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Freifrau: Leyasol 2023, 27 60

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Birgit Hoffmann, Christoph Kahleyss
FREIFRAU (FF): Das zum Design-Klassiker avancierte
Model „Leya“ feiert dieses Jahr sein 10-jähriges
Jubiläum. Im Jahr 2020 ist daraus auch eine Out-
doorversion entstanden: Leyasol. Wie funktionier-
te die Adaption?
BIRGIT HOFFMANN (BH): Formal war es sicher
weniger komplex, als wenn man eine ganz neue
Kollektion entwirft, da wir mit Leya schon eine
Art Vorlage hatten. Die Herausforderung war es,
spezielle outdoortaugliche Materialien zu finden –
von den Polsterfüllungen bis zu den Bezugs-
stoffen –, die sich technisch gut verarbeiten
lassen, entsprechend strapazierfähig sind und
dabei optisch zum Freifrau-Look passen.
CHRISTOPH KAHLEYSS (CK): Wir hatten uns
zu nächst an der Idee aufgehängt, das Design
beizu behalten und es lediglich outdoortauglich zu
machen. Das war aber technisch nicht möglich,
weil sich durch die faltige Oberfläche Wasser und
Schmutz gesammelt hätten. Also haben wir die
Schale als einen Drahtkorb gestaltet, in dem das
Polster lose eingelegt wird.
FREIFRAU (FF): The model „Leya“, which has become
a design classic, celebrates its 10th anniversary
this year. In 2020, it has also become an outdoor
version: Leyasol. How did the adaptation work?
BIRGIT HOFFMANN (BH): In purely formal terms,
it was probably a bit easier than first time round
because, with Leya, we had a blueprint. The new
challenge was to find special materials suitable for
outdoor use - from the upholstery fillings to the
upholstery fabrics - that could be processed tech-
nically well, were correspondingly hard-wearing,
and at the same time visually matching to the Fre-
ifrau look. For example At first, all of our prototype
cushions looked either too rounded and too hard
or too flat, too saggy. In the end, though, I think we
found just the right mix.
CHRISTOPH KAHLEYSS (CK): At first, we wanted
to simply keep the existing design and make it out-
door-ready. As it turned out, though, that wasn’t
actually doable because the folds on the classic
Leya models would have collected water and dirt.
So we had to think again – and came up with the
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