Designer: Stephanie Forsythe & Todd MacAllen for Molo The softwall is a beautiful, lightweight, freestanding wall that can be arranged into almost any shape or easily compressed and stored away. A revolutionary design concept of special magnificence!
Description: Paper Softwall expands to form a beautiful, freestanding wall that can be arranged into almost any shape, or easily compressed into a compact sheaf and stored away. Paper Softwall is made entirely of a lightweight tissue paper, granting it an airy, delicate beauty, yet it has surprising resilience. It is the honeycomb geometry of the Softwall structure that gives it strength and allows an impressive use of a very modest amount of material. Like the textile version, Paper Softwall is bounded by thick wool felt ends, which fold to create handles when the wall is open, and form a protective cover when the wall is compressed.
The white version of Paper Softwall is translucent; light falling onto the Softwall from windows or light fixtures is absorbed and contained within its layers, giving off an inner luminosity similar to a block of snow or ice. The black Paper Softwall is opaque, and has a completely different influence on a space, being a rich, saturated, inky black with a subtle sheen, reminiscent of charred wood.
Kraft Paper Softwall is strong and highly robust, being made of a heavy weight paper with long fibres. Although durable and economical, Kraft Paper Softwall is heavier and stiffer than the other versions of Softwall, and thus while it compresses flat for storage and transport, it does not fold in half like paper and textile Softwalls. Kraft Paper Softwall is robust, easy to use, and like Paper Softwall can be dusted, or lightly vacuumed with a brush handle, but should not be allowed to get wet. Kraft Paper Softwall is 100% recyclable, and is flame retardant.
Softwall is sculptural yet fully functional and just simply brilliant design. That is why it has already won many design awards after debuting in 2005 and is now part of MoMA's permanent collection!
Materials: Paper Softwall: 400 layers of honeycombed and fire-retardant lightweight tissue paper Kraft Paper Softwall: honeycombed and fire-retardant heavy weight paper with long fibres
Options/Finishes: Paper and Stacking Paper Softwall in translucent white or opaque black Kraft paper Softwall in natural brown or deep black
Dimensions: Stacking Paper Softwall: 1', 2', or 3' tall x 18" wide, expands up to 20 feet in length
Paper Softwall: 4' or 6' tall x 12" wide, 8' tall x 18" wide, expands up to 20 feet in length
Custom height Paper Softwall, available upon request: up to 10' tall x 18" wide, expands up to 20 feet in length
Kraft Paper Softwall: 6' tall x 12" wide, expands up to 20 feet in length
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