Husk

Husk is inspired by the outer shell of corn.‎ The fields of corn punctuate the landscape of northern Italy, in particular around the city of Udine.‎ Corn is used as a resource globally across all boarders and takes many forms.‎For Thorpe, this was an opportunity to translate the architecture of the husk from an ear of corn to produce a globally recognizable and accepted object for daily use.‎ The design of Husk for the home collection of Moroso lent itself to the international sensibility of the outdoor collection M’Afrique, manufactured in Dakar Senegal.‎Injected flame-retardant polyurethan foam over internal steel and wood frame, glides in PVC.‎ Husk covers are not removable.‎