Terrazza, 1973

Terrazza, 1973
25.4 x 40.6 cm / 10 x 16 in, unframed
46.4 x 61.6 cm / 18.25 x 24.25 in, framed
Coloured Pencil on paper
2022
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I have to announce this is my favorite piece of the collection. And the story behind Klug's sofa is wonderful, it wasn't immediately accepted, but it's modu...

Words by Bella

Terrazza, 1973

Words by Bella

I have to announce this is my favorite piece of the collection. And the story behind Klug's sofa is wonderful, it wasn't immediately accepted, but it's modular form means you can have a sofa that undulate between 6 and 60ft. Give me a room full of them please. Swiss designer Ubald Klug was known for taking on unconventional projects. There was his so-called bed for working, a prefab housing prototype, a study for the cockpit of a French airline. So, in the early 1970s, when Klug presented the furniture­ maker de Sede (Switzerland) with a fresh idea, it’s no surprise that he put forth something groundbreaking, pun intended—a sofa that resembled a pile of earth.The design became synonymous with 1970s glam—Mick Jagger was famously snapped lounging atop a Terrazza (which translates to "Terrace").