Standard Sofa

Francesco Binfarè Edra Standard Sofa

STANDARD By edra

Type: Sectional fabric sofa

Designer: Francesco Binfarè

Standard is a sofa that allows maximum comfort in whichever position.‎

The key element is the “smart cushion”.‎ Backrests and armrests have lost any stiffness and can be molded as desired with a flick of your hand: low, high, oblique, enveloping and functional.‎ The deeper seats help to discover a casual comfort.‎ Standard is the result of years of technological research to produce an exclusive sofa that perfectly fulfils the wishes of the users.‎

It allows total freedom of combining seats of different shape and depth to customize the compositions : linear, angular or free plan.‎           

The smart cushion is a brand - new concept of relax, it represents years of reflections, studies and technological research.‎

The secret is inside, hidden to view but of immediate use.‎ Joints in special materials allow you to shape it as you prefer: it can be pulled up or down, it can take the position that is most suitable to the purpose at that time, simply and effortlessly, thanks to  a slight hand pressure.‎

Whether as a backrest or as an armrest, through these hidden mechanisms that are true masterpieces of engineering, the smart cushion offers outstanding comfort and suits your idea of comfort.‎

Tested simulating a continuous use of years , it is perfectly wear-proof:  functionality and technology are combined to achieve the best comfort.‎

Edra has always been committed to technological research, and in 2004 patented Gellyfoam®, a next generation material that represents the most advanced reference point in terms of  comfort.‎

Gellyfoam® is a special foam that combines softness with support; it is unlike a spring that  pushes back,  but a material that will always welcome you in the best way.‎

It offers superior comfort and relax.‎ Gellyfoam® is an exclusive technology by Edra.‎

Edra puts man, the highest wishes about comfort and relax, at the centre, and every day edra works towards that goal.‎ Edra comfort is an extraordinary dimension of life, which can be presented in many different ways, but always at the highest level.‎

Craftmanship is an essential working method to provide edra’s quality, the oldest and newest one, and it is through craftsmanship that knowledge is handed down: work is done according to a high-tech project, while thinking back to the good manual skills that have always existed here in Tuscany.‎ The hands are the only way to provide the most excellent quality.‎ The hands can sense, adapt, build, convey and achieve goals that machines simply cannot.‎ 

The Edra Standard Sofa designed by Francesco Binfare for Edra represents the ultimate in flexibility and adaptability with countless configurations. The Standard Sofa provides seating arrangements for one or more people while combining a dynamic design aesthetic with functionality suitable for most spaces.

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Various.Materials & finishes: Gellyfoam, Goose Feathers, Metal, Polyurethane

Edra Standard Sofa. Comfortable intimacy. Beautiful, elegant, comfortable, soft, malleable and adaptable to the wishes of the user. Represents both a gentle hug and a high nth degree movement. The time element of Edra Standard Sof is "an intelligent cushion" that is at the same time as an armrest and backrest freely adjustable. Here everything has been designed to allow total freedom of positions: symmetrical, asymmetrical, formal, informal, reading or consultation of the tablet. The solid back but supple and soft contours enhance the elegance of this padded, beautiful behind as in front. The structure of Edra Standard sofa is made of metal and polyurethane padding and synthetic wadding. Seats of different shape and depth to create linear and corner solutions as well, angular open or open plan. Every seat cushion backrest and armrests is individually adjustable and reclining in every direction, with fluid movements that make discovering new thresholds of comfort. One possibility offered by the joints, which are a real jewel of engineering and comfort. The various system components of Edra Standard Sofa are joined together by an element molded in rigid polyurethane which engages the pins of the different sessions: a joint in the form of binoculars, which simplifies the displacement operations, cleaning and change position.

We made no secret of our lust for Edra’s Standard Sofa and now they’ve added another knockout to the collection with the Edra Essential sofa.

And what isn’t more essential than a comforting yet design apropos sofa to sink into at the end of the day? If you’re like us, your sofa is the MVP of your living area – the space you can unwind in even when chaos is swarming around you. This is what interests the Essential designer, Francesco Binfarè, too. He refers to the sofa as the ‘small soft architecture’ of the living area, the place where interpersonal time is brought to a physical activity. And with the fascination he holds for the sofa and its place in the home, a new design from Binfarè is always worth a peek.

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After setting the bar extremely high for our sofa expectations with the Edra Standard Sofa, it was with a question mark we approached the Essential sofa at Space Furniture. The third sofa from Edra to use ‘smart’ cushions, we wondered what could set this new edition out from the existing top shelf offerings.

Turns out, a lot. As expected, the sofa is incredibly comfortable – plush, but not cloying, and decadent but with enough support to muster yourself out of the sofa (although let’s face it, you won’t want to get up once you sink into those pillows!) without any stretch.

This time, Binfarè takes a modular approach, creating the ability for you to curate the experience you want. Want to immerse yourself in a pillow cocoon? The smart cushions will shape and adapt to even your smallest movements. Need to create space from a packed couch? Move and reconfigure sections as you like. In any combination, the Essential manages to look chic yet cozy, adaptive to any design scheme and layout. The subtle silhouette ensures the back of the sofa is just as aesthetically pleasing as the front,  and as with the Edra, the smart pillow acts as a backrest and armrest, adjustable to your preferred position.  From working on a laptop to curling up with a book to sleeping (be honest, we all take it if the opportunity allows) the Essential contours to your body and provides strong but supple support.

Even as Binfarè continues to push the boundaries of flexibility and adaptivity in his design, he’s equally fixated on the sofa’s beauty and timelessness. The Essential is a reflection of the modern everyday essential, but infused with the availability of new and sophisticated technologies. At the end of the day, the Essential sofa is an evolution of best of Edra’s technology and structural engineering, but it’s so comfortable you probably won’t notice much else – you’ll be too busy wondering how you can avoid getting up ever again.