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Gufram Furniture

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The brainchild of the Fratelli Gugliermetto company, Gufram was born in 1966 in Turin, Italy, massively inspired by the avant-garde artistic culture that reigned in Europe during the 1960s and '70s. The brand is known for its CACTUS coat stand and sculptural seating such as the Pratone chair as well as other massive, innovative pieces that fall somewhere between art and furniture.

Starting in the mid-1960s, proponents of Italian Radical Design — which included forward-looking collectives like Archizoom and Studio 65 — broke with formality and convention by fusing the joy of Pop art with the systems of mass production. 

One of the brands that formed as a result of these experiments was Gufram, a manufacturer at the forefront of the country’s Radical Design movement. The Gugliermetto brothers teamed up with emerging artists to harness exciting new materials — among them, polyurethane foam, which was originally used in the transportation industry as insulation to keep buses and trains warm. 

Despite being credited for revolutionizing Italian design, until the mid-1970s, Gufram was largely unknown outside the small Italian town where it was founded. Nearly six years after the brand’s inception, though, word got out about a furniture brand transforming polyurethane foam into gigantic works of art. So, Gufram brought its playful and witty design concept across the Atlantic to New York’s Museum of Modern Art, where it had its first international show. 

Gufram produced much of the Pop furniture — the CACTUS coat rack by Guido Drocco and Franco Mello and the Bocca sofa, in the shape of big red lips, by Studio 65 — that came to define the Anti-Design movement. (Through a relationship with Gufram, the latter was imported to the United States by Charles Stendig, a collector and pioneering importer who helped spark America’s interest in furniture from Finland, Switzerland and Italy during the 1960s and ‘70s.)

Although furniture can be serious business, it’s just as often playful, provocative, energizing and even liberating. Perhaps nothing embodies these characteristics better than postmodern Italian design. And one of the most iconic pieces to originate during Italy’s fertile period of postmodern furniture design is the Pratone chair, designed in 1971 by Giorgio Ceretti, Piero Derossi and Riccardo Rosso

Representing a magnified portion of a grassy meadow, the Pratone chaise provides a lounging place for an individual or a group. “It is so unlike anything else that it stands out and is still iconic after 50 years,” said Charley Vezza, Gufram’s global creative orchestrator.

Made of painted polyurethane foam, the Pratone chair immediately became the symbol of a new and different approach to interiors when it debuted.

Gufram has become a favorite of the international art crowd and glitterati, and its products have made their way to the world’s most renowned museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vitra Design Museum and more.

British fashion designer Paul Smith and American multi-hyphenate artist A$AP Rocky have collaborated with Gufram over the years. Interior designer Tony Ingrao has called the Pratone chair one of his favorite works and featured the larger-than-life piece in an exhibition he curated at R & Company in 2016. 

Find new and vintage Gufram chairs, sofas, mirrors and other Gufram furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

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Creator: Gufram Furniture
Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Steel, by Studio 65
By Studio 65, Gufram Furniture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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By Gufram Furniture, Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Gufram presents new limited editions of its iconic CACTUS® in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation of Visual Arts —— ANDY’S CACTUS® as its debut worldwide. The new version is still made of polyurethane, molded from the original 1972 version, and then hand-carved by professional artisans, each piece is unique. The results are ANDY’S BLUE CACTUS...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gufram Furniture

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Other

Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Black, by Studio 65
By Studio 65, Gufram Furniture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Bocca, the original 1970 lips-shaped couch is only Gufram’s. More than any other, this object of design represents the perfect abstraction of feminine beauty. It is no coincidence th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery

Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Grass, by Studio 65
By Gufram Furniture, Studio 65
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Midnight, by Studio 65
By Studio 65, Gufram Furniture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Sky, by Studio 65
By Studio 65, Gufram Furniture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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#55/99 Limited Edition by A$AP Rocky GUFRAMINI X HOMMEMADE Shroom Cactus Mini
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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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By Gufram Furniture, A$AP Rocky
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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#62/99 Limited Edition by A$AP Rocky GUFRAMINI X HOMMEMADE Shroom Cactus Mini
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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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#67/99 Limited Edition by A$AP Rocky GUFRAMINI X HOMMEMADE Shroom Cactus Mini
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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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#61/99 Limited Edition by A$AP Rocky GUFRAMINI X HOMMEMADE Shroom Cactus Mini
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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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#50/99 Limited Edition by A$AP Rocky GUFRAMINI X HOMMEMADE Shroom Cactus Mini
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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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#75/99 Limited Edition by A$AP Rocky GUFRAMINI X HOMMEMADE Shroom Cactus Mini
By A$AP Rocky, Gufram Furniture
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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#42/99 Limited Edition by A$AP Rocky GUFRAMINI X HOMMEMADE Shroom Cactus Mini
By A$AP Rocky, Gufram Furniture
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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#59/99 Limited Edition by A$AP Rocky GUFRAMINI X HOMMEMADE Shroom Cactus Mini
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Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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#49/99 Limited Edition by A$AP Rocky GUFRAMINI X HOMMEMADE Shroom Cactus Mini
By A$AP Rocky, Gufram Furniture
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
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In stock Gufram Broken Bench by Snarkitecture, Blue
By Gufram Furniture, Snarkitecture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Broken Series consists of broken mirror, broken square mirror, and broken bench. Each item is available in three colors: Grey, black (limited edition of 77), and white (limited editi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gufram Furniture

