Privè Sofa
Paolo Nava
Production Arflex
Product Details
Sofa designed by Paolo Nava for Arflex, 1987.
Privé features a tubular aluminium frame covered with mesh upholstered in black leather. The seat and cushions are recessed and upholstered in fabric, and the angled relationship between armrests, backrest, and seat creates a welcoming silhouette defined by soft, continuous curves.
Produced in a period closely associated with experimentation in materials and construction, the Privè sofa is of particular interest to collectors of 1980s Italian design and Arflex production.
Design: 1987
Dimensions: L 190 × D 90 × H 110 cm
Paolo Nava
Born in Seregno in 1943, Paolo Nava is an Italian architect and designer trained in industrial design. After a period of study in England, in 1972 he co-founded the Citterio–Nava studio with Antonio Citterio, initiating a practice that significantly influenced the evolution of domestic design from the 1970s onward. His work focuses on defining functional and formal archetypes, developed through direct experimentation with materials and three-dimensional testing in the workshop. Nava conceives design as a rigorous and concrete process, where project, use, and durability over time are inseparable elements.
