MORIA SOFA

Moria is built around a sloped volume: the arms and back rise from the seat as upholstered slopes rather than upright panels, and horizontal bands of stitching run across them to mark the rise. At 71 cm high and 97 cm deep it is a low, solid piece. Shown in olive leather, with the matching pouf.

The stitched bands

The horizontal lines are the whole design and they are the hardest part of making it. Each band has to run dead level across a sloping, curved surface — on a slope, a seam that drifts by a few millimetres looks like a fault rather than a detail. It is done by hand, and it is why this model takes longer in production than a plain sofa of the same size.

Low and solid

A 71 cm back keeps Moria below the sightline, so it can sit in the middle of a room or in front of a window. The slopes give it visual weight without height, which is an unusual combination — it reads as a substantial piece while leaving the room open above it.

With the pouf

Moria is shown with a matching pouf, upholstered from the same hide. In front of a low sofa it works as a footstool, a seat or a tray surface, and it is the piece that turns a 250 cm sofa into a lounging arrangement. The chair in the same model is built taller, at 85 cm, for proper shoulder support when it is used on its own.

Leather or fabric

Any of seventy-six leather shades across twelve families, or fabric. Genuine leather only. The band stitching can be run in a contrasting thread — on this form that is a real design decision, not a detail.

Sizes

Three standard widths, listed above. Adjustable per project; the band spacing is re-set with any change so the lines stay level and evenly divided.

Where it belongs

A contemporary living room, a hotel lounge, a project where the seating has to feel relaxed rather than formal.