Designer Florence Jaffrain has created a sofa covered in glow-in-the-dark fibres, which moves as if it’s breathing. Belly Love –
Prototype
In its shape, Belly Love is directly inspired by Sarcophyton elegans, a soft coral found in the Indian Ocean. Transiting from the tropical reef to the Parisian living room, it retains its elegance and increases its comfort quotient, becoming both paradise of the senses and vessel for the body.
Thanks to a new textile material especially created by ENSAIT in Roubaix using photoluminescent components and microcapsules incorporated in the fibre, “Belly Love” recreates the magical luminosity of the ocean bottom, while diffusing the pleasant fragrance of essential oils.
The sarcophyton’s tentacles become soft bristles inviting caresses and when we rest our head on the piece, the beating of its heart gives an idyllic cadence to this waking dream.
“Belly Love” breathes as well, and we do well to wonder if it is a mechanism hidden under the memory foam or a genuine life force that animates this membrane.
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