padded Neve dining chair by Piero Lissoni for Porro

 In stock at Graye in black.

Contact the showroom for information.

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A TV GOES THERE

-- A TV goes there --

A/V system designs by Porro

The TV monitor evolution brings welcome change to home design.

 

The scale of the television up until the 90’s prohibited integration into most cabinetry systems, even into a wardrobe, usually requiring a special depth unit. Personally, I could not be happier that those days are long past being someone who has designed client storage solutions for the last 2 decades. Additionally having a cabinetry partner on the caliber of Porro completes the package of being able to design to meet the lofty dreams of any client.

At the helm for both design and engineering, architect Piero Lissoni and his firm design solutions to the newest challenges of the day. No gimmicks here, just clean, simple, intelligent solutions to make life easier, not more complicated.

A quote from Lissoni describing his process I think applies to his work at Porro: “The works are primarily about creating a visual silence, concentration on proportion and detail rather than a specific form. Lines and planes are carefully resolved into volumes, which in turn creates a visual harmony. “

If you prefer to hide your components or display them proudly,
Porro offers a solution to fit any need.

TV behind a sliding door or placed prominently on a special surface, ancillary components behind leaf/flap door, housed inside a special cabinet outfitted with signal repeaters to allow function even with the doors closed.

Whether you are looking for a grand statement, or a simple gesture Porro has done the study, engineering and hand fabrication to bring satisfaction to any A/V enthusiast. Proprietary materials, hardware, finishes and mechanisms ensure a Porro system will last the test of time, not only with its design, but its lifetime of usefulness.

Below are various examples from Porro of systems to house audio/video. Please enjoy and send a comment if you like.



MODERN boiserie system



LOAD-IT / MODERN systems integrated

MODERN SYSTEM

MODERN SYSTEM

FLAG UNIT 2012

FLAG UNIT 2012

FLAG UNIT 2012

MODERN SYSTEM + PANCA

MODERN SYSTEM + SLIDE +SIDEWALL

SYSTEM + SLIDE + AV_BRIDGE

SYSTEM + HEMLOCK SLIDE + LIBRARY

Graye in Los Angeles is the exclusive dealer for Porro in Southern California and works with not only architects and designers but end users. So if an AV project is in your future stop by with your architect, designer, AV consultant, or if you are working on your own, Graye has specification experts on staff to assist.

 

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NEW LIGHTING COLLECTION AT GRAYE

Scheduled to be here in a few weeks, Graye is pleased to present

Prandina lighting from Italy. With a general focus on modern blown glass

with a simple elegant feel, generous proportions and weighty

designs all speaking to the quality of the hand production.

Recently they have added a few outdoor lights that are particularly

impressive, namely the equilibre tall floor lamp and room light/seat seen below.

Prandina designs are rarely complicated, but simply rely on time tested modern

form with at times a flourish of color or irregular form. All in all the fine

quality of the line is what impressed us here at Graye and hope you

enjoy this selection.

Gong pendant in blown glass

Tiara pendant in layered blown glass



 

ABC floor lamp in blown glass with hand etched pattern



Bloom pendant in copper and black blown glass



Bloom pendant in white blown glass



Platone sconce

Room floor lamp



Labelle pendant in colored thermoformed PMMA



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Porro has finalized the wood selection available on the new

version of BALANCING BOXES by Front!

RED GUM

SANTOS

TINEO

Previously only available in black or white welded plate steel, Porro is now

offering these handmade tables in wood for a limited time. Not pictured

is the new wood for all Porro systems, smoked eucalyptus.

For further information please inquire at Graye

ROD seating series from Living Divani



Essential beauty

ROD

Piero lissoni 2012 for Living Divani



The news from the Milan furniture fair never fails to excite, some years more so than others. 2012

may have had less flash but the offerings from GRAYE makers still rose to the occasion

and exhibited sophisticated objects of clean modern form. The concepts of subtle detail, precise

and delicate engineering were prominent both at Living Divani and Porro. Being very much

into the technical area of design myself, I never mind when a new collection holds mostly

technical improvements and upgrades to existing product. New woods, new lighting

and sensors in cabinetry, updated and improved lacquer techniques and innovations in

upholstery frame construction shown here with the newly released ROD sofa.

In my last posting I featured a new cabinet from Piero lissoni for Porro which shares some

traits with the ROD sofa also by Lissoni. Both perched, almost stilted, clean

simple structures with some heft atop misleadingly delicate legs. Using the strength

of steel for their framing, the Tiller cabinet leaving this structure somewhat visible while the ROD

sofa buries its steel into the frame, hidden from view. This inner frame of tube, bar and

 drawn steel provides the perfect opportunity to push past other steel framed sofas.

Allowing the supporting body to be minimized in thickness and mass, giving up the invitation

of supreme comfort to the cushions, plush and supportive with a simple design detail.

A smart, fashionable seat tuft finished with a matching garment button.

Dealing with steel framed European upholstery for the last decade I often am surprised

with what this type of construction allows a sofa form to become. At times allowing the

designer to create avant-garde and sometimes outlandish forms, and at times as with ROD

to bring a form with an unreal lightness. A piece that for a split second makes you hesitate

to really drop down onto the seat for fear of hearing a crack or snap. The ROD stability calms

your nerves after first sit and with detail rich cushions of multiple foams and goosedown

 topping the sturdy frame eliminates any lingering skepticism.

