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PARFAIT

PARFAIT ARMCHAIR

designer: Greg McKinley

Parfait is an armchair that straddles design and art, whose fluffy, deeply quilted upholstery creates an incredibly expressive, sculptural silhouette.

Parfait is an armchair with a distinctive, soft shape, whose character is created by deep quilting, a rounded silhouette and characteristic armrests. Swivel base on wheels provides freedom of movement and gives the design an unobvious, slightly avant-garde character.

The inspiration for the project was quilting and fabric softness. It was these elements that gave the armchair its distinctive, spacious form, which became its hallmark. The name Parfait refers to the light, layered consistency of the dessert and perfectly captures the armchair's character – soft, generous, and yet light in its appeal.

The Parfait armchair is one of Nobonobo's most award-winning designs. He won 9 awards and distinctions in international design competitions, including ICONIC AWARDS 2025, German Design Award 2025, European Product Design Award 2025, Architecture Madrid Awards 2025, EDIDA 2024, New York Product Design Awards 2024, London Design Awards 2024, DNA Paris Design Awards 2024 and Archiproducts Design Awards 2024.

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TYPE
Armchair

BASE
Rotatable, made of stainless steel, equipped with wheels

UPHOLSTERY
fabric or leather

COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION
Poland

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DESIGNER

Greg McKinley

A designer from Wellington, New Zealand, whose path to design led through electrical engineering, architectural visualization, and self-developed 3D modeling skills. He creates forms primarily directly in the digital space.

The nobonobo collection includes his designs: the Parfait armchair, which has won numerous awards in international competitions, the Peter bed, and the Split It modular sofa.

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Parfait armchair

Technical information

Technical dimensions [mm]
1. Total height 720
2. Seat height 410
3. Total depth 940
4. Seat depth 550
5. Overall width 1020
6. Seat width 570
7. Armrest height 500
8. Armrest width 200
9. Leg material stainless steel
10. Leg height 110

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GREG MCKINLEY

A designer from Wellington, New Zealand, whose path to design led through electrical engineering, architectural visualization, and self-developed 3D modeling skills. He creates forms most often directly in the digital space.

The nobonobo collection includes his designs: the Parfait armchair, which has won numerous awards in international competitions, the Peter bed, and the Split It modular sofa.

Your path to furniture design led you through electrical engineering, architectural visualization, and self-developed 3D modeling skills. How has this non-linear career path, far from traditional design schools, influenced your work?

Through my electrical engineering studies, I became familiar with 3D modeling software. My experience in modeling combined with architectural visualization gave me a unique perspective on starting the design process by creating prototypes using 3D software. Only some of my projects begin with hand-drawn sketches on paper. Architectural visualization gave me experience in combining shapes, materials, and colors in aesthetically pleasing ways.

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The parfait was created directly in Marvelous Designer, which is evident in its quilting, almost confectionary, fluffy texture. How much of the final design was discovered in the tool, and how much was planned in advance?

My initial inspiration was an image of a simple, quilted piece of fabric I found online. It was this aesthetic I wanted to capture in the overall look of the quilt. I then moved to 3ds Max to create the main form of the chair. Marvelous Designer was essential for creating the feather quilting, helping me achieve the desired final result.

The Parfait armchair, the Peter bed, and the Split It modular sofa are three very different objects, yet they share a certain sensual exuberance of form. Is there a common, intuitive starting point that emerges in every project you design?

I'd say platforms like Pinterest and Google often inspire me to create new designs and images using artificial intelligence. I enjoy exploring sculptural forms, sometimes linear ones, two-dimensional drawings, materials, and upholstery details. This helps me gather ideas that I later incorporate into 3D design.

„Only some of my designs start with hand-drawn sketches on paper. Architectural visualization gave me experience in combining shapes, materials, and colors in an aesthetically pleasing way.”

Parfait received an Honorable Mention at the New York Design Awards. What do you think the jury saw in this chair? And does this interpretation align with what you had in mind when designing it?

I think the jury appreciated the unique aesthetic of the Parfait, the overall comfort, and the avant-garde character of this armchair. Perhaps they would like to encourage others with alternative educational paths to get involved in furniture design in the future? Anything is possible.

„I enjoy exploring sculptural forms, sometimes linear ones, two-dimensional drawings, materials, and upholstery details. This helps me gather ideas that I later use in 3D design.”

You design in Wellington, but the furniture is manufactured in Poland – a rather geographically distant collaboration. How does the distance from the factory, the European market, and the physical materials affect the work process?

I'm incredibly impressed with nobonobo's execution of my designs. Some elements are exactly as I imagined, while others have been refined from my original design. I'm always open to positive collaboration to create the best possible outcome for a piece of furniture. I have complete confidence in nobonobo's ability to bring my designs to life, regardless of the geographical distance between us.

GREG MCKINLEY'S PROJECTS

Armchair PARFAIT

Designer Greg McKinley

sofa SPLIT IT

Designer Greg McKinley

bed PETER

Designer Greg McKinley

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