Giro Soft, a modular system of sofas with organic shapes, designed by Alfredo Häberli for Andreu World.

Giro Soft is a modular system of sofas, designed by Alfredo Häberli for Andreu World, that permits the efficient use of spaces, providing an organic and comfortable character. It is built on an architectural base with solid ash wood feet in the shape of a sled or with an injected aluminium structure in a white, black or polished finish, and using a series of elements with 90- and 45-degree curves, straight or segment-ending.

Giro Soft can be configured in a wide variety of flexible configurations to suit different spaces and uses, from waiting areas in public places to breakout areas in offices or residential spaces. Rotating side tables with oak or compact black HPL tops can be incorporated, as well as integrated connectivity options for easy use in workspaces.

Alfredo Häberli

Alfredo Häberli can be defined as the most optimistic and happy designer on the international scene. He was born in Buenos Aires in 1964. He moved to Switzerland in 1977 and graduated in 1991 with distinction in Industrial Design at Höhere Schule für Gestaltung in Zurich. He is now a renowned designer based in Zurich and works for some of the leading companies in the international design industry, including Alias, BD Barcelona, Andreu World, BMW, Camper, FSB, Georg Jensen, Iittala, Kvadrat, Luceplan, Moroso, Schiffini and Vitra.

Rigorous and poetic are two qualities that combine in Alfredo Häberli’s work, to which we must add a pinch of humour, a little emotion and plenty of rationality. It is a difficult cocktail to balance; only an experienced designer like him, who works on each of his projects with the care of a craftsman, can use these ingredients in the right doses, without overdoing it or falling short. He is a professional who has a complete mastery of his craft.

He manages to combine tradition with innovation, joy and energy in his designs and his work is strongly influenced by his early childhood in Argentina, as well as by his curiosity and his studies of everyday life. The result is works of great expressiveness and emotion.

Sources: Andreu World, Alfredo Häberli Design Development.

Project by Alfredo Häberli