An architect 'engineered' sofa is pretty hard to beat.

Available to order soon at GRAYE Los Angeles

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Porro news from Milan - TILLER

True to the spirit of Porro and Piero Lissoni, elegance, simplicity, skill and quality

are at the center of the stage this year in Milan.

Tiller, a completely new pair of cabinets was impressive, the ease and comfort of

it's form proved a perfect platform for a new wood for Porro. A deep smoky eucalyptus

shown here at the fair.

A clean, substantial carcass perched on 4 slim steel legs, vaguely concealing its clever supporting

structure which is left visible inside the cabinet. The structure being a robust steel frame and actually a continuation of the legs, which in addition to carrying the structure also holds the thick glass shelves and

houses the door hinges. Hinges at 180 so each door opens flat to the cabinet, within

the doors are hidden magnets keeping them closed or open.

Gorgeous.

Subtlety can speak volumes

If this smart structrual design is interesting, Lissoni has
developed several series to see at Porro.com.
Glass wardrobes 'storage air'
Glass libraries 'ex-libris'

Salone del mobile 2012 - LIVING DIVANI

SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THE STAND THIS YEAR.

More to come soon.

graye staff.

WHEN A WALL IS NOT A WALL



After over a decade of unrivaled success of WALL, a sofa seating series by Piero Lissoni, GRAYE is excited about some news coming from Milan this month. The EXTRASOFT sofas we have had on exhibition in our windows are just getting ready to head ‘out the door’ with a reengineered version for outdoor use! GRAYE has been so very happy with Los Angeles’ interest and desire for this model we represent and are looking forward to adding it to our growing offering of luxury outdoor furnishings.

As with the standard EXTRAWALL and EXTRASOFT modular series this new model will have the same grand scale and clever ability for all parts to be freely linked to configure and reconfigure without limitation. A key feature to its amazing success, being a top seller since its introduction as EXTRAWALL back in 2002.

Another piece of great news from Living Divani concerning the EXTRASOFT is the introduction of NEOWALL last year. This news for us at Graye is especially sweet, as the interest in our EXTRASOFT units on display had many left behind due to the extra-large format size of the series modules. Happily the NEOWALL answers the desire of our clients to get the feel and look of the EXTRASOFT in a unit smaller in scale. The scale actually formatted almost exactly as the sofa that began the WALL series in 2000 simply called ‘WALL.1’, so Lissoni essentially developed a ‘soft’ version of WALL to follow the success of the ‘soft’ version of EXTRAWALL, aptly named EXTRASOFT.



WALL.1 - 2000




NEOWALL.1 - 2011

I know of no other sofa that has gone on to spawn 9 versions of itself, each one more successful, and after now 9 models of wall available I believe we can properly tag ‘wall’ as an icon of modern design. In 2005 Michele De Lucci and Interni selected EXTRAWALL for permanent exhibition in the gardens of the design museum at the Milan Triennale. Produced in fabric textured concrete, it still sits behind the museum next to 9 other icons of modern Italian design. 

 

CONCRETE EXTRAWALL IN NATURE WHERE IT BELONGS, ON THE
GROUNDS OF AN ICONIC MUSEUM

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Delinear 'Detour' carpet on display now at Graye

To follow up on my last post, here is a nice image of our Delinear space in our Los Angeles

showroom. We have full sets of material samples, color carpet charts and a few

amazing pieces on display. The red 'Detour' on the wall is gorgeous, a 50/50 mix of wool

and silk for that matte/shine pop. The 'gradient' collection has 6 standard patterns

again all adaptable in scale, orientation, size and color.

The graphic effect for the series is vibrant and stimulating. Design copyright Delinear Inc. 2010

Goodweave certified and numbered free from child labor.

Graye showroom

316 S Robertson blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90048

310.385.7872

Custom carpets with Delinear SF

Graye is so happy to be working with Delinear carpets out of San Francisco and it's award winning owner Chris Baisa. In addition to the normal fare of hand knotted carpets, Delinear is noted in the field for their custom creations. Whether it is a special color on a standard design or a special shape, size or design the sky is the limit with this maker. One project I just completed took Delinears 'relay' carpet in his mist collection and recolored it to exactly match a pair of bordeaux chairs.

The project completed and this one of a kind wool rug provides a sophisticated and rich base to a cutting edge home.

In addition to wool and silk, Delinear works with mohair, pashmina and many natural plant fibers including

banana, bamboo, soybean, linen, hemp, cactus and nettle. All available in his palette of 260 colors so the

choices can be a little daunting....which is what we at Graye are here for. Bring your ideas in and we 

will work with Chris to realize your dream.

Delinear rugs are all certified and numbered by Goodweave to ensure your piece 

from start to finish is free of child labor. 

Introduced in 2011, the neowall is the latest iteration of Piero Lissoni’s widely

acclaimed WALL series of seating, an architects play on volume.

The assembled volumes keep their geometry, yet yield formality with softened

and irregular contours. Fully modular format.
Neowall 2011. Design: Piero Lissoni. Handmade in Italy by Living Divani