ronan and erwan bouroullec: quilt sofa

‘quilt’ sofa by ronan and erwan bouroullec

for milan design week 2009 british furniture brand established & sons present the ‘quilt’ sofa by ronan and erwan bouroullec.

‘quilt’ sofa by ronan and erwan bouroullec

‘quilt’ sofa by ronan and erwan bouroullec

‘quilt’ sofa by ronan and erwan bouroullec

a famous mathematician euler discovered a simple formula that accounts for the number of faces (F), corners (C) and the number of edges (E) in simple shapes: he found that F + C – E = 2 for many shapes.(where F, C and E are the numbers of face, corners and edges).

for example take a cube (die) it has 6 faces, 8 corners and 12 edges so we get 6 + 8 – 12 = 2, which works. now in a football we have 60 corners and each corner has three edges (which themselves go between two corners). this means there are 3/2 edges for each corner giving a total for the whole ball of 60 x 3/2= 90 edges. how about the ‘quilt’ sofa?

established & sons will show the new collection at la pelota via palermo 10, milan, italy