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Babled by Emmanuel Babled has its origin in the artinstallation DEN chair by Emmanuel Babled. Read more about the project .
Babled by Emmanuel Babled has its origin in the artinstallation DEN chair by Emmanuel Babled. Read more about the project .

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New collaboration between Offecct and Emmanuel Babled.

Challenging the boundaries between art and furniture

New collaboration between Offecct and Emmanuel Babled.

Babled is a unique collaboration between the French designer Emmanuel Babled and Offecct. The iconic swivel/easy chair that was first made as a work of art has now evolved into furniture in Offecct Lab. World premiere at Salone del Mobile Milano 2018!

Emmanuel Babled's voluminous and sculptural swivel/easy chair Babled was originally created as a piece of art in marble. Offecct's Design Manager Anders Englund saw the object in Milan last year and wanted to investigate what would happen if it were transformed into dressed furniture.

“Our design is exploratory, creative and playful. The way we work has many similarities to the artistic process, so it’s natural for us to bring art and furniture together and at the same time challenge the boundaries between the two,” he says.

A dynamic forum for experiments

The collaboration between Emmanuel Babled and Offecct has taken place in Offecct Lab, a dynamic forum where Offecct invites different partners to experiment and test new solutions, materials and ideas. Sometimes the products become part of the standard range, and sometimes they remain important stages of knowledge and development. The work is closely linked to Offecct’s Lifecircle philosophy by constantly challenging and exploring boundaries.

Emmanuel Babled says he was inspired to create Babled when he saw a big butterfly with its wings open. The organic shape makes the easy chair look like different furniture from different angles, both heavy and light in expression standing on a distinct foundation.

“When I started designing it, I also thought of famous Scandinavian furniture from the 1960s shaped like big shells and with rounded and soft shapes. The mission was to make the chair feel welcoming and to inspire people to let their bodies sit or lie in relaxed, comfortable positions,” he says.

Experience Babled easy chair by Emmanuel Babled at Salone Del Mobile 2018, Offecct Pavilion 20, stand E19-F18.


Bio Emmanuel Babled

Emmanuel Babled was born in France in 1967 and graduated in industrial design from the European Institute of Design in Milan. He started as a designer in Paris and moved to Milan in 1992. There he founded his own studio where he worked for 18 years, followed by five years in Amsterdam, before settling in Lisbon in early 2016.He has been a guest lecturer and developed workshops at Domus Academy in Milan and the Design Academy of Eindhoven.

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Offecct AB is a entrepreneur- led company with its headquarters and production in Tibro, Sweden. The company was founded in 1990 by Kurt Tingdal (CEO) and Anders Englund (Design Manager). They are both still actively involved in the company. The group has 75 employees and sales of SEK 180 million. The business is run in own premises which have a total area of around 20 000 m 2. The company has showrooms in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Tibro (SE), Oslo (NO), Copenhagen (DK), London (UK), Rotterdam (NL) and Milan (IT). Offecct is since 2017 a part of the Flokk Group - the market leader in the design, development and production of workplace furniture in Europe. Read more on flokk.com 

For more information, please contact:
PR manager Katarina Fellbrant, +46(0)709 99 77 71, katarina.fellbrant@offecct.se
Press support and images: Linn Engelmark, +46 (0)70 87 20 215, linn.engelmark@offecct.se

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Press contact Brand Manager +46 701 49 10 81

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