Designed by Terry Crews, the Ibis Sofa was part of the Terry Crews Collection under the project called 'The Creatives' which was kept under-the-radar up until its release at the 2017 ICFF & NYC Design Week. This was a fun collection to manage, as there were a lot of product development challenges to overcome to make this whimsical idea come to fruition. Before sending out the frame to vendors for samples, there were many hours spent in the maintenance shop bending tube and welding frames to get this concept's proportions nailed down.
Sofa with polished tubular frame.
Loveseat with black powder coated tubular frame.
Pillows were developed to be affixed to the arms with adequate support while maintaining the perception of a loose fitting pillow.The back not attached to the arms, and its sweeping design proved to be an interesting engineering challenge, yet with enough rounds of testing and prototyping we got this thing rock solid.
Which one's the art??
