Dezeen Showroom: International furniture brand Andreu World has launched Giro Soft, a modular sofa system created by Alfredo Häberli.
In this exclusive video interview produced by Dezeen for Andreu World, the Swiss-Argentinian designer shared the story behind the product.
The modular design features a series of slender upholstered seats with interchangeable legs that can be joined together to build a larger sofa.
The collection, called Giro Soft, is the result of a collaboration between Häberli and the brand that started before the pandemic.
Designer Alfredo Häberli
"We had a team relationship from the very first second," Häberli told Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs in an exclusive video interview conducted over Zoom. "We have the same vision," "I sent some drawings at 1:1 scale and we immediately started by working on prototypes in 1:1, which for us designers is the most beautiful thing".
The seating modules come in a variety of shapes that feature a combination of straight edges, rounded ends, and 90-degree or 45-degree curves. The latter lends Giro Soft its name, as "giro" means "curved" in Italian.
Giro Soft modular sofa system designed by Alfredo Häberli for Andreu World
Häberli designed the sofa as a collection of separate, reconfigurable parts to allow users to adapt the furniture to their spatial and personal requirements.
"It's also interesting ergonomically," said Häberli. "I...