Minotti Emmi Cord outdoor sofa and armchair

One line, seat to back

The frame is the whole idea. A thin metal tube leaves the floor, runs under the seat and rises into the back in one unbroken curve, so the sofa reads as a single drawn line with cushions set into it. Woven cord covers that tube in the same color from end to end. Cord of this kind sheds rain and dries quickly after a storm, and an open weave gives water nowhere to sit, which matters on a roof deck or a pool terrace that gets hosed down.

Peer looked back to outdoor furniture of the 1970s, when patio seats were low, deep and generously padded. Emmi keeps those soft proportions but puts them on a frame thin enough that the pieces look light on a stone floor. The armchair ships with a footstool, which turns it into a place to stretch out with a book. Set two armchairs across a low table from the sofa and the group reads as a small outdoor living room.

Emmi sits among Minotti lounge chairs that began life indoors and were rebuilt for weather. That history helps if the same design already stands in your living room, since the terrace version carries the line outside. Cushions are the part to plan for in winter: store them dry or under cover through the cold months, and the cord frame itself needs little more than a rinse. Current cord colors and outdoor fabrics are listed with each quote.