Robin Bruce to Debut Banfi Zambrelli Designer Line at High Point

February 26, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Upholstery on February 2007 Couture designers Silvano Banfi and Frank Zambrelli have teamed up with upholstery vendor Robin Bruce to create a new line of furniture for introduction at the upcoming High Point Market.

The duo is known for their signature designs for top fashion houses including Judith Leiber, Calvin Klein and Nanette Lepore, as well as their own couture shoe line.

The new furniture line, the Banfi Zambrelli for Robin Bruce collection, will be available at select stores this May. Banfi and Zambrelli will be in the Robin Bruce market showroom Monday through Wednesday, March 26-28. There will be a cocktail reception to meet the designers Tuesday, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The new line of custom-designed sofas, chairs and ottomans brings to life Banfi and Zambrelli’s vision of “pure” and “sinful,” with clean-line styles and textiles ranging from shimmering textures to rich brocades.

“We approached furniture design the way we do all forms of fashion, we envision a certain type of woman and bring to life an aesthetic that would please her,” Banfi said in a release announcing the collection.

“Every woman has a good girl and a bad girl inside; our furniture designs and fabrics represent the alter egos of the same person. One day she wants to wear striking jewel tones and the next white linen. This same woman would also want to express both her pure and sinful sides in her home décor--she was our inspiration,” said Zambrelli.

“Robin Bruce is a creative line of furniture and we thought the best way to show its versatility was to invite guest designers Frank Zambrelli and Silvano Banfi to put their mark on it. It gives a unique and sophisticated perspective to Robin Bruce,” said Stefanie Lucas, senior vice president of Robin Bruce and Rowe Furniture, which produces the Robin Bruce line.

The design team looked to luxury forms of transportation as inspiration for the aero-dynamic lines of their modernized chairs, sofas and ottomans, reinterpreting classics such as 1930’s club furniture, and the streamlined aesthetic of seating found inside a Gulf Stream 5 or a yacht.

Customers can customize pieces with a myriad of fabrics and colors.