All aboard! It’s been an exciting build-up, and now it’s time to embark on our voyage of discovery.‎ We’ll soon be on our way to meet the firm’s new soft seating system for the first time.‎ Aptly named Next Stop, it has been developed in collaboration with the renowned designer Luca Nichetto.‎ Next Stop is one of four products designed by the Venetian genius, inspired by the emblematic Milanese station, Turati on the M3 line.‎ This provides a common aesthetic that runs through the presentation of Sancal’s diverse collection of new products.‎ Just like people on a station, each of our pieces has its own personality and job to do.‎Nichetto took the symmetry of train seats and the M3’s lighting as inspiration for the seat and back cushions.‎ The result is an endless modular seating programme.‎ Next Stop features a revolutionary fabric Zero, designed specifically for the product in collaboration with Marie Louise Rosholm.‎ The woollen textile uses the most sophisticated technology to make a tailor-made suit that virtually eliminates seams and waste.‎ There are five bi-colour options to choose from that remind us of a knitted jersey.‎Next Stop is based on a scheme of cushions made of three seating pads in a textile cover, multiples of which are used to create longer or shorter bench-like seats.‎ Arms can be added to make two and three seaters sofa as well as armchairs.‎ Some configurations leave part of the structure without cushions to reveal a useful table.‎ Two sizes of pouf and additional tables can be attached in the centre, end, or corner.‎ The steel structure is available in a black or chrome, textured epoxy coating.‎ The table, seat and backrest marine board’s veneer are available in ash, which can be stained as per our colour chart, or natural walnut.‎ This range has been conceived to add a touch of sophistication to lobbies, waiting rooms and breakout areas, remining us of the function of a humble bench at the metro station.‎