Ask just about anyone in the creative world and they’ll likely agree that Patricia Urquiola’s design touch is top-notch, and that any brand fortunate enough to collaborate with her should consider themselves lucky. Spanish outdoor furniture brand Kettal is capitalizing on that good luck with the Insula modular sofa collection. Designed by Urquiola, this release, which launched during Milan Design Week 2024, is an updated version of the traditional floor sofas found in Arab majlis, large rooms used as a gathering space for entertaining. Whether they’re used for hosting a community meeting or entertaining family and friends, the seating and space are made multifunctional. Urquiola designed Insula as the ideal furniture group to facilitate socialization, and to be enjoyed both indoors and outdoors.
Urquiola’s reinterprets the historical furnishing as a low, modular seat featuring a silhouette that’s loaded with smooth shapes and chunky character, finished off with a statement-making roll backrest. That last element helps to balance the furniture’s visual proportions, accentuating the length of the sofa and adding an architectural feel through its details.
Insula’s modular sofa seating is available in two sizes, giving owners their choice of numerous types of backrests including individual, double, and angular. No matter the decision, you’ll find the cushions to be incredibly soft, making the experience all the more comfortable, whether that’s inside an office workspace or outside on your own patio.
To learn more about the Insula indoor/outdoor collection, visit kettal.com.
Stand photography by Salva Lopez.
