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Art Piece Furnishings

This CANVAS Seating by YOY is Unexpectedly Comfortable

— April 12, 2013 — Art & Design
Presented at the Salone Satellite in Milan, this CANVAS seating by YOY transforms traditional art works into useable and practical furniture pieces. What seems like a painted canvas is actually a comfortable chair or sofa seater that allows users to experience artful furniture.

This dynamic seating system comes from designers Naoki Ono and Yuuki Yamamoto from Japanese studio YOY. Inspired by stage props, the duo aimed to replace traditional furnishings with ones that play with perception and serve a dual purpose within a space.

This CANVAS seating by YOY resembles a set of paintings that depict traditionally baroque furniture pieces. This unique product is available in three different models; a chair, armchair and a two-seat sofa that provide comfort while simultaneously adding ornamentation to a bland interior.
Trend Themes
1. Art-furniture Fusion - The fusion of art and furniture creates unique and multipurpose pieces that blur the line between functionality and aesthetics, offering disruptive innovation opportunities in interior design and home decor industries.
2. Perception-challenging Design - Designs that challenge perception by transforming ordinary objects into unexpected functional items present disruptive innovation opportunities in the furniture and product design industries.
3. Ornamented Seating - The incorporation of ornamentation and decorative elements into seating designs provides disruptive innovation opportunities in the furniture and luxury interior design industries.
Industry Implications
1. Interior Design - The fusion of art and furniture, as well as perception-challenging designs, opens up disruptive innovation opportunities for interior designers to create unique and visually captivating spaces.
2. Home Decor - The integration of multipurpose art-furniture pieces into home decor offers disruptive innovation opportunities for companies in the home decor industry to provide functional and aesthetically pleasing products.
3. Furniture Manufacturing - The demand for ornate seating designs that combine comfort and decorative elements presents disruptive innovation opportunities for furniture manufacturers to differentiate their products in the market.
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