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Modern Thonet Update – S 5000 Retreat
19 Jan 2021
Thonet S 5000 Retreat
S 5000 Retreat – Straight from the 1930s to New Work: a modern update from Thonet and Studio Irvine

When English designer James Irvine began work on a new interpretation of the S 5000 daybed-style sofa 15 years ago, he was designing for the present ? with the future already in mind. Daybeds with tubular-steel frames were already an integral part of the Thonet range in the 1930s; from this classic design, Irvine created a versatile sofa system. Now Studio Irvine, directed by Marialaura Rosiello-Irvine ? architect and wife of the late designer ? has carried on with the idea of the convertible, minimalist S 5000 range, with its foundation of bent tubular steel, and has re-imagined it.
The result is a modular system of sofas and seating elements with dividing panels. Numerous accessories such as tables, cushions and power sockets allow for a wide variety of applications in the context of New Work as well as in private spaces. The new S 5000 Retreat option can be used to block out noise or as a privacy screen, creating a private yet aesthetically pleasing working environment.

The question of how we will work tomorrow has been ubiquitous for quite some time now. Right in the middle of the development phase for the new S 5000 range, the Covid-19 pandemic turned our world upside down ? and, at the same time...