades, ‘Tab’, which can also be used as a small coffee table, was inspired by ‘trobos’: a Spanish word that describes hives made from hollow logs, very typical of the northern Iberian Peninsula. (more…)
At this year’s Habitat Valencia the Spanish manufacturer Sancal presented this Scandinavian looking armchair by Quim Larrea & Associates for the first time. It is named after its smoothly curved wooden structure, the ‘Boomerang’ which forms the backbone of the whole design. (more…)