Products fair: Zilio A&C has released three minimal furniture items with practical design quirks, including a sofa with wide armrests that double up as a perch for drinks and a chair that has no visible fixings.
All three of the furniture pieces were designed for Italian brand Zilio A&C with Mentsen as artistic director, and include the Kinoko sofa, designed by Mentsen, the Candid chair by Note Design Studio and the Upon chair by Sylvain Willenz.
Top image: the Upon chair appears to have no joints. Above: the Kinoko sofa by Mentsen features wide, wooden armrests
The two-seater sofa by London studio Mentsen features wide, wooden armrests that provide a resting spot for small items like drinks and books.
These solid ash wood armrests are connected by a back section that has joints with semi-circular-shaped cutouts where the armrests meet the line of back support. Candid chair by Note Design Studio features legs that are turned diagonally inwards
The Candid dining chair by Stockholm-based Note Design Studio features a simple, compact design with rectilinear legs that are turned diagonally inwards. This grants it a different appearance from varied points of view.
The studio designed the furniture item after failing to find a "straightforward" chair that it could use for its interior design projects.
While the Candid chair may look austere to sit on, with its hard edges and geometric form, the designers say it is surprisingly comfy as well as being cleverly con...