Benjamin Hubert | Layer

Benjamin Hubert is an award-winning British design entrepreneur, and founder of creative agency, Layer. Layer is focused on experience-driven design for both the physical and digital worlds. Led by Benjamin and a growing creative team, Layer is partnering with forward-thinking brands – including Nike, Google, Bang and Olufsen, Samsung, Braun, Fritz Hansen and Vitra– to create products that will help define the way we live, work and communicate in the future, from A.I to smart wearables and furniture systems, to the next generation of media devices and mobile communication tools.

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Sabot is a playful arrangement of abstract volumes supported by characterful timber feet that are a celebration of Prostoria’s woodworking capability. The modular sofa system takes its name from a type of simple, timber shoe – a nod to these wooden feet. The soft and approachable design language is inspired by residential interiors, and brings a strong playful identity to commercial spaces. Each module has a super-soft, friendly silhouette that floats above the exposed timber legs in a cloud-like way, and these modules can be combined to create linear or island configurations. The movable side accessories – including tables and dividers – mimic the floating language of these seating modules, while planters offer the ability to create green privacy screens. 

Sabot can be configured to create linear two-, three-, or four-seat sofas and asymmetrical S-shaped configurations that allow for added privacy between seating. The modules can also be connected together to form islands or clustered arrangements. These flexible configurations of low table tops, poufs, and seating modules offer mixed capacity seating for dynamic spaces, such as break-out areas, lobbies, and receptions.