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Gufram, 'Bocca Unlimited' Lip-Shaped Sofa, 335-Ivory, by Studio 65
By Gufram Furniture, Studio 65
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Bocca, the original 1970 lips-shaped couch is only Gufram’s. More than any other, this object of design represents the perfect abstraction of feminine beauty. It is no coincidence th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery

Gufram Magritta Rouge Sculpture-Armchair by Sebastian Matta
By Gufram Furniture, Sebastian Matta
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
MAgriTTA is a sculpture-armchair, homage to Surrealism. The green apple and the black bowler hat, recurrent figurative elements in the works of René Magritte, are assembled by the vi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Other

Gufram MAgriTTA Sculpture Jaune Armchair by Sebastián Matta
By Gufram Furniture, Sebastian Matta
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
MAgriTTA is the designer's tribute to the surrealist artist René Magritte. Its shape is also a replica seat of the British bowler hat, and the surface material is faux lambskin fabri...
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Polyester, Foam

Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Chocolate, by Studio 65
By Gufram Furniture, Studio 65
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Bocca, the original 1970 lips-shaped couch is only Gufram’s. More than any other, this object of design represents the perfect abstraction of feminine beauty. It is no coincidence th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery

Gufram, 'Bocca Unlimited', Lip-Shaped Sofa, 539-Navy Blue, by Studio 65
By Studio 65, Gufram Furniture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Bocca, the original 1970 lips-shaped couch is only Gufram’s. More than any other, this object of design represents the perfect abstraction of feminine beauty. It is no coincidence th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery

Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Apricot, by Studio 65
By Gufram Furniture, Studio 65
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Bocca, the original 1970 lips-shaped couch is only Gufram’s. More than any other, this object of design represents the perfect abstraction of feminine beauty. It is no coincidence th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery

Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Artic, by Studio 65
By Studio 65, Gufram Furniture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Bocca, the original 1970 lips-shaped couch is only Gufram’s. More than any other, this object of design represents the perfect abstraction of feminine beauty. It is no coincidence that it was photographed by important photographers such as David La Chapelle...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery

Gufram, 'Bocca Unlimited' Lip-Shaped Sofa, 810-Cream, by Studio 65
By Studio 65, Gufram Furniture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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2010s Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery

Gufram, 'Bocca Unlimited' Lip-Shaped Sofa, 721-Grey, by Studio 65
By Gufram Furniture, Studio 65
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Fabric, Upholstery

Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Biscuit, by Studio 65
By Gufram Furniture, Studio 65
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery

In Stock Gufram, 'Bocca Unlimited' Lip-Shaped Sofa, 335-Ivory, by Studio 65
By Studio 65, Gufram Furniture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Bocca, the original 1970 lips-shaped couch is only Gufram’s. More than any other, this object of design represents the perfect abstraction of feminine beauty. It is no coincidence that it was photographed by important photographers such as David La Chapelle...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery

Gufram MAgriTTA Sculpture Rouge Armchair by Sebastián Matta
By Gufram Furniture, Sebastian Matta
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gufram Furniture

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Foam, Polyester

Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Walnut, by Studio 65
By Studio 65, Gufram Furniture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery

Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Forest, by Studio 65
By Gufram Furniture, Studio 65
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery

Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Oatmeal, by Studio 65
By Gufram Furniture, Studio 65
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery

Gufram Nordic Pratone Chaise Lounge by Ceretti, Derossi & Rosso
By Gufram Furniture, Riccardo Rosso, Piero Derossi and Giorgio Ceretti
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
A unique and unconventional chaise lounge that has as yet found no ersatz, Pratone has become a reference parameter in the history of design. Included by Vitra Design Museum among th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Foam

GUFRAM Globe Cabinet by Studio Job
By Gufram Furniture, Studio Job (Job Smeets & Nynke Tynagel)
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Globe, Studio Job’s visionary and dreamlike project, was the first container cabinet to be included in the collection Multipli by Gufram. The globe of soft polyurethane that rotates ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Wood

Gufram Boccadoro Couch in Gold by Studio 65
By Gufram Furniture, Studio 65
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Bocca, the original 1970 lips-shaped couch is only Gufram's. This sensual couch, which is ideal for a tête-à-tête, has entered the collective imagination on par with Andy Warhol's works, as well as other pop art masterpieces...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gufram Furniture

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Textile

"Pratone" Lounge Chair for Gufram, Italy 1971.
By Gufram Furniture
Located in New York, NY
"Pratone" lounge chair, designed by Pietro Derossi, Giorgio Ceretti and Riccardo Rosso, 1966, produced starting in 1971 by Gufram, still in production. This example produced by Gufra...
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1970s Italian Vintage Gufram Furniture

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PVC

Gufram Furniture furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Gufram Furniture furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Gufram Furniture furniture, although blue editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 16 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 216 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Gufram Furniture were created in the modern style in italy during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Antonio Citterio, Alberto Meda, and Saba Italia. Prices for Gufram Furniture furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $430 and can go as high as $60,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,600.

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