80s Francesco Soro ‘siglo XX’ sofa for ICF

Francesco Soro was born in Milan and graduated in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1968. After various experiments in the field of architecture and interior design, in 1973 he began in Ibiza the activity which would become one of the most important of his career. There he designed Roca Llisa, one of the most beautiful urbanizations of the island. In 1975 he designed the first table with triangular compositions (Tender) for Maddalena De Padova. For De Padova he also designed other products and, in parallel with the ICF sale, he won the Compasso d’Oro award in 1981 thanks to a sofa especially made for Maddalena De Padova that set a trend with that removable cover thrown on the sofa. In the following years he designed products for other important companies such as ICF, Matteograssi, Driade, Poliform, Halifax T70, Joint and Cyrus Company, ranging from seats and tables to beds with innovative materials and ideas. In 1981 Francesco Soro designed the very rare sofa model XX that has been fabricated by ICF in Italy. He won the Compasso d’oro with it and was published in the Italian Design Repertory.