Armani/Casa channels 1920s elegance with sculptural Baloon armchair
A new addition to the Icons collection draws on Bauhaus geometry and the tubular forms of modernist design, wrapping contemporary comfort in soft, enveloping curves.
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Armani/Casa’s Baloon armchair and footrest arrive as a study in rounded geometry, their billowing silhouettes catching light across soft, generously proportioned forms. The pieces belong to the Icons collection, and they speak to a particular conversation between past and present: the streamlined vocabulary of the 1920s, the rational beauty of the Bauhaus movement, and the tubular language that Eileen Gray brought to modernist furniture design.
Giorgio Armani’s approach to interior design finds its expression here in how these forms embrace rather than dictate. The armchair’s soft, enveloping curves invite you in; the footrest complements it with the same vocabulary of rounded volumes and sculptural presence. Cream and pale green iterations show how light moves across the upholstery, each curve catching shadow and shine in equal measure. The pieces sit on dark metal bases that anchor their buoyant forms, a necessary counterpoint to all that soft, billowing comfort.
What distinguishes this work is its refusal of sharp angles in favour of surfaces that flow and transition. The stitching visible across the armchair’s back panels emphasises the considered engineering beneath the apparent ease. This is comfort designed as architecture, where every swell and dip serves both the eye and the body.
The Baloon pieces are available through Armani/Casa’s online platform and in select Armani/Casa stores worldwide.
Imagery courtesy of Armani/Casa (@giorgioarmani).
