Description
This continuous change of flow is harmonised by unprecedented tailoring. A combination of rigour and sinuosity, form and function, Yves is a seating system with a dual soul, blending rational volumes and organic shapes with unexpected, dynamic tailored details inspired by the elegance of the 1970s. Its flowing one-piece seats create different depths and cosy configurations, with spaces that can accommodate small tables or ottomans, adapting to the evolving needs of contemporary living. The segmented architectural backrests follow the curves of the seats, creating gaps that allow consecutive elements to connect without appearing monolithic.
Asymmetrical seams rhythmically shape the volumes and become an integral part of the architectural language, even defining the unusual positioning of the aluminium feet. These couture-inspired details, combined with the system’s sinuous forms, transform traditional modularity into lively, asymmetrical, and innovative configurations that remain reassuring and comfortable. Yves offers two types of seating—traditional cushions and contemporary one-piece seats—creating a dynamic domestic landscape with a distinctive, timeless character.
Structure: Made of plywood in various thicknesses, with the seat built from multiple layers of high-resilience, variable-density polyurethane foam and finished with high-loft channelled goose-down padding for enhanced softness and comfort. The down is Assopiuma Gold Label certified and routinely sanitised according to EC Regulation No. 1069/2009. The armrest and backrest are also padded with high-resilience polyurethane foam and encased in breathable, hypoallergenic quilted fibre laminated to white cotton fabric. The upholstery features distinctive asymmetrical double-stitched seams connecting the fabric or leather panels, enhanced by elegant piping that highlights the system’s haute couture craftsmanship.
Cushions: Backrest cushion padding in channelled goose down with insert in high-resilience polyurethane foam encased in temperature-sensitive material.
Feet: Primary and weight-bearing, in extruded chromed aluminium or varnished polished Black Coffee colour with glossy anti-fingerprint finish. Support is further guaranteed by metal feet with varnished polished anti-fingerprint black colour finish. Black protective SEBS and polyethylene glides.
Ottomans Ø 104, 84 e 64 cm: Base in metal Chrome finish or varnished polished Black Coffee colour with glossy anti-fingerprint finish. Rests on castors with structure in nylon and thermoplastic polyurethane rubber.
HEADREST: Made of plywood coated in high-resilience polyurethane foam, then sheathed in breathable, heat-bonded fiber laminated to white cotton canvas. To improve adherence of the element to the seat, a counterweight is inserted inside the fabric strip where it meets the seat cushion. Headrest upholstery can be chosen from among the fabric or leather in the sample books; if not specified at the time the order is placed, it will be matched to the sofa upholstery. Non-slip fabric on the bottom. Cover completely removable.
YVES SUITE Structure: in plywood of various thicknesses. The seat, armrest and backrest structures are in high-resilience, variable-density polyurethane foam, then encased in breathable quilted heat-bonded polyester fibre laminated to white cotton fabric. All materials employed in manufacturing the quilted padding are hypoallergenic. Seat structure is concave to accommodate the seat cushion. Tailoring of all the upholstery (base/ backrest/armrests and seat cushion) is characterised by asymmetrical double-stitched seams that join the various pieces of fabric or leather previously laminated to heat-bonded fibre with the white cotton fabric. This singular tailoring process is further distinguished by piping, which enhances the haute couture aspect of the workmanship, a distinctive trait of the system.
Cushions: seat and backrest cushions, padded in high-loft channelled goose down to lend greater softness and increase comfort, undergo routine sanitisation as specified in EC Regulation No. 1069/2009 (Assopiuma Gold Label certified). The cushions are then encased in breathable heat-bonded fibre laminated to white hypoallergenic cotton fabric. Seat and backrest cushions with high resilience, variable-density polyurethane foam insert in temperature-sensitive material. The polyurethane foam in the seat cushion is contoured to adapt perfectly to the asymmetrical double-stitched seams that join the various parts of the fabric. A core insert made of steel pocket springs ensures non-deformability of the seat and greater comfort.
Covers: upholstery is completely removable in all versions (fabric and leather).
Feet: primary and weight-bearing, in extruded Chromed aluminium or varnished polished Black Coffee colour with glossy anti-fingerprint finish. Support is further guaranteed by metal feet with varnished polished anti-fingerprint black colour finish. Black protective SEBS and polyethylene glides.
Designer
Hannes Peer
Minotti’s collaboration with Hannes Peer, internationally recognised architect and designer from South Tyrol, makes its debut in 2024. Inspired by an approach that weave together past and present, traditional and modern elements, Hannes Peer shares the brand’s desire to shape designs that harmoniously merge aesthetics and functionality, reflecting a timeless quality that transcends the fleeting nature of trends. Constantly driven by his passion for experimenting with materials, textures and colours, Hannes Peer strives to balance architecture, interior design and product design in every project, allowing each element to find its own raison d’être.
His is an eclectic and multifaceted design language that overlaps different styles working on all scales and, when joining Minotti’s vision, it finds its perfect expression in the Yves modular seating system: a project with a dual soul that reveals itself in a combination of rigorous volumes and organic shapes, rich in unexpected and dynamic couture details.






































