Elevating the sofa archetype with Standway

Francesco Binfaré designed Edra’s Standway sofa as his last word on sofas – the sofa of all sofas if you will. An all-rounder for all types of interiors, Standway achieves Binfaré’s most harmonious balance of comfort and beauty and includes Edra’s latest innovative engineering including the mouldable Smart Cushion and Gellyfoam® technology.

The Standway combines the best of Binfaré’s earlier sofa designs for Edra – the Standard, launched 2013, and the Standalto, launched 2022 – while offering a new feature with its subtle suspension off the ground and visible rounded feet. While it presents a continuation in the language of softness and elegance, it offers a new lightness.

Proving its adaptability, Standway is available in a number of linear or open solutions including a two or three seater sofa and large chaise longue armchair. There are various options for the depth of seats and width of backrests; and a range of full-bodied, soft fabric to choose from developed by Monica Mazzei, Edra Vice-President, in colour variants such as anthracite, dark grey, medium grey and light grey.

When it comes to the needs of the individual user, the Smart Cushion responds to slight movements of the body to provide customised comfort. For Binfaré, Standway has it all: ‘If I had to give a definition, I’d say that Standway is “the sofa”. I have always worked on the archetype. Standway is the essence of the image of the sofa,’ he says.

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