Far from getting old, the Mah Jong sofa, the most recognized and recognizable from La Roche Bobois, meets 50 years in perfect shape and celebrates it with new designs and collaborations.
Designed in 1971, the sofa is the result of the collaboration between Philippe Roche, co-founder of the Roche Bobois brand, and Hans Hopfer, the designer who knew how to capture in a great and creative way the evolution of our lifestyle and the essence of the 70s.
Hopfer imagined a modular sofa that allowed great freedom both in its form and in their role. The combination possibilities of the Mah Jong sofa give rise to infinite compositions, from the simplest to the most complex what makes the user the own creator of his sofa.
The Mah Jong can be an armchair, a sofa, a chaise longue or even a bed and is a good reflection of the enthusiasm and vibrancy of the time when you were born.
Above the sofa with Missoni print. Collaboration with designers has been a constant in the life of the sofa (Gaultier, Kenzo Takada …) and there has even been space for collaborations with national artists.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Mah Jong rises and rises instead of on the ground it is placed on elegant platforms that also allow joining two, three or more cushions, anchor tabletop surfaces to support books, trays, lamps or other decorative objects.
The finishes of these platforms respond to the harmony of the Mah Jong fabrics: solid ash wood, veneer in warm or light tones, and glossy lacquer. A new design that respects the identity of Mah Jong and makes it more current than ever.
The designer Kenzo Takada To also celebrate the anniversary, he dresses the Mah Jong again and for this he has created a world of colors and patterns with different palettes: UMI which means sea, with shades of oceanic colors, stormy skies or the South Seas, with multiple floral or geometric designs and various textile materials.
The NATSU version, which evokes summer, with many warm and cheerful colors of sunsets, pink, red, fuchsia and yellow;
And the IRUNE version or “rest” in Japanese (on the cover), is a variation from khaki to blue-greens that are almost turquoise, dotted with softened, deep browns, of rope tones and pale gray.
The Kenzo Takada collection is completed with a series of handmade ceramics and some rugs with deep colors, delicately faded, which appears to be floating a palm or three elegant palmettes and emblematic motifs such as the dahlia, the star of this collection.
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