For his first project in collaboration with Natuzzi Italia, Andrea Steidl draws inspiration from the Apulian architectures of the Frederickian era of the thirteenth century: like the great Frederickian castles, the new Mirai sofa features a structure with a strong personality, yet at the same time light.

Mirai shows an architectural yet soft soul, a bold yet gentle and welcoming spirit, and, thanks to a clever optical illusion, the sofa’s lines – like those of the castles – seemingly diverge, only to reunite in a play of perpetual and repeated elements, as if forming an imaginative moving texture.

“In Mirai, the guiding principle is the inclination towards the future, just like the ideas of Frederick II, a symbol of the timeless culture of the entire Mediterranean as well as of ingenuity in the astonishing architectures in Apulia, with his inspirations from perennial beauty that only fleetingly arise from tradition but with foresight for tomorrow,” says Andrea Steidl.

In the refined seat, Steidl has broken down the concept of comfort into individual elements held together by an orderly wooden structure on which light and soft volumes rest. The three fundamental elements of the sofa, namely the cushion, the backrest, and the armrest, form a fascinating play of heights that enhances and underlines visual comfort.

Category:FurnitureAward Year:2024Designers: Andrea Steidl, Natuzzi SpA., Santeramo in Colle (BA), ItalyManufacturer:Natuzzi SpA, Santeramo in Colle (BA), Italy