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The voluptuous comfort of Bump

Nigel Coates' armchair wraps you around in a warm embrace with its soft forms

Sheer voluptuous comfort can motivate an entire form. Such is Bump, a chunky roll that wraps around you a big statement within its neat dimensions, this reduced and simple object perfectly expresses Coates’ anthropomorphic language.

The frame of the backrest and seat is in steel with moulded polyurethane foam padding, and shaped foam with polyester wadding in the zones where more comfort is needed. Springing is obtained from elastic belts and the base is made up of four feet in solid ash wood with mat stain finish. The upholstery is in leather, faux leather or fabric.

Born in 1949 and trained at the Architectural Association. Nigel Coates is a celebrated British architect and designer. He has consistently experimented and questioned his field, extended its boundaries and bridged it with semiotics, craftsmanship and contemporary culture. With his first architectural commission in Japan in 1985, he founded Branson

Coates Architecture. His portfolio of buildings and interiors in the UK and Japan includes the Wall and Art Silo in Tokyo, the Hubs in Sheffield, the Geffrye Museum in London and the Body Zone in the Millennium Dome. In recent years Coates has also accumulated a broad-ranging catalogue of furniture and lighting designs. His products have been realised by many Italian companies including Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Fornasetti, Alessi and Slamp where he art directs. In 2006 he established his own London studio of architecture and design. The HQ in Bloomsbury combines architectural laboratory, showroom and gallery. From 1995 to 2011 Coates was Head of the Department of Architecture at the Royal College of Art.

He is currently RCA Professor Emeritus and Chair of the Academic Court at the London School of Architecture. In 2012 he won the Annie Spink Award for excellence in architectural education. From 2008 to 2014 Nigel was also President of Jury

at the Pavilion of Art & Design, London.