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Every facility manager of a busy Indian lobby knows the morning ritual: pushing yesterday's furniture back where it belongs. Kiik ends it at the source. Arper provides dedicated floor-fixing kits — one for the sofa and ottoman frames, another for consoles of every height — so a composition planned for a bank hall, a hospital reception or a campus atrium is secured to the slab and stays exactly where the drawing put it, through crowds, cleaning shifts and festival footfall alike.
What gets anchored is a system worth keeping in place: Ichiro Iwasaki's 2018 design of steel frames in three lengths for two, three or four modules, cushions with standard or high backrests, corner modules for right-angle turns, five tabletop shapes including two corner connectors, consoles at three heights, a six-seater ottoman. Removable covers in fabric, leather, faux leather or the customer's material; USB kits available across the family. La Mercanti delivers Kiik across India with fabric samples ahead of the order.
Collection: Kiik by Arper — modular system of sofas, side tables, consoles and ottoman for waiting, reception, work and common areas
Designer: Ichiro Iwasaki, 2018
Frames: three lengths — S126 (2 units; frame 92.6 × 33 × h 35 cm; assembled 126 × 63 cm), S189 (3 units; 155.6 cm; 189 × 63), S252 (4 units; 218.6 cm; 252 × 63) — black powder-coated steel with legs in polished or black-coated die-cast aluminium
Unit system: seat cushion = 1 unit; small rectangular table = 0.5 unit; square table = 1 unit; large rectangular table = 2 units
Seating modules (hooked to the frames; removable covers in fabric, leather, faux leather or customer's fabric/leather): cushion 63 × 63 × h 10 cm; with standard backrest h 40 cm; with high backrest h 60 cm; right/left corner modules, standard or high, for 90° layouts
Armrests and divider: terminal armrests right/left 60 × 8 × 30 cm, always at the ends next to a backrest module; middle armrest 63 × 9 × 30 cm between two same-facing backrest modules; painted-MDF seat divider 59 × 1.2 × 10 cm between any two modules
Side tables (black-oak or natural-oak effect laminate, 1.4 cm thick): rectangular 31.5 × 63 cm (also cantilevered via the C link), square 63 × 63 cm, rectangular 126 × 63 cm; triangular 63 × 63 × 63 cm and quarter-round tables act as connectors for 90° and 120° compositions
Consoles: 252 × 40 cm, three heights — 58, 72 and 105 cm — in black-oak or natural-oak effect laminate
Ottoman: 126 × 157.5 × h 36 cm, six seats, die-cast aluminium legs, upholstered removable cover
Links: Plate link joins two sofas or anchors the triangular table; C link supports cantilevered tops (two C links for the quarter-round at 90°); Island link couples two S189/S252 frames
Ground attachment: dedicated floor-fixing kits for sofa/ottoman frames and for consoles of any height
Electrification: USB sockets across the whole collection — universal kit for sofas and ottomans (2 USB-A, 5 V DC, max 2.4 A) and a kit for side tables and consoles (2 units of 2 USB-A each)
Care: tops with a soft damp cloth; laminates with non-abrasive household detergents; chromed or lacquered metals rinsed and dried with a chamois, polishes not recommended; fabrics vacuumed weekly on low suction; leathers never with water — specific products only, tested 24 h on a hidden area; faux leather with a damp cloth
Uses: waiting rooms and reception areas, work and collaborative spaces, common and lounge zones, hospitality, home office
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