By ISA Bergamo, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Culver City, CA
This sofa is absolutely stunning! It's rare to find a sofa that is arguably more attractive from the back than the front, and that can be floated effortlessly in any environment.
This iconic sofa comes with a colorful history, and here's to shedding some light on that. Sergio Rodrigues, better knows as the father of modern Brazilian design, was a prolific Brazilian architect and designer. He designed furniture for people-- he would design a piece of furniture and take it home-- if the cook liked it, if his wife liked it, and the cat liked it, then it was good enough. He placed a priority on comfort as well as customizability-- which is also reflective in this sofa-- as the leather straps can all be adjust for a more firm sit, or more relaxed feel.
The Mole was originally designed in 1957 and produced in 1958. Rodrigues believed this design to be really one of the first pieces of post modern design-- and maybe for that reason it's why it didn't immediately catch on. The Mole was met with a "bitter discouraging lack of interest," while it sat for a year in Oca's display window; onlookers would call it an "expensive dog bed" and others would complain it looked like a "fried egg". His partners wanted him to keep the Mole chair...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Sofas
MaterialsLeather, Bouclé, Jacaranda