The Split Personality Sofa

Here’s what the designer have to say about the furniture:

A new piece of furniture is based on the differences in a relationship. He enjoys coffee, she enjoys tea. He reads biographies, she reads thrillers. He is gray, she is colorful. She wants change, he does not…

Split Personality is developed from from a view of two opposite personalities who – because of their differences – supplement each other and enables many different uses. The shape and the textile expression is developed in unity, and it is exactly in the meeting of textile and furniture that Split Personality comes into character.

The furniture is padded in lanes which could be used to create a customizable coloring on the back by allowing the lanes to be changed by the end user. The furniture is meant to be used in the middle of the room to allow both sides to be experienced and can thereby also function as a room divider.

The Split Personality Sofa was designed by Danish designer Ditte Maigaard. The design looks good and the flaired backseat definitely adds character to the design. The thing is I would have liked the colored and textured part to be in front instead of the back. That way the sofa would have more visual impact in a room and it wouldn’t have to be placed in the center of the room so that you can enjoy the back. It’s better that way don’t you think?