Roche Bobois launches new collections in collaboration with two renowned Paris-based designers: Kenz

Roche Bobois has created two elegant collections in collaboration with Japanese-French fashion designer Kenzo Takada and respected Parisian interior architect Bruno Moinard. While Kenzo Takada’s reimagining of Roche Bobois’s iconic Mah Jong is characterized by bold colourful Kimono-inspired pattern and Bruno Moinard’s range of 20 refined pieces is based on a neutral palette, together the collections demonstrate the diversity, creativity and strong sense of French ‘art de vivre’ that lies at the heart of Roche Bobois.

Designed by Hans Hopfer in 1971, the Mah Jong modular sofa system is a signature design of Roche Bobois’ collections. A sofa based on the complete freedom of form and function, the Mah Jong is made up of modular elements that can be combined, aligned or stacked, allowing for infinite options of composition and experimentation. It can be a sofa, an armchair, lounge chair or bed. The Mah Jong changed the landscape of the living room, creating a more comfortable and convivial space in which to relax and socialize with friends and family.

Kenzo Takada, the French-Japanese designer, is the latest fashion designer to create a range of fabrics for the Mah Jong. This collection will be available in Roche Bobois showrooms from September 2017, as part of the Autumn Winter 2017 collection.

This new version of the Mah Jong embraces Japanese influence with fabrics inspired by patterns found on kimonos, specifically those woven as costumes for traditional Nō theatre.

Paris Paname collection by Bruno Moinard

Designed by internationally renowned interior designer Bruno Moinard, the Paris Paname designs will form a centrepoint of Roche Bobois’ Nouveaux Classiques collection. The designer presents 20 refined pieces of furniture inspired by the forms and colours of nature. Carefully curated design embodies this collection; it combines traditional aesthetics and modernity. The collection is a true expression of Bruno Moinard’s artistic sensibility.