Design Johnston Marklee, 2025Wood structure, polyurethane padding, upholsteryMade by KnollDesigned through an architectural lens by Johnston Marklee, the Biboni Sofa welcomes the human form with volumes, voids, and curves precisely placed to envelop and embrace the sitter.Knoll collaborates with the most creative and innovative architects and designers. That approach continues with the Biboni Sofa by Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of architecture firm Johnston Marklee. Capturing the spirit of their architectural work, Biboni relates to the human body by shaping space into volumes, voids, and curves. Its bulbous shape has the subtle humor embodied in a lot of Johnston Marklee architecture, and its scalloped silhouette and bespoke tailoring give it a formality and timelessness akin to that of a Chesterfield sofa.For architects Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, putting furniture pieces together in a room is akin to putting buildings together to form a city. Their firm, Johnston Marklee, was founded in Los Angeles in 1998. Johnston Marklee has completed a diverse portfolio of buildings in a career spanning almost three decades, including Vault House in Oxnard, California, Pavilion of Six Views in Shanghai, China, and Dropbox Global Headquarters in San Francisco, California. Their work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Menil Collection, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Architecture Museum of TU Munich.Soft and supportive, the Biboni Sofa holds the body in a relaxed position with the voluptuous folds precisely placed to envelop and embrace the sitter. Discreet inset feet add space between the sofa and floor, adding lightness to an otherwise substantial object.86.5" w | 41" d | 30" h | seat: 16.5" h
