New Balance Sofa

New Balance

The New Balance sofa is an Italian design, modular sofa system that poses as a metaphor for the uncertainties of our time. It quite literally searches for balance through the oblique elements, with a choice of a left or right descending side. The modules are designed to be combined in various configurations.

"The fact that New Balance literally looks for balance on its uneven legs is a metaphor for the unstable balance of our time, we are looking for certainty, guidance, a new equilibrium." Fabio Novembre explains.

Hans Lensvelt and Fabio Novembre have known each other for 20 years through mutual friend Marcel Wanders. It was only until 2018 that Hans Lensvelt suggested to Fabio Novembre that it was time to created furniture together. The prototype of the New Balance Sofa was presented at the Milano Design Awards in 2019.

Fabio Novembre

The Italian architect and designer, Fabio Novembre seems like he can do it all. He embodies all notions of design, fashion, art and architecture and has gained notoriety that is identified by his exclusive and provocative designs. He has successfully collaborated with brands such as: Driade, Venini and Kartell. Fabio Novembre designed interiors, showrooms and boutiques for fashion houses such as Blumarine and Stuart Weitzman. And proudly designed architectonic spaces for AC Milan and Lamborghini.