{"id":4217,"date":"2025-02-02T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=4217"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:27:29","slug":"nine-living-rooms-that-use-ligne-rosets-famous-togo-sofa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/02\/02\/nine-living-rooms-that-use-ligne-rosets-famous-togo-sofa\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine living rooms that use Ligne Roset’s famous Togo sofa"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ligne<\/div>\n

Few sofas<\/a> are as instantly recognisable and enduringly popular as the Togo, designed by Michel Ducaroy for French furniture brand Ligne Roset<\/a>. In this lookbook<\/a>, we present nine different ways of using it in the living room<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ducaroy famously got the idea for his low-slung, crumpled Togo sofa while brushing his teeth and noticing how his half-used toothpaste tube was “folded back on itself like a stovepipe and closed at both ends<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

The unusual design, which has been likened to a caterpillar or an elephant’s ankle, was not initially popular when it launched in 1973, with some people even believing its lack of a base was an unintentional oversight.<\/p>\n

But more than half a century on, it is widely considered an icon of laid-back 1970s design and continues to feature regularly in interiors covered on Dezeen.<\/p>\n

Part of the Togo’s success is down to its versatility. The projects collected below demonstrate how with different modular configurations and coverings it can be made to work in a large variety of living-room aesthetics.<\/p>\n

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring living rooms with statement rugs<\/a>, sculptural coffee tables<\/a> and suspended fireplaces<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Living<\/a>
Photo by Willem-Dirk du Toit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Roseneath, Australia, by Studio Goss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Studio Goss<\/a> used two grey Togo settees and a mossy-coloured lounge chair in this sunken living room on the ground floor of a brutalist commercial building in Melbourne that was converted into apartments.<\/p>\n

Here, they were used to complement a minimalist<\/a> approach that saw the multidisciplinary design practice leave the concrete walls exposed.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Roseneath \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Ligne<\/a>
Photo by by Francisco Ascensao (also top)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

087, Portugal, by Fala Atelier<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Portuguese architecture studio Fala Atelier<\/a> is known for its bold approach to playing with shapes, and this Lisbon<\/a> house is no exception.<\/p>\n

In the angular kitchen-living area, a mustard-yellow Togo sofa and corner seat sit alongside a boxy fireplace, a square marble plinth, dotted floorboards and geometric carpentry elements.<\/p>\n

Find out more about 087 \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Michigan<\/a>
Photo by Mike Schwartz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michigan Loft, USA, by Vladimir Radutny Architects<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This loft apartment in a former car factory in Chicago<\/a> has big rooms with expansive ceilings, while Vladimir Radutny Architects<\/a> exposed the brick walls and structural detailing.<\/p>\n

Blue Togo seating provides a pop of colour in the living area, framed by an elevated wooden platform running the full length of the open-plan space.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Michigan Loft \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Togo<\/a>
Photo by Chris Mottalini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Micheltorena, USA, by Lovers Unite<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Yellow corduroy upholsters the L-shaped Togo sofa in the living room of this 1950s California home overhauled<\/a> by design studio Lovers Unite.<\/p>\n

It is combined with wooden<\/a> walls, ceilings and floors, a vintage rug, a large driftwood coffee table and an ample collection of quirky collectible pieces.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Micheltorena \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Sausalito<\/a>
Photo by Joe Fletcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sausalito Outlook, USA, by Feldman Architecture<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Unusually, the beige Togo sofa in this Sausalito home renovated by Feldman Architecture<\/a> takes a back seat.<\/p>\n

Behind it sits a shelving unit showing off the owners’ collection of vintage soda bottles, while book spines on floor-to-ceiling shelves provide much of the room’s colour, and the main focal point is the sweeping bay view outside.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Sausalito Outlook \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"McGill<\/a>
Photo by Ulysse Lemerise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

McGill 120, Canada, by La Firme<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Canadian design practice La Firme took a sparse approach to fitting out this apartment in a former industrial space in Montreal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A grey Togo couch and footstool sit directly on the polished concrete floor, with brick walls and exposed pipes overhead serving as reminders of the building’s past.<\/p>\n

Find out more about McGill 120 \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Ligne<\/a>
Photo by Matthew Carbone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amagansett Modular, USA, by MB Architecture<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A bright-orange Togo sofa was deemed a fitting choice for this unconventional holiday home in Amagansett<\/a>, New York, designed by MB Architecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The house is constructed from stacked shipping containers<\/a>, with a staircase that occupies the entire width of one unit acting as a dramatic means of accessing the living room, which opens directly onto a patio.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Amagansett Modular \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Workhome-Playhome<\/a>
Photo by Rub\u00e9n Dario Kleimeer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Workhome-Playhome, the Netherlands, by Lagado Architects<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Lagado Architects<\/a>\u00a0founders Victor Verhagen and Maria Vasiloglou gave their Rotterdam<\/a> townhouse a fun revamp full of bold colour combinations.<\/p>\n

They dressed their chartreuse-yellow Togo with navy and pink cushions, contrasting with a pale-blue rug and orange storage units \u2013 plus the green provided by plenty of plants.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Workhome-Playhome \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Living<\/a>
Photo by Zac and Zac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Town apartment, UK, by Luke McClelland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A large corner suite of dark-blue Togo seating anchors the sitting room in this Georgian apartment in Edinburgh<\/a>, overhauled by local architect\u00a0Luke McClelland<\/a> to accentuate the building’s historic features.<\/p>\n

In combination with giant abstract paintings by Edinburgh-based artist\u00a0Arran Rahimian<\/a>, its squishy form helps to soften the room’s stark white walls and high ceilings.<\/p>\n

Find out more about this apartment \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring living rooms with statement rugs<\/a>, sculptural coffee tables<\/a> and suspended fireplaces<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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