Piero Lissoni Alphabet Sofa

Founded in 1872, Fritz Hansen originated with a forward-thinking family of Danish cabinetmakers who revolutionized the Scandinavian furniture industry, producing some of the world’s most revered design classics in the process.

Through creative partnerships with visionary designers and architects such as Arne Jacobsen, Hans J. Wegner and Poul Kjærholm, Fritz Hansen developed a culture characterized by the love of good craftsmanship coupled with a desire to make the most of modern industrial production methods in the manufacturing and distribution of good design.

Today Fritz Hansen is part of a small, exclusive array of global luxury furniture makers. From the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen to the North Carolina Museum of Art, to fine homes all over the world, Fritz Hansen is known for products of unmatched quality and world-class design.

Piero Lissoni began his career as a furniture designer after receiving his degree in architecture from the Politecnico di Milano. In 1986 he founded his own studio, which specialized in architecture, furniture, interiors, and graphic design, and produced a diverse architecture portfolio that included designs for showrooms, yachts, private residences and hotels.

Lissoni is inspired by many different design elements, but also specifically by designers such as Arne Jacobsen and Poul Kjærholm. Lissoni's design principle is never to design for a specific function or purpose, but rather to design for human beings.

In 2004 Knoll introduced Lissoni’s Divina Lounge Collection, originally designed for his longtime client, Living Divina. Two years later, he and his studio’s design manager, Marc Krusin, co-designed the wa office system for Knoll International.

For Fritz Hansen Piero Lissoni designed the Lissoni Series in 2006, and the Alphabet collection, a modular sofa series, in 2008.