IMM 2017
Cologne, Germany
DESIGN:
Patrick Jouin
Social is a modular system of linear, corner, curved seatings and poufs that can be matched to create an endlessy replicable sofa ready to host sociable moments. Linear modular system with two, three or four seats in polyurethane foam and elastic belts in the backrest, steel frame and die-casted aluminium legs at the far ends.
Patrick Jouin was born in Nantes, France, in 1967. After graduating from the École Nationale de la Création Industrielle (ENSCI) in 1992, he started to design for Thomson multimedia under the Art Direction of Philippe Starck.
The designer founded his own agency in 1998 in the 11th arrondissement in Paris and in 1999 he met Alain Ducasse with whom he collaborated designing many restaurants such as the Alain Ducasse au “Plaza Athénée”, “Be boulangerie-epicerie”, in Paris, and Mix New York restaurant.