The Vivienne seating system is inspired by the semicircular curved backrest of the Vivienne armchair, featuring a contemporary aesthetic designed by Italian-Danish duo GamFratesi. The embrace of the backrest that wraps around the seat also acts as an armrest, giving it a particularly decorative flair. The project features a finely contoured upholstered base, supported by recessed aluminium bars, which hosts and partially conceals the thickness of the cushions.
As a result, the seat appears thinner — a detail that gives the upholstery a more delicate look, making it feel light while remaining incredibly comfortable. The designers describe this seating system as “a piece that plays with the harmony of shapes. Its soft and generous curves, typical of the Vivienne Large armchair, evolve into a sofa system with new proportions. A perfect balance between sinuosity and geometric rigour, between the decorative and the essential, making it suitable for any modern space while maintaining an iconic and organic character.”
Vivienne is a system that offers great compositional versatility, and, in addition to sofas, end pieces and chaise lounges, it also includes elements with tops, thus giving rise to original combinations and creating a cohesive style for spaces of different sizes.
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GamFratesi
GamFratesi’s design takes its creative drive from a fusion of tradition and renewal and in an experimental approach to their chosen materials and techniques. With their dual traditional background, Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi draw on the classic Danish furniture and craft tradition as well as the classic Italian intellectual and conceptual approach. Understanding a tradition and addressing it actively in the workshop makes it possible to expand on it. From this cross-cultural substrate they create furniture that respectfully reflects tradition while also featuring unique embedded stories, symbols and associations, often expressed in a minimalist idiom. GamFratesi aim to create furniture that illustrates the process and the techniques that created it, and which reflect a persistent exploration of the diverse border zone between harmony and disharmony.
Gamfratesi studio was founded in 2006 by danish architect Stine Gam and italian architect Enrico Fratesi. the studio is based in Copenhagen.