R.2Tibidabo High back sofa - CUSHIONS INCLUDED: 45x45 2 pz, 60x60 3 pz
This piece’s catalogue page, from Varaschin — Landscapes 2021. The page and its photography remain © Varaschin. Open it in the reader.
tibidabo by Varaschin
Tibidabo chaise longue
sunloungers & daybeds · aluminium
The inspiration comes from a children's book by Bruno Munari, "Draw a tree". In the book Munari teaches how to draw various types of trees starting from a plant growth graphic schematization. A simple line represents the trunk and multiplies on a regular and proportional basis until it forms the foliage. We had the intuition to bring this growth pattern onto a white sheet and then bend the sheet around the pillows. The result is a combination of essential elegance and extreme simplicity associated with black and white colorings which emphasize the strong graphic aesthetics.
About the TIBIDABO collection as a whole. Design: Calvi Brambilla.
Materialaluminium
teakaluminiumfabricmetalsolid woodsteel
Colour charts © Varaschin. Ask us for the current season’s colour card.
As printed161 183 42 77
Width161 cm
Depth183 cm
Height77 cm
Seat height42 cm
Plan, to scale. The bar is 45 cm — about the width of a pair of shoulders.
Height convention, as printed
“Altezza riferita con top Hpl e ceramica” — Height reported with Hpl and ceramic top. The book’s own note, printed at reader p. 4.
Custom cushionsMade to order for this frame, in your chosen fabric — commission cushions, or read Cushions & comfort below.
Lead timeOn enquiry — ask us about this piece.
No finish chosen yet. Pick one above and it is kept with the piece — through the shortlist, the workspace schedule and the export.
Full specification
- Materials
- alluminio verniciato a polverifibra sintetica intrecciata a manogomme Dryfeel
- Material family
- aluminium
- Typology, as supplied
- dormeuse / chaise longue
The TIBIDABO collection, in the book
22 pieces across 22 spreads (reader pp. 51–72). Credited to Calvi Brambilla.
One finish palette covers the whole Varaschin range.
These are the finishes Varaschin offers across its collections, not the stock on hand. The technical sheet confirms the finish this piece is made in. Your choice here stays with the piece and carries through to your shortlist, the workspace schedule and its export.
Frame finish
51 · 4 printed documents · 13 printed pagesThe maker’s frame and leg finishes: 51 across 3 families.
LACCATI25
METALLI20
Weave
20 · 3 printed documents · 5 printed pages20 weave colours. A woven piece has both a weave colour and a frame finish, and each is specified separately.
CORDINO3
INTRECCI17
Seat fabric
412 · 5 printed documents · 82 printed pagesThe maker’s fabric library: 412 colours across 53 ranges. The fabric you choose stays with the piece, through the shortlist, the workspace schedule and the export.
ABACO15
AFRICA1
ALVEARE8
ANTIGUA6
BATYLINE2
CANVAS15
COLONIALE12
CRISP12
DALÌ16
DUNE8
FIAMMATO4
GAIA8
ICARUS19
INTARSIO3
JAZZ7
JUNGLE4
LINEAR3
LINOSA2
LOPEZ12
LUNA9
MADRAS8
MARINE12
MAYA9
MEDLEY16
MELANGE6
NOBEL8
OSCAR4
PANAMA19
PARTY4
PASHMINA9
PASTEL7
PELLE12
PELLE NABUK4
PELLE TEXTURE4
PERNICE8
PIPER12
PIXEL3
POP9
PURALANA14
PUROLINO10
ROMBO6
SOLEY6
SPIGATO6
SPUGNA4
STRIPES15
SUN7
TRICOT4
VEGETAL11
VOGUE5
Printed colours are approximate — specify against a physical sample. Swatches above reproduce the maker’s printed colour samples.
- cinque colori dell'intreccio EMMA CROSS / EMMA CROSS weave, 5 colours
- corda intreccio EMMA, due toni / EMMA cords, two standard tones
- 6 colori della struttura EMMA SUNSCREEN / 6 colours of the EMMA SUNSCREEN structure
- colorazioni bianco e nero TIBIDABO / TIBIDABO black and white colorings
- struttura bianco / WHITE STRUCTURE
- struttura grigio seta / SILK GREY STRUCTURE
- struttura grigio / GREY STRUCTURE
- alluminio verniciato bianco / white powder-coated aluminium
- GRIGIO / GREY
- TAUPE / TAUPE
- BRONZO / BRONZE
- ALUMINIUM / ALLUMINIO moka / dark brown
- CERAMIC / CERAMICA grey porphyry / porfido grigio
- HPL corten
- IROKO
- ALUMINIUM / ALLUMINIO bronze / bronzo
- ALUMINIUM / ALLUMINIO grey / grigio
- CERAMIC / CERAMICA lime white / bianco calce
- TEAK
- ALUMINIUM / ALLUMINIO silk grey / grigio seta
- HPL bedonia
- ALUMINIUM / ALLUMINIO Black / nero
- HPL cement / cemento
- HPL silk grey / grigio seta
- CERAMIC / CERAMICA dark stone / grigio scuro
- ALUMINIUM / ALLUMINIO white / bianco
Cushion thickness follows the frame: each frame’s seat is built low or high for the cushion it is designed to carry. A dining pad is therefore thin and deep seating thick, and neither is an upgrade on the other.
