At Salone: Pinch
By Joseph Starr on Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Pinch bed. Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni. Manufactured by Flou.
Pinch may be the perfect bed for those born under the Libra Zodiac—or for any person who simultaneously desires the seemingly contradictory. An ideal marriage of practicality and beauty, as well as of tradition and modernity, makes this bed a virtual chameleon.
Rodolfo Dordoni designed the bed for Flou with versatility in mind. Not only is the double bed available in three widths, but also with 160 cover options and five bases. Covers come in cotton, thread-dyed cotton, damask, and leather. And for those germophobes and obsessive compulsives, covers are removable and washable. The number of choices, however, makes this a bed for people who KNOW what they want. Here is where the Librans may ultimately go running for the hills; should they measure each alternative and weigh it equally, they may never choose their customized Pinch!
Dordoni clearly considered comfort and lifestyle here, making the bed available with fixed and storage bases; slats and flat bases (intended for orthopedic mattresses); and even adjustable bases (manual and electric). Additionally, the bed can be positioned against a wall or floating in a room—another feature that pleases both classic and metropolitan tastes. Put the Pinch against a white wall, framed with wood moldings in a Colonial American home, or a French chateau; choose the elegant gray damask cover and pair the Pinch with antiques (Do you hear the Rachmaninov? Can you taste the mille-feuilles?). Or deposit the Pinch in the middle of an open loft in Miami’s Brickell Avenue neighborhood or in a Tokyo highrise; choose the black leather cover and showcase the Pinch with sleek lighting. (Do you hear Moby? Can you taste the Otoro?) Anything is possible with the Pinch! Use it in a small space and take advantage of the bed’s available storage; use it in a large space and let the bed dominate the room. Dordoni’s bed is equally customizable for the refined or the avant-garde. In a pinch, choose the Pinch.
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@ Jacob - You first!
My OCD wires have been tapped and I’m speechless.
As a devout Libra transparently weighing in, I’ll just say I adore the extra space a bed provides and also, gotta dig the buttons- they remind me of my favorite childhood book “Corduroy”.
Clever. Very clever. I have to say, I am not a fan of storing anything at all under a bed, but in this case it seems more like a hidden closet. I suppose, being the style maven that I am, I would store my shoe boxes underneath the bed. In fact… if I purchased a king size it would give me the right to buy even more shoes.
On second thought, it makes a fine and logical place to store those linens. that’s what I’d store in my pinch.
I plead the fifth! Actually I am just trying to be cool since the only thing you’ll find under my bed are clothes and more clothes! My poor closet is always overflowing :)
@ 3ringers, I’d hoped to bring more skeletons to surface than ‘clothing.’ This isn’t just storage but secret storage. So I pose the question once more: what would you store in your pinch? I’ll go first… as a child, my babysitter was a big KISS fan and turned me onto the music. However, it’s not entirely a point of pride. So in my pinch, I’d keep all my KISS cds — and probably the autographed poster I foolishly purchased at their reunion tour.
@ Jacob … lolololololol!!!!
Ok … here’s mine - let’s just say it’s pink and fuzzy and I’ve posted it on FLICKR for all to see (at least for one week):
Lol Kiss! Seriously? Well I was into Bon Jovi so maybe I shouldnt pass judgment :)
Lora dolls always scare me thanks to those god awful Child Play and Chucky movies!
I am still drawing a blank to what I would hide under my bed! God I am sad!
Dont know about u guys, but i’d put porn under the bed…
@ Jon, you would. But get with the times - ‘the Internet is for Porn.’ - Avenue Q. Check out clip from the show on Broadway @ http://www.avenueq.com/videoclips.html.
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3ringers, what types of items would you hide under your Pinch bed?