Downtown Design
redazione 4/08/2023

Gaudí and Pierre: Flou outdoors

The company continues to expand its offerings to bring continuity between indoor and outdoor settings. In a balanced combination of elegance and efficiency

In praise of beauty, in its refined simplicity. This is the distinctive feature of the world of Flou, where sinuous lines cross time to bring out a precise idea of lifestyle. While the brand’s tradition enhances living and bedroom zones, the new collections narrate a novel way of taking over spaces, with a line focusing on the outdoor world, in a variegated, versatile series of offerings. The results include the Gaudí cot and the Pierre tables and ottomans, products that come to life from elements in the daytime collection, in a perspective of indoor-outdoor continuity, with the aim of bringing the same refinement and quality to furnishings conceived for use in the open air.

Gaudí by Flou, design Matteo Nunziati

Gaudí is a new interpretation of the “beach cot” and it takes its cue from the collection of beds, sofas and armchairs of the same name designed by Matteo Nunziati. Like the whole family, the accent is on the presence of curved wood, with fabric coverings that literally embrace the frame of the base.

Made with materials specially developed for better resistance to sunlight and rain, the coated stainless steel structure is enhanced by visible details of the headboard, by the front feet in iroko wood with three variants – natural, gray stained and coffee stained – and by the presence of mono-directional rear wheels to facilitate movement. The base is equipped with waterproof elastic belting, while the reclining back is completed by a shape-fast pad with a removable cover, which can be personalized with all the fabrics from the Flou outdoor collection.

Gaudí by Flou, design Matteo Nunziati

Pierre by Flou, design Studio Contromano

To fill out the range of outdoor offerings, we have the round Pierre tables, made in metal with four different sizes and five finishes – anodic bronze, matte burnished, white, black and greige. Their essential geometric lines can easily be completed with the Pierre family of ottomans, elements that can be combined to create unusual and striking solutions, thanks to the different heights and the sinuous curves.

Available in five sizes with irregular forms, like pebbles on the shore by the sea, they feature removable covering enhanced by visible stitching, ready for personalization thanks to the many variants of fabrics and colors. Every item in the line comes with a waterproof and breathable plastic cover, to protect and preserve the furnishings against weathering.

Pierre by Flou,
design Studio Contromano

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