Gan Bandas A Grey Cushion
BANDAS A GREY CUSHION
BANDAS A GREY CUSHION
This is the A grey cushion, designed as an accessory to the modules and poufs of the Bandas collection.
Its pattern, apparently random, is embroidered and crocheted using white wool yarns of varying thicknesses. As a note of color, the piece is accented with an orange border.
Conceived by Patricia Urquiola, Bandas is one of our more flexible collections, with a modular design open to personalization. A simple velcro system allows the coupling of a series of thin and elongated rugs or bands (hence the name of the collection) to modules that function as seats and poufs, or to each other, forming larger rugs. The embroidery on this cushion is the same as on the runners, making it easy to mix&match.
Bandas cushions can be used as part of a Bandas “space”, configured with the modules of the collection, or to complete a room with a Bandas rug. They can also be purchased individually, as a pop of color.
DESIGNER
PATRICIA URQUIOLA
Patricia Urquiola was born in Oviedo, Spain in 1961 and studied architecture and design at the Madrid Polytechnic. She moved to Milan to conclude her studies at the Politecnico di Milano, where she graduates with Achille Castiglioni.
She then works for Eugenio Bettinelli and Achille Castiglioni in Paris and in Milan, with Vico Magistretti at DePadova and later as head of design for Lissoni Associati. In 2001 she opens her own studio that works on architecture, design and installation projects.
Among her most famous architectural works there is the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Barcelona, Das Stue Hotel in Berlino, the spa at the Four Seasons Hotel in Milano, Room Mate Giulia Milano and the Sereno Hotel in Como; showrooms and installations for Gianivot Rossi, BMW, Cassina, Missoni, Moroso, Molteni, Officine Panerai, H&M, Santoni and the concept for Pitti Immagine in Florence.
She designs for some of the most important Italian and international brands such as Agape, Alessi, Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Baccarat, Boffi, Budri, Cassina, DePadova, Driade, Ferragamo, Flos, Gan, Georg Jensen, Glas Italia, Haworth, Kartell, Kettal, Kvadrat, Listone Giordano, Louis Vuitton, Molteni, Moroso, Mutina, Rosenthal and Verywood.
Some of her work is showcased in major art and design museums, such as the MoMA di New York, the Musée des Arts decoratifs in Paris, the Museum of Design in Munich, the Vitra Design Museum in Basel, the Design Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum in Lonodon, the Stedelijk in Amsterdam and the Triennale a Milano.
Patricia Urquiola has been a guest lecturer at various universities, such as Bocconi University and Instituto Marangoni in Milan, Harvard, Domus Academy the Royal College of Arts in London, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and obviously the Politecnico di Milano for which is also part of the advisory board.
She has received the Gold Medal of the Arts and the Order of Isabel the Catholic by His Majesty The King of Spain Juan Carlos I, “Designer of the Decade” from two different magazines in Germany, “Designer of the Year” from Wallpaper, AD Spain, Elle Décor International and Architektur und Wohnen Magazine. Patricia was the ambassador for the Milan Expo in 2015. She is the art director of Cassina since 2015.
INFORMATION
COMPOSITION
100% new wool
FILLING
100% Polystyrene
BORDER COLOR
Orange
CUSHION SIZE
60 x 40 cm // 24" x 16"
DESIGNER
Patricia Urquiola
FOAM
- Standard
- Fireproof
BANDAS, A GAN SPACES COLLECTION
GAN spaces are collections meticulously constructed from innovative concepts and artisanal production methods. Suggestive approaches that, stemming from a rug, are capable of bringing to life a whole family of modules and accessories with which to design an environment or “space”. A set of designs linked together, designed to project stimulating and contemporary atmospheres with an open, flexible and casual configuration.
FEATURES
Bandas is handcrafted using two types of textiles and techniques: a fine fabric, made on a manual loom, serves both to cover the modules and poufs and as a base for the runners themselves, on which the details are hand-embroidered by artisans from India.
