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COMFORTABLY

Elo – Armchair, sofa & modular sofa

Piper – chair Mirage family – lighting
A piper is an itinerant musician who Draga&Aurel have always been
plays the pipe. It’s also the name of The fascinated by the retro-futuristic
Piper Club, which wrote the history of experimentation of Space Age design
nightlife in Rome, becoming one of the and fashion, which was clearly an
Italian capital’s most important venues inspiration for the Mirage lamps. The
and the epicentre of its club scene. This lamps' silhouette and the composition of
“cult” place, which defined the trends material, with contrast of black lacquered
of the Sixties, Seventies, and beyond, metals and shining brass, is a reminder of
inspired Draga & Aurel in the design of the extravagant outfits of the club revelers Taboo – tables
their Piper chairs. of that incredible time.

Qube – modular sofa Roxy – chair

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