Picket&Rail KUKA Leather Sofa

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Why buy original KUKA? Since 1996, the award-winning international furniture label KUKA has been bringing its exceptional design continuum and make to the world’s cities. KUKA’s focus on cutting edge research and development ensures that they remain a global leader in innovation. KUKA has 573 design patents on their original designs and has been conferred with more than 200 furniture design awards.

20 designers worldwide, including in France, Germany, Japan, the United States and Italy, who conceptualize 50 designs every day make this possible. Each KUKA sofa merges contemporary European design elements with Asian craftsmanship in a dynamic, sophisticated design that perfectly emphasizes both form and function. KUKA is the original equipment manufacturer for reputable international brands.

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Authenticity PICKET&RAIL is KUKA’s sole authorized distributor in Singapore.

KUKA sofas possess three hallmarks of authenticity: the red KUKA tag, the KUKA birth certificate label on the underside and the PICKET&RAIL tag.

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THE DESIGN

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“We are not making furniture, but consciousness.”

– Gu Yuhua, Founder of KUKA

Psychologists speak of the living room as an aspirational space where we present the best of ourselves or the people that we want to be. That makes the living room’s ubiquitous sofa the equivalent of prime real estate.

The KUKA real estate is one-of-a-kind with gorgeous, buttery soft leathers and high-tech functions such as manually reclining headrests, backs and arms to afford multi-sensory comfort. The aesthetics of KUKA sofas outstrip elegant simplicity to achieve beauty. A KUKA sofa isn’t merely a sofa; it is a seating system that elevates the entire living room, whether said room is an open plan living space or a more intimate environment.

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KUKA QUALITY: THECRAFTSMANSHIP CRAFTSMANSHIP

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KUKA has come a long way since their humble beginnings in China with only four workers. Today, KUKA has around 1,800 stores worldwide. They export to 186 countries and have their own tannery and two main upholstery factories in China with certification, advanced technologies including a comprehensive leather test laboratory, and strict methods of quality control that enable them to meet production demands down to the most minute detail.

A new production facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2013. The skilled craftsmen and women work on every stage of the sofa in the KUKA factories; the human touch is conspicuously present in a KUKA sofa even with the advanced technologies that make it possible. The passion, care and attention to detail that KUKA creations evince have been honed over the past 17 years.

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THE ENGINEERING

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The challenge of producing KUKA sofas on a commercial scale involves engineering that embraces the ideation of the designers and the complexity of the sofas.

The highest quality standards and a painstaking eye for detail result in sofas that have passed a series of instrumented performance tests with flying colors to offer you an unparalleled relaxing experience. A KUKA sofa possesses ideal sophistication and functionality. The underlying German technology from the acclaimed manufacturer Leggett & Platt accounts for the sofas’ adjustable mechanisms in the headrests, backs and arms.

High Resilience Foam

Choice of Leather

Elastic Back Webbing

Down Feathers

Solid Larch Wood Frame

Sinuous Wire

Elastic Seat Webbing

Stainless Steel / Solid Wood Sofa Legs

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THE MATERIALS LEATHER

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LEATHERS OPULENTO & N LEATHERS

PERFETTO LEATHERS

MAESTRO LEATHERS

Thickness

1.5 - 1.7mm

1.8 - 1.9mm

1.1 - 1.3mm

Kind

Glossy semi-aniline top-grain leathers that have been dyed with soluble dyes: the best finish

Thick top-grain leathers

100% top-grain leathers using the strongest, tightest and most consistent part of the hide

Grain

Corrected and embossed grains resulting in soft, even & beautiful leather surfaces that retain the natural characters of the leathers

Corrected and embossed grains resulting in soft, even & beautiful leather surfaces

Corrected and embossed grains resulting in soft, even & beautiful leather surfaces

Protection

Protective top coat that reduces wear & staining

Protective top coat that makes the leathers easy to clean & maintain

Protective top coat that resists most stains

Feel

Exceptionally soft, supple & luxurious to touch. Great fit with contemporary lifestyles.

Soft to touch

Soft and supple to touch

Tensile Strength

Great

Excellent

Great

Wear

Very durable with daily use

Extremely durable with heavy daily use

Very durable with daily use

Recommended For

Those who prize the luxurious comfort and feel of leather and want the very best that leather has to offer

Families with young children and pets

Those who want all-rounder, high-performing leathers at reasonable prices

The KUKA name is also synonymous with exceptional leathers; KUKA uses rawhides that fulfil their requirements only from Europe, America and Australia as well as premium quality finished leathers from renowned tanneries such as Priante PelleItaliana and Gruppo Mastrotto.

KUKA prizes the time-honored natural material with its unmistakeable luxurious feel and texture.

PICKET&RAIL carries a plethora of the finest KUKA top-grain leathers in an array of colors. The grains of KUKA leathers have been corrected (sanded, buffed or snuffed) to even the textures and imperfections and embossed to make for a beautiful leather surface pattern.

