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Roche Bobois Celebrates 50 Years With
Reimagined Mah Jong Lounge

It’s official: 50 years have passed since designer Hans Hopfer (painter, sculptor and
designer who has designed several sofas that have become iconic pieces in Roche Bobois
collections.) and Roche Bobois cofounder Philippe Roche joined forces to yield one of
the French brand’s bestselling pieces, Mah Jong.
Good design is occasionally ahead of its time, but fortunately for the Mah Jong,
consumers copped on, said Nicolas Roche. A product of the ’70s, it challenged design
norms, encouraged comfort and invited a freedom of use. The infinitely flexible Mah Jong
met the moment. The mix-and-match modular lounge resembles its namesake, the ever-
popular Chinese game played with 144 colourful tiles. To celebrate the icon’s anniversary,
the company reimagines the low-slung, sprawling sectional with new additions: a base
in wood or lacquer that gives the cushions the appearance that they are floating, and
integrated cocktail tables. The stitched pattern fabric is also newly available in a trio of
fresh colourways by the late fashion designer Kenzo Takado and bright and colourful
new options by Missoni ( indoor and ourdoor) as well as luxury and mysterious chic
variations from Jean Paul Gaultier ( again indoor and ourdoor). It will be difficult to
select from all these glamourous Haute Couture versions. Avant-garde at the time of its
creation, this ultra-modular sofa is an iconic piece today.
Last but not least, our Cape Town showroom is moving to a more up-market place
from October 2021 and will be now in De Waterkant (corner of De Waterkant street and
Hudson street)…

for more information:
www.roche-bobois.com or s.fanchette@roche-bobois.com