Alexander Wang and Poltrona Frau have teamed up for limited edition capsule collection of furniture pieces. Bringing together Poltrona Frau’s knack for luxurious hand-crafted pieces with Alexander Wang’s signature ease, the collection of lounge furniture includes two bean bag-style seats and a trunk bar. Discussing the collaboration, which is available beginning February 2015, Wang says, “I always loved this idea of hanging out in a basement on bean bags. But taking that youthfulness and re-contextualizing it into something very luxurious and aspirational. Poltrona Frau has such a deep history and incredible knowledge of furniture design. Their level of craftsmanship with furniture is truly distinguished, and together we were able to create something that I’m really excited to introduce.”
New York, NY – Alexander Wang and Poltrona Frau team up to create a limited edition oflounge furniture pieces, combining Poltrona Frau’s expertise in fine, luxurious hand-crafted design and Alexander Wang’s sensibility of elevated ease. The collection consists of two Bean Bag-style seats and a Trunk Bar, which together create an intimate “Hang Out” space, a concept that originates from Wang’s irreverent approach to luxury and produces an intriguing juxtaposition of casual comfort and refined elegance.
Creatively reinterpreting the bean bag chair, the lounge chairs reflect the style’s typically slouchy body while simultaneously lending structure and a monolithic shape. The sumptuous black upholstery is complimented by a geometric, polished bronze-plated steel base. In keeping with Poltrona Frau’s and Wang’s appreciation of details, the use of materials in this collection is key. For this Made-in-Italy furniture, Wang selected Poltrona Frau’s matte black leather and shearling for the chairs. Poltrona Frau is renowned for its skills in leather work, and offers here the luxurious Pelle Frau® Soul leather. Soul is amongst the finest quality full-grain leather that has been carefully selected with an eye for natural irregularities that add a sense of raw beauty. This rich leather grain eschews surface finishing resulting in a velvety texture and fullness of color. The portable Trunk Bar comes in chic matte black shagreen, completed with polished steel edging, custom hinge details and small recessed steel wheels for easy manoeuvrability. The interior is lined in black suede with polished steel edging. The shelves are designed to accommodate various sized mini-bar glasses, bottles and cocktail accessories. It as a side table, when closed, or remain open to allow a view inside the mini bar.