{"id":408,"date":"2014-03-26T16:44:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T16:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theenglishsofacompany.co.uk\/blog\/?p=408"},"modified":"2024-06-13T13:20:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:20:12","slug":"our-top-10-unusual-sofas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theenglishsofacompany.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/03\/our-top-10-unusual-sofas\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Unusual Sofas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some sofa designs will never go out of fashion – but around the world, designers are always coming up with new ideas and unusual sofas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will they catch on? Not always – and some look out of fashion even when they are first released – but as concepts, they highlight the versatility of this perennially favourite piece of furniture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Borge Mogensen’s Spokeback Sofa<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mogensen’s 1945 ‘Spokeback Sofa’ is an icon of the Danish Modern movement, characterised by minimalist designs and lightweight wood constructions.<\/p>\n\n\n

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2. Gaetano Pesce’s Sunset in New York<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The distinctive Art Deco style of this sofa combines skyscraper-style rectangular elements with a splash of vivid sunset-red on the backrest.<\/p>\n\n\n

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3. Swarovski’s Crystal Sofa<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there anything Swarovski won’t put crystals on? Seemingly not, as this sofa at the brand’s Kristallwelten (‘Crystal World’) exhibition in Austria proves.<\/p>\n\n\n

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4. Haldane Martin’s Songololo Sofa<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by sectional sofas from the 1970s, and by many-legged insects from nature, Haldane Martin’s design looks like an epoxy-coated steel centipede.<\/p>\n\n\n

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5. Belfast’s Brick Seat<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Found in Sandy Row, Belfast, this public bench is built out of carved bricks, and designed to look like a soft sofa you might find in any living room.<\/p>\n\n\n

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6. Erwin Wurm’s One Minute Sculpture<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erwin Wurm’s ‘One Minute Sculptures’ show was an interactive exhibition at the Deichtorhallen, Hamburg. Among the works was this sofa, which takes on a new identity when objects (or body parts) are pushed through the hole in the backrest.<\/p>\n\n\n

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7. Wicker Paradise’s Cactus Sofa<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured on Wicker Paradise’s ‘Wicker Blog’, this eye-catching sofa is perhaps more of a statement than a piece of practical furniture, with inhospitable prickles sticking out across its surface.<\/p>\n\n\n

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8. Benjamin Shine’s Box Lounger<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created as part of the BT Artbox project, Benjamin Shine reinvented the classic red telephone box by flipping it on its side, cutting it into a sofa shape, and adding matching red upholstery.<\/p>\n\n\n

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9. UrbanizeD Mainstore’s Second Life Sofas<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it exists in real life, it probably exists in the virtual world of Second Life – and in the case of virtual furniture outlet UrbanizeD Mainstore, it might ONLY exist in Second Life, as their distinctive and stylish modern designs are entirely digital.<\/p>\n\n\n

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10. Home Reserve’s Loveseat<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home Reserve’s sofas and seats are self-assembly, and that means they don’t look so good until they are complete with their fabric cover – but at least they’re kind on the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n

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