Grandemare

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Designer Bio

Brand: Flexform

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Dressed for the outdoors, the Grandemare sofa, designed by Antonio Citterio in 2011, is ready to furnish patios, terraces and porches with understated elegance. The Grandemare Outdoor seating system delivers all the practicality and comfort of an indoor upholstered sofa in an entirely outdoor version.

A clustering of soft geometric shapes, all devoid of sharp corners, the Grandemare Outdoor sofa rests on a compact laminated platform, a state-of-the-art material ideally suited to outdoor settings.

In place of the traditional upholstered armrest, an element entirely made of solid iroko wood can serve as a convenient table top surface, with a useful compartment to store objects.

The Grandemare Outdoor seating system features the kind of modularity that encourages a vast array of possible arrangements and can be accessorized with its namesake coffee tables made of solid iroko slats and sleek metal alloy spacers.

In order to keep the Grandemare sofas in good condition and maintain them as close as possible to their original state, use of their respective waterproof covers is strongly recommended.

About Designer
Antonio Citterio	Antonio Citterio was born in the Italian city of Meda in 1950. He opened his own studio in 1972 and completed his degree in architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1975. Between 1987 and 1996, he collaborated with Terry Dawn to design many buildings across Europe and Japan. In 2000, Citterio and Patricia Viel formed a multidisciplinary office for architecture, interior design and graphics. The office operates at international level developing complex long-term projects in synergy with a qualified network of specialist consultants. The practice is now called “Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel”. Antonio Citterio works in the industrial design sector with companies such as Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Hermès, Iittala, Kartell, Maxalto, Sanitec (Geberit Group), Technogym and Vitra. He has received numerous awards, including the Compasso d'Oro in 1987 and 1995. Citterio has been a professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the Università della Svizzera Italiana in Mendrisio from 2006 to 2016. He was awarded the title 'Royal Designer for Industry' by the London-based Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce in 2008.

About Designer

Antonio Citterio

Antonio Citterio was born in the Italian city of Meda in 1950. He opened his own studio in 1972 and completed his degree in architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1975. Between 1987 and 1996, he collaborated with Terry Dawn to design many buildings across Europe and Japan. In 2000, Citterio and Patricia Viel formed a multidisciplinary office for architecture, interior design and graphics. The office operates at international level developing complex long-term projects in synergy with a qualified network of specialist consultants. The practice is now called “Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel”.

Antonio Citterio works in the industrial design sector with companies such as Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Hermès, Iittala, Kartell, Maxalto, Sanitec (Geberit Group), Technogym and Vitra. He has received numerous awards, including the Compasso d'Oro in 1987 and 1995. Citterio has been a professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the Università della Svizzera Italiana in Mendrisio from 2006 to 2016. He was awarded the title 'Royal Designer for Industry' by the London-based Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce in 2008.