The straight line is having an off year. Cattelan Italia knows it.

The Italian maker just put two curved sofas on the table, and they make the case in distinct dialects. Baldwin and Murphy. Both built around the curve. Neither apologetic about it.

Baldwin reads as the anchor. Low, horizontal, built from dense balanced volumes that pull a room open rather than crowd it. The back tells the real story: a dual-texture treatment, soft leather outside, fabric within. It’s a quiet flex of customization, and it photographs like jewelry.

The system is modular. Linear runs, corner turns, even a swivel armchair that carries the same enveloping logic in a tighter footprint. Specify it for a boutique lobby and it holds the center without shouting.

Murphy goes more sculptural. Its volumes read like dunes, irregular and wind-shaped, sidestepping hierarchy altogether.

The trick is the backrest. Memory foam, fully repositionable. Slide it and the seat depth changes with it, shifting from solo lounging to a full conversation pit. Double-sided and vis-à-vis layouts open up too. A feather-blend scatter cushion finishes the line.

For contract work, that reconfigurability is the selling point. Lounges, hospitality floors, collective spaces that need to flex by the hour.

Both sofas argue the same thing from opposite ends. Comfort and identity don’t have to compete. Pair either with the right low table and the room settles, the way it does in Cattelan Italia’s Botera dining collection.

The corner, it seems, is optional.

_{Images Courtesy of Cattelan Italia}