KONA SOFA

This sofa called KONA is the first piece of soft furniture by the Botswana-based furniture maker Mabeo. Botswana hosts more cows than humans and is still home of the Bushmen who were the first to tan leather on earth, using vegetable agents. The KONA design started from a large panel of leather as a way to reference these ancient but still living elements of Botswana’s identity.
The sofa is asymmetrical with curved and linear shapes, balanced on thin metal supports. The idea was to replace the traditional padded backrest with corrugated leather, echoing the corrugated metal widely used in Botswana. The leather is supported by a green metal structure attached to a panga panga wood frame. The mattress is upholstered with wool. The KONA sofa has green, off-white and blue versions. For any enquiries please write to contact@mabeofurniture.com

L.214 x W.76 x H.88 cm. Leather, wool fabric, panga panga wood, metal.