Ligne Roset Celebrates 50 Years of Togo With Two Limited Editions
The 50th Anniversary of Ligne Roset's iconic Togo sofa, designed by Michel Ducaroy, is being marked with two limited-editions: Atom + La Toile du Peintre.
Togo, the iconic sofa designed by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset, is celebrating its 50th anniversary! The occasion is being marked by the release of two limited-edition versions of the seating: Atom and La Toile du Peintre. One a minimalist’s monotone-speckled dream, the other for lovers of color and pattern.
In the 1970s, new materials ? foams, quilting, thermoformed plastics, and more ? hit the market, opening up the possibilities for new seating concepts. Ligne Roset developed innovative production techniques to match, and with them came the first all-foam range of modular seating. The spirit of innovation was high, and designer Ducaroy was riding that wave when he thought up the Togo “seat-cushion.” Advertisement 1974 \ Photo: Roux Seguela Agency via Ligne Roset Archives
First presented at the Salon des Arts Ménagers in Paris in 1973, viewers of Togo were doubtful, but the fair’s organizers were not. The seating won Ducaroy the René-Gabriel prize, which recognized ?innovative and democratic furniture? for pieces which offered the right price/value relationship.
Ducaroy often described Togo’s form as ?a tube of toothpaste folded back on itself like a stovepipe and closed at both ends.? The design was a hit with the hippie generation then, and has turned up in the most stylish ...
Togo, the iconic sofa designed by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset, is celebrating its 50th anniversary! The occasion is being marked by the release of two limited-edition versions of the seating: Atom and La Toile du Peintre. One a minimalist’s monotone-speckled dream, the other for lovers of color and pattern.
In the 1970s, new materials ? foams, quilting, thermoformed plastics, and more ? hit the market, opening up the possibilities for new seating concepts. Ligne Roset developed innovative production techniques to match, and with them came the first all-foam range of modular seating. The spirit of innovation was high, and designer Ducaroy was riding that wave when he thought up the Togo “seat-cushion.” Advertisement 1974 \ Photo: Roux Seguela Agency via Ligne Roset Archives
First presented at the Salon des Arts Ménagers in Paris in 1973, viewers of Togo were doubtful, but the fair’s organizers were not. The seating won Ducaroy the René-Gabriel prize, which recognized ?innovative and democratic furniture? for pieces which offered the right price/value relationship.
Ducaroy often described Togo’s form as ?a tube of toothpaste folded back on itself like a stovepipe and closed at both ends.? The design was a hit with the hippie generation then, and has turned up in the most stylish ...
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