Contemporary armchair DS-800

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Craftsmanship meets design Created as an open inviting hand, the redesign of DS-800 by Ubald Klug is a timelessly beautiful retro classic with a sculptural appearance that invites to inspiration and creativity. With its hidden function of a 360° rotating seat, DS-800 brings momentum to every sitting position while at the same time more than doing justice to its role as an extraordinarily comfortable armchair. Whether as a single-seater or as an endlessly combinable seating group, DS-800 can be smoothly integrated into the room. In addition to the armchair, stool and table elements are available as well and can be integrated into the seating groups. Ubald Klug created one of the icons for de Sede: DS 1025, better known as “Terrazza,” in which, depending on the arrangement, multiple sofas can be combined to form either a mountain or a valley of upholstered leather. Permeating the work by this Zurich-born architect and designer who has lived in Paris since 1966 and once also worked as a sculptor, is the constant search and fresh discovery of appearances. This is also how DS-800 came into being for de Sede in the 1970s: a modular seating group with consummate functionality and tremendous esthetics: a creative response to our need to relax and a statement of home decor, that has now been redesigned to combine geometric motifs with ornamental references. Whether as a single-seater or a seating group of combinable elements, DS-800 acts as an inviting, protective hand. With its 360° rotatable armchair and a flexible backrest element, de Sede has developed DS-800 into a unique sculpture: a masterful revival thoroughly steeped in the philosophy of living tradition.