10 sofas not seen in any living room
When it comes to sofas, a considerable part of people are concerned only with having a comfortable surface to accommodate the rear parts. Another might take care of “making up the room well” - perhaps blending, come on, elegance and warmth. But there is a third class. A category that sees in this basic piece of home furnishings an opening for artistic readings ... Well, why not?
There is an all. Waterfalls in the Alps, giant cats - stretched just like the sun -, cactus-like cushions, a chocolate couch. Not to mention a sand sculpture and a grass-topped topiary, an invitation to good Englishmen to give up their sedentary habits a little and enjoy the outdoors.
Anyway, whatever style or philosophy behind each of these creations, the fact is that the sofas below are of a kind that are certainly not seen in any living room.
A huge stuffed cat
Sitting on this huge cat-shaped sofa was named by its creators "sweet revenge." The work is authored by a studio in Antwerp (Belgium) and was named Felix Domesticus. Measuring 3.5 meters in length, the sculpture is a collection of five cat-inspired pieces.
Edible
“Let them eat art, ” said Leandro Erlich, author of this chocolate-forged sofa. A very inviting work of art, no doubt.
The biggest sand couch in the world
London artist Andrew Robertson has been conveniently renamed “Sandy Andy, ” which seems quite appropriate indeed. Just check out the huge compound sand couch for the Londrina Marathon, taking a small strip of sand on the banks of the Thames.
Comfortable lawn
In 2010, realizing that the typical UK citizen spent approximately 43 hours a week warming the living room sofa, someone decided: the business was to make green sofas in various places, so that perhaps they would make these people take A little air.
The structure is almost 10 meters long and has the interior made of straw - which is covered with green grass rugs. Just over a month is enough to grow one of these.
Frog sofa
This frog sofa is the latest piece in the Animal Chair collection by the Spanish Máximo Riera. The breeding represents a tailless amphibian very common in Europe and northern Africa. Riera's creations also include an octopus chair and several other pieces inspired by rhinos, walruses, elephants and whales.
Bear sofa
This huge teddy bear-shaped sofa is one of the gimmicks of The Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center's permanent exhibition “BEARS: Imagination and Reality”. It is an interactive exhibit organized by the Minnesota Museum of Science, which aims to counteract real creatures with mythological bears, those of literature and folklore.
Prickly Contradiction
Part of the exhibition “Isn't that romantic?” At MAKK (in Cologne, Germany), this sofa cactus bears the signature of Italian designer Maurizio Galante. Formed by painted pillows, the creation aims to highlight the “irony of contradictory elements”.
One and a half hours of leisure
“East meets West, ” is Tonio de Roover's proposal. Mix of sofa and sculpture, this “flying” rug makes reference to the collection of folk tales “The Thousand and One Nights”. For the author, the simplicity of shapes and materials “emphasizes the image”.
Rarefied comfort
Shown during Milan Design Week 2009, this beautiful sofa takes its back to the Alps - leaving the rear portions properly accommodated in an icy waterfall. Anyway, this certainly "makes up the room."
For CDFs
Sounds comfortable, doesn't it? Not by chance, since it's a Chesterfield and all ... In fact, the above creation is from the British cement company Gray Concrete. By forging an all-concrete sofa, the company wanted to emphasize its molding skills - quite impressive, by the way. The mold, in fact, was a copy of the classic English sofa.
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