Just when we considered contemporary designers had accomplished away with the overstuffed sofa for great, along comes Swell, the newest piece from Denmark’s Normann Copenhagen, with its pleasingly plump profile meant to reference a loaf of bread. A creation of Swedish designer Jonas Wagell, Swell’s exaggerated roundness is, in some approaches, the antithesis of Moderism’s obsession with angular varieties, and deliberately so. Says Wagell, ”I’ve continually been fascinated by minimalism but I like to include a warm and private touch to the objects.” Our guess is that Modernists with an unspoken penchant for comfort will uncover Swell’s inviting softness not only warm, but downright scrumptious.
Images: Normann Copenhagen
