Seven sofas, seven pairs
Anke and Frank Anke: It was love at first sight. I was in seventh grade and Frank was the prettiest boy in the whole school. All the girls were looking at him. But we both heard plates for hours in the afternoon and drank tea. Just holding hands on the playground - that was not my cup of tea.
Frank: Until today we deliberately do not wear wedding rings. We just know that we belong together. That was right from the start. Although we are totally different: If Anke had to choose a sofa, it would be white, like this one, mine would be black. Oh, and the darn seventh year there are really - we have already experienced it four times.
Sofa Nuba by Cor, Design: Studio Vertijet, W 150 x H 70 x D 96 cm, from 1952 Euro
Birgit and Gerd Gerd: In the newspaper, I found an ad: "For the next 25 years, I'm still afloat and ready for all outrages." I liked that, I wrote back. A few days later the phone rang. Birgit was on it. We chatted for a while. "That's it or not," I knew immediately when I heard her voice. "You're the right one!" I said to her then.
Birgit: That was way too fast. He did not even know what I looked like. A few days later we met in the park. The sky was bright blue. He asked, "Do you want to see me again?" Before I could answer, he kissed me. You have to imagine that: at our age! At least I wanted to make him fidget a bit. One day I have endured, the next we were together.
Sofa Impra by Hans Kaufeld, designed by Jan Wichers, W 129 x H 76 x D 90 cm, from 2700 Euro
Dagrun and Mathias Dagrun: Mathias worked in the same house, but for the competition. It would be fun to drink a beer, I thought every time I met him in the hallway. I always made a stupid joke then. He laughed. Luckily, I did not find out later that he thought I was a simpleton. At some point after a show opening we collapsed in a pub together and talked all night.
Mathias: "Do we stay professional, or do we become unprofessional?" I asked her when we landed at my front door in the early morning. We decided to be unprofessional. Three days later I gave her my apartment key. Incidentally, the exhibition was called "2 = 1".
Sofa Louis XVI by Octopus Versand, W 118 x H 85 x D 67 cm, ca. 378 Euro
Annelies and Klaus Annelies: I remember the day as if it had been yesterday. "Café Keese" 24 years ago. Ladies' choice. Klaus pleased me best of all men. He looked good and was not as intrusive as the others. So I invited him to dance. Once, twice, over and over. Until he finally sat down at my table. We arranged an appointment. When the time came, he did not appear. That's it! I was so disappointed.
Klaus: All I had forgotten was her address. But she did not know that at the time. Luckily she found out where I lived and stood in front of my door a few days later. Since then we are inseparable.
Sofa Poet of home decor 66, design. Finn Juhl, W 136 x H 87 x D 80 cm, about 6272 Euro
Peter and Christian Christian: After the theater I went to a bar with friends. Peter stood there alone at the counter. Sympathetic guy! The alcohol made me courageous. I asked the waitress to serve the lonely man a champagne.
Peter: No idea who brought the drink! I asked the bartender, but she was not allowed to reveal anything. Christian did not speak to me until he left. Wonderful! I wanted to meet him again. That's 20 years ago. In the meantime we are married.
Sofa Vero by Rolf Benz, W 189 x H 90 x D 95 cm, from 5547 Euro
Dani (and) Torsten Dani: A blind date on the sofa? Funny idea. For me it is important to hear someone's voice, to see how it moves. That's why I do not want to meet men over the internet. Torsten probably would not have noticed me on the street right away. But I thought he was very nice and liked that he relaxed on the sofa next to me while I was laughing with excitement. How it goes on? Wait. , ,
Torsten: A friend had persuaded me on this blind date. My first reaction was: No! My second: why not? On the way there, I was a bit nervous. No idea what to expect. But when I saw Dani, I was relieved. She looked really sympathetic and uncomplicated. After the photo, we have a deal agreed: We do not learn from ChroniquesDuVasteMonde WOMAN, as we found.
Sofa Pumpkin by Ligne Roset, design: Pierre Paulin, W 184 x H 71 x D 86 cm, from 1818 Euro
Mona and Thomas Mona: Thomas and I had the same way to school. We even went to a high school together.Nevertheless, he never noticed me, not two and a half years. At some point I noticed him after all: how he sat so sleepily in the morning in the subway. Really cute. So I wrote him a message on the internet platform meinVZ.
Thomas: I liked Mona for a while. She was somehow different, the clothes she wore - a bit slanted. But I just liked that. When the news came, I thought she wanted to know something about the school. Only then did I realize that it was about a date. Whoever did not appear at the agreed meeting place was her. I waited and waited. She had overslept. "That's going well", I thought only. But it has sparked anyway. At the next attempt, when we looked at the European Championship game Germany against Austria. That evening we kissed for the first time.
Sofa Chaise Longue by Artifort, original from the seventies by Conni Kotte, W 192 x H 66 x D 91 cm, ca. 1800 Euro
