Extension in space and time

The new Estendo sofa by Roda crosses over times and styles. The designer Luca Pevere took his cue from the historic Japan Chair created in 1957 by the Danish designer Finn Juhl, to create a contemporary outdoor solution with a strong character that is also ready to evolve, adapting to spaces, uses and functions. Pevere borrows the image of the original back in wooden rod, translating it into aluminium, “making it the distinctive feature, the connection between the various seating modules, with the possibility of closing around the armrest,” the designer says. This light frame supports the soft cushions, generating linear structures for one, two or three seats, with or without armrests, and a corner version. Thanks to the two main sections, placed below the seat and at the ends of the back, permitting connection of the various modules, an open structure is created which can be lengthened and extended (hence the name) at a later date.