This embossing also makes the leathers softer and retains their characteristic feel and elegance.

Our KUKA leathers have been dyed all the way through in our careful and thorough tanning processes. This is a sign of top-quality leather.

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THE MATERIALS WOOD & HIGH RESILIENCE FOAM

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Dacron and down feathers are used in the filling for the upholstery of KUKA sofas for that extra lush softness. KUKA utilizes superior materials such as kiln-dried European larch wood and multilayer high resilience foam from the top foam maker in the industry—applied at six different densities—in their heavyduty construction that also incorporates a built-in sinuous spring and highly tensioned elastic rubber webbing system and corner reinforcement blocks. High resilience foam is used in the construction of most expensive furniture as well as in yacht and boat building. In central Europe, larch is an immensely desirable wood in the building of houses due to its tough properties.

KUKA has their own dedicated foam, wood mill and hardware factories so they have direct control over the quality of the materials used in the construction of the sofas.

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THE EXACTING DETAIL

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The fine stitching in KUKA sofas allows for impeccable flat seams and adds definition to the outline of the sofa. The feet of KUKA sofas are unique to the designs and are in either stainless steel or wood.

Every aspect of KUKA sofas is meticulously inspected before leaving the factories to furnish homes all around the world.

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THE FUNCTIONALITY

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The consummate relaxing experience happens on KUKA sofas. Smoothly slide or tilt the headrests, backs and even armrests of your KUKA sofa into position so that it accommodates and supports you perfectly, in all the positions that you are in the mood for at any point of time. This flexibility is enhanced

by KUKA ottomans that double up as storage space under the seat for you to stow items for quick access.

The KUKA sofa is designed with you and your absolute comfort in mind. The result is a built to last sofa that marries excellent materials with real craftsmanship and high technology at the altar of truly groundbreaking designs with flair.

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KUKA MODERN

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Sleek, modern profiles, stainless steel feet, smooth details and great functionality make the Modern collection high on design and feel.

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KUKA #1580

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KUKA #005

KUKA #1038

KUKA #907

KUKA #987

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KUKA #1176

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Functionality of KUKA Recliners

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The slick, outstanding designs of KUKA reclining sofas with their Leggett & Platt mechanisms make the sofas versatile and amazingly comfortable to relax in.

The KUKA technology makes it possible to recline fully in just a few seconds with a gentle touch of the built-in sensor in the side of the sofa. The back of the sofa reclines and the footrest extends soundlessly to elongate the seat for ultimate comfort.

For reclining sofas with handles on the sides of the sofa, pulling out the handle opens up the sofa by extending the footrest and lowering the backrest simultaneously. Returning to the original upright position is as simple as pushing down on the footrest while sitting upright.

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New Series

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KUKA #1375

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KUKA #1599

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KUKA #1583

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Natural Characteristics of Leather It all comes back to the senses. Leather— probably the longest-wearing natural upholstery fabric available—looks elegant, feels sensuous and has a distinctive smell.

Leather, like cattle, has variations.

Each piece of leather will exhibit its own unique characteristics, markings and subtle shadings such as grain and texture variations, wrinkles, pores, healed scarring (such as from thorn scrapes, cuts, insect bites, barbed wire and brands), stretch marks and slight color differences. These imperfections do not significantly affect the integrity and performance of the leather and are actually desirable as they give your leather its character and enhance its beauty.

Because leather is a natural, porous material, it absorbs dyes and finishes differently and to varying degrees. Every single leather sofa is thus unique in both looks and personality with their own characteristic markings.

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DIFFERENCE IN TONE

DIFFERENCE IN GRAIN

SCARS

STRETCH MARKS

Leather is so strong it is virtually impossible to puncture or tear without great force. A seam in leather is 50 percent stronger than a seam in fabric.

Leather is breathable and helps regulate temperature by absorbing and releasing humidity through natural pores. This means that your KUKA leather sofa will be warm when the weather is cold and cool when the weather is warm. Leather also ages very well and increasingly conforms to your body over time so you are essentially breaking it in to make it perfectly accustomed to you. Because leather is a natural material, it will stretch and crease over time. Using your KUKA leather sofa will add nuances and individuality to its looks as well as heighten its natural comfort.

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KUKA

Exential

There’s room for everyone: larger proportioned sofas for bigger living spaces afford extra deep seating depth for phenomenal comfort. The extra ergonomic seating support and room also make the Exential collection ideal for larger families.

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KUKA American

The American series offers slightly more compact sofas with American-style features, accentuated by wooden feet.

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KUKA SHOWROOMS Luxury Sofa Showroom 36 Kaki Bukit Place #01-01/02 S(416214) Tel: 6743 1612 Factory Direct Showroom IMM #03-24 Tel: 6565 7132 2 Jurong East St 21, S(609601) Main Showroom Upp Thomson 25 Tagore Lane #02-09 S(787602) Tel: 6643 9660

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