The Art of Design Issue 22 2016 | Page 98

WORDS: EGO Paris PHOTOS: EGO Paris Hive, A Unique Style Outdoor Living In A Different Way This year, EGO Paris, the French manufacturer of outdoor furniture, has turned to designer Fabrice Berrux for a contemporary and graphic design collection. The aim of EGO Paris has always been to make life outdoors a special time for conviviality and friendliness, and because Fabrice Berrux shares this same view, he was an ideal partner. For the Hive collection, Fabrice imagined confettis gathering together to make the structure of the furniture. "These cells blend together naturally as they attract one another to become a coherent whole" explains the designer. "The hexagonal cells of the hive struck me as obvious as it meets the idea of composition which essentially is the signature of EGO Paris." The Hive collection is modular. Each piece of furniture from armchair to sofa, stool, loveseat, table and half table, are made in the shape of a cell allowing for various compositions.