How to update a furniture design that came to life when Boom! Shake the Room was in the charts? Or more to the point, why update it? The piece of furniture in question is the 30-year-old bed Tadao by Vico Magistretti, a designer whose elegant modernist style has not shaken any rooms, but quietly and consistently given us timeless essential pieces over the years. But the Italian brand Flou, who are the guardians of the design, nevertheless wished to mark the bed’s anniversary, and have created a version in Iroko wood.
Iroko is a material typically associated with outdoor design, but which can bring its hardy characteristics indoors without compromising any aesthetics. The update is small, but it underscores new priorities in the way we live today; the very…
