The Book - September 2022

The Book features the industrial loft in London in issue 13, September 2022, within Crossover — Young Designers, the section devoted to a new generation of designers. Titled London Loft, the article is by Vittoria Baleri.

page from The Book Contract Network September 2022, view of the industrial loft in London with long table and arched windows page from The Book Contract Network September 2022, bedroom with skylight and details of the industrial loft in London

The Book is the magazine of Contract Network, an independent publisher specialising in architecture, interior and product design. Each issue explores residential and contract projects through completed work, crossovers, in-depth features and interviews with designers and companies. In issue 13, September 2022, the feature on the industrial loft spans pages 99–102 and opens in the living room, with the Botolo armchair in the foreground.

double-page spread from The Book Contract Network September 2022, living room and mezzanine of the industrial loft in London with black sofa and vertical balustrade

Cini Boeri designed Botolo for Arflex in 1973 in two heights, one for use at a table and a lower one for sitting close to the floor. Arflex was then promoting this as a modern way of inhabiting the living room. The loft has the lower version, upholstered in white fur. It moves on castors built into the tubular legs, without needing to be lifted.

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