Block Party

Modular couch with map printed on it
  • Location: Los Angeles
  • Status: Completed
  • Year: 2019
  • Filed in: Objects

Introducing “block party” the latest addition to the Map-à- Porter collection!

Composed of 5 rearrangeable modules (blocks), this seating ensemble was designed for the informal meeting room of a shared creative studio in Chinatown. The idea was to support a different kind of work-space and to allow for a detour from the normal flow of work. Thus, the blocks are possible to arrange in a multiplicity of ways to allow for a series of different mental dérives: on the same afternoon they may be configured into a shared bench to accommodate guests during an opening or a screening; a sectional for relaxing with a laptop and a cup of espresso; a bed for the occasional all-nighter; or be used as seats to chat with colleagues and clients about projects and the future!

The modules are upholstered by a local artisan using 100% natural cotton and screen-printed by hand with a custom-designed map of Chinatown and Downtown.
Hit us up to arrange a visit, have a glass of vino while you lounge on it and … order yours! Colors, fabric, map and number of modules are customizable.

Caution: ideas discussed on the couch may stay on the couch!.. as words incorporated into the custom map.

Modular couch with map printed on it
Modular couch with map printed on it (detail)
Modular couch with map printed on it
Modular couch with map printed on it (detail)