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talian brand Cassina has developed Patricia Urquiola’s Trampoline love bed — originally designed for its first outdoor collection — into a range that includes a new armchair, a two-seater sofa and three combinable modules. The curved forms, both comfortable and inviting, are made from innovative and circular materials such as recycled fibreglass panels, polyurethane foam and a new outdoor textile made from recycled PET plastic. The pieces are characterised by the same rounded shapes and playful air of the original Trampoline. As Urquiola explains, ‘The out-of-scale weave that accompanies the backrest of the seat also references the tension cords of

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