VITRA Polder Sofa - Mod Livin'

Dutch designer Hella Jongerius works on the cusp of craft and technology, fuseing traditional and contemporary influences, high tech and low tech, the industrial and artisanal. Her works deliberately show the traces of how they were made, embracing imperfections and unusual mixtures of materials and techniques. Her Polder Sofa for Vitra is an outstanding piece of high design; inspired by techniques such as collage and embroidery, she's mixed them into a contemporary design footprint. Different sized cushions in coordinated colors and large buttons made of natural materials like bamboo and mother of pearl are sewn with broad cross stitches using contrasting threads. (this sofa is also offered in leather).