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Francesco Binfaré, the cult of the seat

2022-11-28T06:14:57.044Z


He was director of the Cassina research center and has distinguished himself for thirty years as one of Edra's leading creators. The non-conformist designer sees his career celebrated by a beautiful book. The opportunity to look back on the career of this major player in the Italian furniture industry.


It owes its success to comfortable sofas where it is good to relax.

Francesco Binfaré signs among the most emblematic pieces in the catalog of the Italian publisher Edra.

Esthete as much as technician, he designs his seats like small flexible architectures.

We owe him, for example, the invention of an intelligent cushion, developed for the Essentiel divan, which, being modeled in multiple positions by a simple pressure, makes use of a backrest or an armrest.

“People tell me that when they sit on my sofas, they are fine, assures the creator.

Not only because they are soft and welcoming, but also because they inspire them with something that goes beyond the simple object.

With my sofas, I express my vision of the world, of the times in which we live.”

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