Italian architect Piero Lissoni introduces his Dock modular sofa system for B&B Italia in this movie Dezeen filmed for the Italian furniture brand during Milan design week.
Dock is a sofa system that can be configured with 84 different modular components, which B&B Italia launched with Lissoni at this year's Salone Del Mobile furniture fair in Milan.
B&B Italia launched the Dock modular sofa system by Piero Lissoni at the Salone del Mobile furniture fair in Milan
A solid wooden platform forms the base of the system, to which cushions, armrests and oval or round tables can be added to build a custom configuration.
Cushions come in a variety of thicknesses, and can be upholstered in two new fabrics designed for the sofa, in addition to B&B Italia's standard range of textiles and leathers. The modular Dock sofa system comprises 84 individual components, which can be configured in myriad ways
Lissoni said he designed the system to be flexible, so that people can reconfigure the sofa to fit different spaces when they move home, or their circumstances change.
"Dock is a platform, with many different cushions with many different measurements, with many different thicknesses in materiality, with different small tables," he told Dezeen. "It is a platform for lamps, books and life."
The sofas are based on a platform that can rest directly on the ground or be raised on legs
Users can choose to raise the base platform above the ground on legs, ...