Sou Sofa System
Take a piece of furniture apart down to its most basic components, and put it back together step by step. Teruhiro Yanagihara’s sofa Sou, designed for Offecct, is constructed in different layers to make it possible to freely create different shapes and functions for public environments.
A sofa with modular layers enable versatile configurations for public spaces. Separate seat and backrest allow for customization. Timeless design, sustainable with minimal resource consumption.
Leg frame in solid wood: white stained ash or black stained. Inside frame back and seat: solid wood, birch plywood and fiberboard. Polyurethane foam glued to frame. Non-glued upholstering which can easily be re-upholstered.
Teruhiro Yanagihara, founder, Designer, Creative director of Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio. He was born in 1976, in Japan, and established his own company in 2002 to develop his own. He established 2nd studio in Arles, France in 2021. His projects cross boundaries and cultures to form encounters between contemporary design, industries, and Japanese crafts.