Living Etc UK – September 2019

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(Clockwise from top) Dafne chairs

come with woven seats and backs;

the second and third generation

Galimberti clan prove Flexform is a

family affair; armrests upholstered

in cowhide bring new life to the

A.B.C armchair, launched in 1996

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A 60th anniversary might suggest it’s time to take

a step back and enter life in the slow lane, yet this

certainly isn’t the case at Flexform – the iconic,

family-run business. As the queues that formed

around the block at the brand’s Salone del Mobile

stand in Milan might suggest, business is booming

for the stalwart of sleek, understated and

quintessentially Italian furniture design. New

launches for 2019 are in keeping with the brand’s

unique category of ‘inconspicuous luxury’ and

‘discreet elegance’, with Antonio Citterio’s Romeo

• a seating system as charming as its name might
  suggest – featuring delicate grosgrain piping,
  ‘couture’ tailoring and a generously padded body
  that are at once standout and easy to sink into.
  Yet Flexform is no one trick pony, and while
  sofas are its bread and butter, a recent outdoor
  pursuit proves its designs really do have legs.
  Reissued classics, including Mario Asnago and
  Claudio Vender’s Moka table and chair from 1939,
  have been reimagined in weather-resistant
  materials, enjoying a new lease of life in their
  alfresco-appropriate guises. Here’s to at least
  another 60 years of life in the fast lane.

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