Eight living spaces where statement sofas make a splash
A vintage three-seater settee and a purple conversation pit feature in our latest lookbook of living rooms anchored by statement sofas.
Designers are constantly innovating the humble sofa. As usual, last month's annual Milan design week platformed many of the latest seating designs, from IKEA revisiting inflatables to furniture by Moroso that looked like 3D perspective drawings.
This lookbook brings together eight striking sofas from the past few years, which have transformed their living spaces through a selection of shapes, colours and materials.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring tattoo parlours, shoji screens and interiors transformed using reclaimed materials.
Paris apartment, France, by Rodolphe Parente
When renovating this Paris apartment, French interior designer Rodolphe Parente sought to balance the building's heritage with the "radical" art collection of its owner.
The living room is anchored by a caramel-coloured vintage sofa, which features sculptural interlocking components that complement the space's graphically patterned rug.
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Daddy Cool, Australia, by Pattern Studio
Playfully nicknamed Daddy Cool, this Sydney house was designed by local firm Pattern Studio as a base for a music-loving father and his adult children.
Swollen seating defines the open-plan living space. Originally created in 1975 by French furniture designer Pierre Paulin for Gubi, a plump three-seater settee sits alongside British creative Faye Toogood's recognisable Puffy lounge chair.
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Two Suns, Poland, by COI Studio
Today's "powerful and poetic" Polish design scene takes centre stage in Two Suns, a Poznań apartment designed by COI Studio founder Monika Rogusz-Witkoś.
Among the home's many colour-drenched touches is a chubby dark blue velvet couch, which sits behind a blobby metallic coffee table that enhances the seating's curves.
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Berlin apartment, Germany, by Studio Karhard
In 2003, Thomas Karsten and Alexandra Erhard of Studio Karhard designed the interiors of Berghain, Berlin's most famous nightclub.
Last year, the duo applied this experience to a Kreuzberg apartment, which they created as a "homely" stainless-steel-clad homage to the techno club located in a former power plant.
A crimson-red, low-slung sofa was built around the wall of the living room on a stainless steel base that doubles as a side table at each end, creating both a striking and practical result.
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New York City apartment, USA, by Crosby Studios
This New York City apartment is the self-designed home of Crosby Studios founder Harry Nuriev and his partner, studio CEO Tyler Billinger.
Nuriev and Billinger renovated the flat together, opting for a palette of gleaming tiled walls and bright purple carpets.
White vegan leather was used to create the living space's striking custom silver couch – the same material that lines the bespoke cabinets in the kitchen.
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Pam and Paul's House, USA, by Craig Steely Architecture
This spacious, two-level home in northern California is anchored by a purple conversation pit – a sunken lounge area fitted with a built-in sofa.
Local studio Craig Steely Architecture designed the house with plenty of floor-to-ceiling glazing to maximise views of the surrounding hillside that can be enjoyed while sprawling across the plush pit.
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Casa Vasto is a live-work home in Barcelona, designed by local studio Mesura to combine living quarters with exhibition space for its gallery-owner occupant.
Located in a former factory, the apartment's living space features a low-slung sofa composed of squishy blocks that were chosen to emphasise the height of the space and its vaulted ceiling – characteristic of factories built during the 19th century in the Spanish city.
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Paris apartment, France, by Uchronia
This one-storey apartment is housed within a building designed as part of Georges-Eugène Haussmann's famed reconstruction of Paris during the mid-19th century.
Local studio Uchronia renovated the home to reflect the maximalist tastes of its jewellery-designer owners, which included the addition of a large and vividly-coloured sofa placed in the centre of the living space.
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This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring tattoo parlours, shoji screens and interiors transformed using reclaimed materials.
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