Italian design studio Pininfarina has launched its first collectible furniture object ? a chaise longue featuring a craggy, rock-like base and a smooth seat informed by the outline of a sports car.
Oksýs is a limited-edition furniture object created to complement Pininfarina's recent move into branded residential projects, such as its Cyrela development in the Brazilian city of São Paulo.
The company, which is best known for designing sports cars such as the Ferrari F40 and Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, has a dedicated architecture and product design division that collaborates with partners on projects ranging from air-traffic control towers to electric snowmobiles.
Oksýs is a limited-edition furniture collectible designed by Pininfarina The chaise longue was created by in-house architect Marco Becucci to embody the values that inform Pininfarina's design approach, including its desire to balance beauty with technical innovation.
Oksýs is designed as an "oxymoronic" object, with its contrasting smooth upper part and rugged base intended to reflect the idea that, according to the company, "artificial and natural, man and nature, are not opposing elements but, rather, complementary and part of the same logic."
The upper part of the seat features fluid, ergonomic lines designed to reference Pininfarina's car designs, while the lower portion recalls a rough, crystal-like rock that touches the ground lightly.
The chaise longue upper body features fluid, er...