Form and function... Cubed

The apartment market in New Zealand is one of the fastest growing sectors in all of real estate and it’s not surprising when their appeal is almost universal. Empty-nesters looking to downsize into the perfect lock-up-and-leave scenario, first home buyers wanting a city lifestyle and investors looking to capitalise on their investment—apartments are the way forward.

The secret to successful apartment living—unless you’re lucky enough to live in a penthouse—lies in being able to maximise the available space and the best way to do that is with multifunctional furniture, says Anthony Chan, a Director for Poynters.

“Space-saving and multifunctional furniture has really come into its own in recent years with a number of companies around the world, especially Europe, dedicating some serious time to research and development of pieces specifically designed for apartment dwellers.

“One of those companies is Innovation. This Danish company has dedicated itself to the design and development of multifunctional sofa beds since 1989 and has garnered a worldwide reputation as one of the best.

“Innovation’s latest offering is the Cubed 02 sofa bed, designed by renowned designer Per Weiss and featuring a distinctly Scandinavian aesthetic backed by solid engineering. A strong welded steel frame throughout, carefully engineered backrest adjustment mechanisms and pocket sprung upholstery throughout, make this a stylish piece of real quality.”

Cubed 02 is an iteration of the popular Cubed sofa bed range and features more padding in the mattress and self-opening legs to make the conversion from sofa to a bed and back again seamless.

“The automatic leg extend/retract mechanism is a great innovation and means the conversion process is simple and user-friendly taking around 30 seconds to complete,” says Anthony.

“Cubed 02 features an I-Comfort Excess pocket spring mattress for even greater comfort when sitting, lounging or sleeping and unlike a lot of cheap sofa beds there’s no uncomfortable leg frame to poke you in the back when sleeping.”

Cubed 02 comes in two sizes—Cubed 02 140 and Cubed 02 160—where the 140 is standard double-bed size and the 160 bigger than queen size. It can also be specified with oak legs in natural or dark stain or chrome legs and is available ex stock in up to 10 fabric colours. For customers happy to back-order, a wider range of fabrics can be selected from the fabric swatch book.

As a sofa, Cubed 02 is very compact, measuring 147cm (w) or 167cm (w) x 67cm (h) x 96cm (d), yet extends to a full 201cm (l) when being used as a bed, for the Cubed 02 140 and Cubed 02 160 sofa beds, respectively.

“Another feature of Cubed 02 is that as the sofa it is very presentable from all angles, which means it can easily be placed anywhere in the room and doesn’t have to be positioned up against a wall.”

Poynters has the Cubed 02 available ex stock or via indent and can ship New Zealand-wide. Innovation sofa beds are supplied either fully assembled or flat-packed if preferred. The product is backed by a two-year warranty.

Learn more about the Cube 02 sofa bed.