One Plus Armchair is a minimal armchair designed by Milan-based studio Bernhardt&Vella as part of their new collection No More Private. The chair’s architecture mirrors the spatial logic of their renovated apartment on Via Popoli Uniti. Just as they preserved the building’s original bones while introducing contemporary gestures, the One Plus armchair balances classical restraint with modern comfort. Its solid structure echoes the apartment’s emphasis on stability – walls that have weathered decades, floors that bear the patina of countless footsteps. Yet the upholstery’s plush embrace speaks to contemporary desires for softness, for respite from urban intensity.

In the lineage of Italian design, the One Plus finds kinship with pieces like Pierre Paulin’s curved sofa that softens their angular living room. Both prioritize the body’s needs over geometric purity, understanding that true elegance emerges from use rather than mere appearance. The chair’s “precise image of stability” connects it to a tradition that includes Gianfranco Frattini’s work for Bernini – designs that age gracefully because they were conceived for human comfort rather than photographic perfection.

The tactile quality of the One Plus upholstery deserves particular attention. In an era increasingly dominated by digital interfaces, the chair offers something irreplaceable – physical presence that rewards touch. This materiality aligns with broader movements in contemporary design toward sensory engagement, toward objects that ground us in embodied experience.