Moooi showcased its 2016 collection as part of the brand’s Unexpected Welcome installation during this year’s Milan Design Week. Moooi’s Unexpected Welcome exhibition was located at Via Savona 56 in Milan Zona Tortona district. It included Moooi co-founder Marcel Wanders’ Charleston Chair, a seat formed from a quilted leather Chesterfield sofa turned on its end so it points almost vertically upwards. A metal swivel stand holds the sofa upright, allowing the user sits on the inner edge of the lower arm and use the seat cushions as a back rest. Wanders has also designed the Jackson Chair, which has a square back covered with black embroidered canvas. His slender T lamp has a pivoting mechanism influenced by the balancing sculptures of Alexander Calder. The seat of British designer Paul Cocksedge’s Compression Sofa appears to indent the chunky cuboid form like a weight squashing a piece of foam. It is available with a marble body and an upholstered fabric seat, or the opposite combination.
