In an age when everything changes quickly, give yourself something capable of stopping time.
ANFIBIO
The Anfibio sofa by Giovannetti, designed by Alessandro Becchi, is one of the great cult pieces of Italian design. Innovative, original, and extremely functional, it stands out as a truly revolutionary furnishing element and a symbol of quality and craftsmanship.
First designed in 1970, the Anfibio sofa bed has been defined by critics around the world as "the sofa-work of art."
This fascinating furnishing piece is characterized by generous dimensions and soft, enveloping forms that invite relaxation, comfort, and sharing. The sofa features a rectangular steel-profile frame and high-density shape-retaining polyurethane padding, covered with thermobonded acrylic fibers and protective fabric. All fabric parts are removable. Anfibio is available upholstered in leather or in fabrics in various colors. Ideal as a transformable solution, this work of art perfectly combines aesthetic research with innovative use of domestic space.
Anfibio has been exhibited in some of the world’s most important museums, including the MoMA in New York, since 1972.
ENGLISH
Anfibio was born in 1970 from a revolutionary idea. Defined by critics all over the world as the sofa work of art. Produced today with materials extremely suitable to its multiple features. Quality and craftsmanship have made it unique in its kind.
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Load-bearing cylindrical-roll structure in rectangular steel profile. Padding in high-density shape-retaining polyurethane, quilted with thermobonded acrylic fibers and protective fabric. High-thickness alveolar polyurethane mattress, quilted with thermobonded acrylic fibers and protective fabric. All upholstered parts are removable.
CURIOSITÀ
In the 1975 film Son tornate a fiorire le rose, to make the game of seduction more enticing, the extraordinary actor Walter Chiari chose Giovannetti’s best-seller Anfibio.
AUTHOR BOX: A. BECCHI
Born in 1946. After completing his studies at ISIA in Florence, he began his career as a designer. In 1972 he was invited to the exhibition Italy: The New Domestic Landscape at the MoMA in New York, presenting Anfibio. That date marked the beginning of an intense collaboration with Giovannetti, for whom he designed a series of sofa beds such as Only You, Brando, Diletto, and the famous armchair series Le Bugie.
A designer of remarkable ability, Becchi brought innovation, freshness, and a love of design into the company, establishing not only an excellent professional relationship with Benito Giovannetti, but above all a deep emotional bond. It was probably this strong human connection that gave “that something extra” to products of recognized success. The collaboration ended in 1987, with Becchi’s death.
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