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With or Without You
Architect and ovo/studio–founder Bertille Bordja embraced inspiration from her client’s ’70s furniture – including the Togo sofas – when designing this chic Paris apartment. The beige corduroy–looking Togos are more than an aesthetic complement, however, they also help to zone the room and create a cosy living room atmosphere. That said, Bordja noted how the space is designed to evolve with the client, with or without the Togo.
Pop of Colour
This London home with a shoji, designed by architect John Proctor of Proctor & Shaw, is defined by its simple structure, clean lines and flexible design. The minimalist aesthetic, created with a muted palette and the same birch ply material used throughout, is balanced by carefully selected, high-quality furniture like the green Togo, which offers a soft and luxurious edge to the design.
Architect Jean-Malo Le Clerc of JMLC Studio paid tribute to the ’70s — his favourite design era — when designing the elegant Paris home he shares with his partner. Located a stone’s throw from the famous Moulin Rouge theatre, the apartment was the perfect stage to house the couple’s treasured collection of furniture from their favourite designers, including, of course, the Togo sofa. The deep green velvety couch offers a welcome pop of colour amidst an otherwise neutral colour palette and plays nicely with the greenery on the small balcony just beside it.
Seamless Sightlines
In Katarzyna’s Warsaw apartment, designed by her sister and brother-in-law, Kalina and Robert Juchvenic, the small, often colourful, details really bring the space to life. The combined living, kitchen, and dining area serves multiple purposes and the addition of a Togo chair helps with this tremendously. The low profile of the Togo reduces clutter in the happening space and allows for a direct, unobstructed sightline throughout. Plus, its lightweight frame can be easily pivoted to face either the kitchen or living area to accommodate different socialising needs.
Designer Jeff Weng of 2 Books Design describes the aesthetic of this pristine Taipei home as “delicate, relaxed, minimal, and chaste.” The clean and bright style, generated by almost exclusively white or birch finishings, is rounded out by the addition of a white, leather Togo in the downstairs living area – neatly blending in with its surroundings.
New Meets Old
The family-friendly duplex apartment of architect Olivier Menard of Archibien is set within a larger building constructed in the 1870s. Menard and his growing family balanced the demands of beauty, practicality, and comfort by introducing their vintage or upcycled furnishings amidst a host of new design treatments. A three-piece Toga set, organised in a V shape, adds colour and personality to the modern living area. Not only a stylish addition, the pieces were the economical choice as well: the brown floral unit was given to Menard by his grandmother, who bought it in a flea market; and the yellow pieces were discovered by him and his wife in a stroke of luck while on a jog in Paris.
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