- For a sunloungers or daybed
- 8–12 cm, hinged — the pad follows the adjustable back, and a fast-draining open-cell core is the usual choice, because a sunlounger spends more time in the weather than most pieces.
- Core
- Cushions for exposed pieces have an open-cell, fast-draining (reticulated) foam core, so water runs straight through rather than pooling in the foam. A crowned top sheds standing water. Neither makes a cushion waterproof: outdoor cushions are built to drain.
- Fabric
- In outdoor fabric, what matters is the fibre. Solution-dyed yarn carries its colour all the way through, so it holds up to sun and scrubbing; surface-dyed cloth loses its colour as it wears. Performance fabrics resist water but are not waterproof. Mildew grows on dirt left on the cloth rather than in the fibre. The usual care advice is to wash and dry the cloth, and to stand a soaked cushion on its edge to drain.
- Patterns & your own fabric
- Plains, stripes and prints can all be specified. The brief records the repeat, the direction and any railroading, so the pattern lines up on every panel. Many pieces also accept customer’s own material (C.O.M.); the brief asks whether you will supply your own.
As the maker dimensions it
Commission custom cushionsVaraschin gives the cushion thickness for a few pieces: 14 cm on the TIBIDABO sofa, over a 28 cm seat base, and 15 cm on the BABYLON sofa. The CRICKET settee has 9 cm on a sculpted shell, and the TIBIDABO dining armchair 8 cm. Most product sheets give the seat height only.
Made to order through our supplier workshops: sized to this frame, in your chosen fabric, from a thin dining pad to full deep-seating cushions.
Technical sheet issued on request, per piece.
Each sheet is issued against the maker’s current revision, so the drawing you receive matches the piece that will be built.
Request technical sheetThis piece appears in Varaschin’s LANDSCAPES 2021/2022 catalogue.
The full catalogue can be read on this site. The catalogue and every page of it remain © Varaschin.
Open the page in the readerPlan and elevation are generated from the dimensions on this page.
- MODELLO REGISTRATO / REGISTERED MODEL
- Registered-design notice printed at the foot of the collection description on the openers of EMMA (render p004), EMMA CROSS (p031), EMMA SUNSCREEN (p046), TIBIDABO (p051), SUMMER SET (p095), CRICKET (p110), BABYLON (p127), SYSTEM STAR (p136), SYSTEM (p144), BARCODE (p155) and BALI (p163). NOT printed on the BELT opener (render p073) — BELT is the one collection in part 1 whose opener carries no registered-model line.
- teak di piantagione certificata / certified plantation teak
- Timber sourcing claim printed on the SYSTEM opener (render p144, for the optional teak bench seat), the BARCODE opener (p155, whole collection) and the BALI opener (p163, whole collection). Printed wording: "teak di piantagione certificata" / "plantation certified solid teak" / "solid teak wood from certified plantation". No certification scheme or certificate number is printed.
- soluzioni d'arredo / MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS (BELT)
- BELT carries two configuration-reference spreads, render p089 (printed 174-175) and render p093 (printed 182-183). Each prints eight plan-view sofa layouts labelled /01 to /08. NO article codes and NO dimensions are printed on either spread — they are layout inspiration only, not a parts list.
- MODELLO REGISTRATO / REGISTERED MODEL
- Registration statement printed on the technical spreads of BALI BERGÈRE DECK RELAX, NOSS, CLEVER, LINK, BENTO, PLINTO, BAHIA, MAAT and KOLONAKI. SMART instead prints 'MATERIALE REGISTRATO / REGISTERED MATERIAL' (referring to VAR#TEX, not the model).
- LINK extendable mechanism
- Dedicated spread 'link allungabile / EXTENDABLE TABLE' (printed 404-405) showing the 200x100 H73 in three states: closed 200, one 55 cm leaf to 255, two 55 cm leaves to 310. The photo captions are printed '200 mm / 255 mm / 310 mm' — evidently centimetres given the icons and the rest of the catalogue; recorded as printed, not corrected.
- BENTO composition rules
- 'soluzioni d'arredo / MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS' (printed 470-471): nine worked composition diagrams labelled /01 to /09 built from the seven BENTO modules. The prose states the customer may re-arrange purchased modules repeatedly and add further modules later, 'rispettando semplicemente le regole di composizione / following the possible options available'. Caption: 'DIVANO BENTO - TAVOLINO BELT - PANCA SYSTEM'.
- CARPET material specification
- 'Tappeti per esterno realizzati con fibre sintetiche, non-assorbenti e altamente resistenti all'azione degli agenti atmosferici. 100% Polipropilene / Outdoor carpet in synthetic fibers, non absorbent and highly resistant to bad weather. 100% Polypropelene' (spelling as printed).
- COVER — protective covers programme
- Custom-made covers cut to the ordered sofa composition and produced at the same time as the sofa. 100% polyester, 180 g/m2, light grey, one side coated with acrylic resin, Teflon stain-repellent and oil/water-repellent treatment. Tested to UNI EN 20811 (water permeability): water column greater than 1000 mm.
Varaschin’s own care text, from its LANDSCAPES 2021/2022 catalogue.
- Brand
- Varaschin · Italy
- Collection
- tibidabo
- Designer
- Calvi Brambilla
- Category
- Sunloungers & daybeds
- Status
- Current range
- Suited to
- Hotels & Resorts · Beach & Marine Clubs
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- Varaschin
- Materials
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- Dimensions
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- Designer
- Calvi Brambilla
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