Powering your projects with the best design products.
LIVE
COLLECTION
INDE AWARDS
SINGAPORE INDESIGN
LIVE
TCO
INDE
SGID
Search
  • Finishes
  • Fixed & Fitted
  • Furniture
  • Brands
  • Join The Collection
  • ☰
  • Finishes
  • Fixed & Fitted
  • Furniture
  • Brands
  • Join The Collection
  • ☰
Home / Furniture / Lounge Seating / Arflex Cradle

Arflex Cradle

Space Furniture

Bold sculptural shape meets modernist sensibility in Arflex’s Cradle sofa by Neri&Hu. 

Categories: Furniture, Lounge Seating Tags: Arflex, Cradle, Lyndon Neri, Neri&Hu, Rossana Hu, sofa
  • Full Description
  • Product Description

    Since its inception, a core value of the Arflex brand has been its collaborations with designers, architects and engineers, using cultural experimentation to realise new products.

    Architecture practice Neri&Hu was approached to design a desirable seating product with an emphasis on its construction. As such, the genesis of the design concept of Cradle is the structure: a classic triangulated construction that is repeated several times around the chair, so that you can admire it from each point of view.

    The cow-hide strap that rolls up around the rigid frame covered by fabric, which holds soft cushions, is fixed between the steel structures of the feet, creating a cradle. The armchair draws both from the rich lineage of Italian furniture, known for its bold sculptural shapes, as well as from the modernist sensibility, that demands an honest structural expression.

    Rather than conceal the framework and attempt to make the chair levitate off the ground, the elegantly crafted supporting elements themselves become the highlight of the piece.

  • Enquiry Form
  • Do you have a product enquiry?

    Drop us a line by completing the form below. We will be more than happy to reply to any of your questions!

      Send me the Indesignlive.sg Collection newsletter

    Space Furniture
    Space Furniture

    Space launched its first showroom in Sydney, Australia in 1993 followed by two other showrooms in Melbourne and Brisbane. In 2001, Space started its first Asian showroom in Singapore and quickly established an extremely high benchmark for design retailing in the luxury lifestyle contemporary furniture industry around the Asia Pacific region.

    VIEW MORE

    More Products From This Brand

    Arflex Suppli Armchair

    Arflex Bel Air Sofa

    Arflex Strips

    Arflex Match

    Related Products

    Here’s what you need to know now from the world of design

    • Cubb tables by Orangebox

      Steelcase
      Read more
    • Arflex Elettra

      Space Furniture
      Read more
    • Arflex Bel Air Sofa

      Space Furniture
      Read more
    • Be

      Zenith
      Read more

    GET AT US!

    Think we should know about you?
    Send us the lowdown on the latest
    and greatest from your brand!

    SUBMIT

    CONTACT US

    Who are we? Get in touch with one of our teams all across the world.

    SYDNEY MELBOURNE PERTH MUMBAI HONG KONG SINGAPORE JAKARTA

    REACH US

    LET'S TALK BUSINESS

    There’s a lot to learn in running a business. We’ve got you covered with how-to guides, insights and resources for the business minded.

    READ MORE

    INDESIGN MAGAZINE

    Join the global design collective

    Available in print and online.

    SUBSCRIBE

    Brought to you by Indesign Media Asia Pacific Our Strategic Partners
    "2023 is all about preparing for the future": Designers on the move
    INDESIGNLIVE
    Meryl Hare and a legacy of enrichment Meryl Hare and a legacy of enrichment
    HABITUS LIVING
    Ask a building biologist: How healthy is my home? Ask a building biologist: How healthy is my home?
    LOOKBOX LIVING