Natuzzi

The company’s bestselling leather Re-vive lounger by New Zealand’s Formway Design Studio became a blank canvas for art by three surface designers, with the results showcased at this year’s London Design Festival. Camille Walala made her neo-Memphis pattern with vinyl stencils; Eley Kishimoto hand painted retro repeats; and Anna Murray and Grace Winteringham of Patternity printed a marbled design onto leather. And at the event itself, each team executed another, impromptu design before onlookers: a “live” chair. The limited-edition designs were specially created for sale during the festival, and the proceeds benefited the victims of August’s devastating earthquake in central Italy.