Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Giormani, designD, and the 100°C designers have created the WrapMe Up seating unit that is smaller than their typical pieces that can even be given as housewarming gifts, has a lighter eco-footprint, and can be also used as a pet house.

The WrapMe Up seating unit has been awarded a 2023 Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

The WrapMeUp collection was born as an idea to use Giormani’s leather expertise to create a “garment” or “wrap” that could enclose a hollow internal structure.

This inside space could be used for storage, something essential for urban dwellers where space is extremely limited.

The leather exterior gives the storage unit an inviting softness to enable its use a seating product.

The wrap will also be available in more sustainable materials in future editions.

This functional duality allows one product to replace two, optimizing the use of energy and materials to keep the carbon footprint to a minimum.

The storage area is accessed by a zippered opening on one side of the leather wrap, giving the products the feeling of luggage and eliminating the need for another solid, heavy element to act as a door.

This ties into 100°C’s idea of function without weight.

The products are devoid of foam upholstery and have only a thin seat cushion that use 100% Latex foam.

WrapMeUp is available as an ottoman and as a stool. The stool can also be used a pet house.

The product is knock-down for easier and more energy-efficient shipping.

The internal box is made from bamboo in keeping with its sustainability theme.

The leather exterior is secured by zippers and Velcro.

Bamboo legs screw into the bottom of the box and secure the wrap in place.

Project: WrapMeUp Seating
Designers:  designD and 100degreeC
Lead Designers: Davide Tonizzo and Ling Wong
Manufacturer: Giormani / Arredamenti Company Limited