Summertime sofa by Valerio Berruti / L 170 cm - Gufram
Date : 2013 Designer: Valerio Berruti
Brand: Gufram
Colors: blue and white
Material: fabric and polyurethane foam
Dimensions: 170 cm in length, 86 cm in width and 76 cm in height
Availability : 3 - 4 weeks
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The Summertime sofa uses polyurethane foam (a material common to all Gufram objects), water-based paint and wax crayons which are then varnished and fixed with Guflac®, in addition to keeping the colors vivid over time, it releases a delicate natural aroma of cinnamon and orange.
Thus, Summertime wants to be an instrument of delicious idleness, an invitation to the comfortable relaxation of the first days of summer, those which still carry the scent of budding flowers, those which allow us to enjoy the first warm sunny days, those of first swims in the sea, those of the first ice cream cones.
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Born in Alba in 1977, Berruti graduated from DAMS in Turin. At the age of eighteen he bought a small disused 17th century church in Verduno, in the province of Cuneo, which he later used as a workshop and studio. In 2004, he won the Celeste Award in the Affirmed Artist category and the White Pages Award.
Berruti remains the only Italian artist in the international studio and curatorial program in New York to date. In 2009 he created the cover of Angoli nel cielo by Lucio Dalla, and participated in the Venice Biennale presenting a sound installation set to music by Paolo Conte. In 2011, Berruti collaborated with Ryūichi Sakamoto on the film Kizuna , while the following year he completed his Over the rainbow , a huge piece of land art located in a protected area in Johannesburg, South Africa. During his career, Berruti has exhibited his works in Turin, Milan, Modena, Los Angeles, Seoul, Frankfurt, New York and Tokyo.
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Gufram is an Italian furniture manufacturer based in Barolo (Piedmont region). Founded in 1966 by the Gugliermetto brothers, Gufram, acronym for "Gugliermetto Fratelli Arredamenti Moderni", takes the form of a creative laboratory: they combine their knowledge of local craftsmanship with emerging architects and artists of the time. Their sculptured art objects revolutionized the aesthetics of 1960s furniture. From 1965, Gufram followed the artistic direction of designer Giuseppe Raimondi, who associated the company with emerging artists and architects of the time.
They study new choices of materials and mainly choose polyurethane foam to pad and structure their sculptural creations. Polyurethane will become their trademark. In addition to mastering the processing of flexible polyurethane, Gufram has developed and patented a special finish: Guflac®, the true essence of the company's artisanal spirit: this special and unique paint job makes surfaces more uniform, consistent and elastic . Soft, elegant shapes are thus created, innovative shapes that would otherwise be impossible to cover.
Gufram icons, regardless of the collection they are part of, are made by sculpting flexible polyurethane foam which is then finished or decorated by hand with the Guflac® backing.
Their creations, in the wake of pop art, are anchored in the avant-garde movement of the 1960s.
In 1968, Gufram presented its products under the name Multipli: industrially reproduced art objects in limited edition. Gufram then enjoyed considerable success with the public and the international press. Among their most remarkable creations: the Bocca sofa, originally designed by Salvador Dali, the Cactus coat rack, the majestic Pratone seat or even more recently the grotesque stools in the shape of a tombstone The End from the Toiletpaper collection, or the Broken Mirror imagined by Snarkitecture.
These “domestic sculptures” now appear in the most beautiful homes and the most renowned museums in the world.
The Gufram company was bought in 2012 by entrepreneur Sandra Vezza and her son Charley as artistic director. They were able to breathe new life into the company, notably on the occasion of the company's 50th anniversary celebrations in 2016 but also with new collaborations such as that with Moschino “Moschino kissed Gufram”.
