[Written in partnership with Joey Sofa, but the editorial team had full control over the content.]
Over the weekend, we attended an occasion at REXKL. Earlier than even getting into the area, we have been handed black satin blindfolds to placed on.
With our blindfolds on, we have been guided by a mild hand and a pleasant voice motivating us to take every step down the quick flight of stairs into the open but heat area on the primary ground of the constructing.
“Come on, you are able to do this!”
“Don’t fear, I’ve obtained you.”
“Good job, I’m so happy with you,” the particular person mentioned to my unseeing self, earlier than leaving me to information the following attendee on the area’s entrance.
As sus as the entire interplay sounds to this point, don’t get the flawed concept—we have been truly there for Joey Couch’s newest occasion, held in collaboration with Rexperience.
Minutes later, we have been prompted to take away our blindfolds, and the gathering of micro-influencers clad in fashionable getups that shaped the viewers have been handled to an area made vibrant by scenic projections and sofas in an array of colors.
On the entrance and centre sat a girl in white, studying on a Joey Couch because the viewers took their seats on different ones that confronted her.
Then got here the music.
A settee for various moments in your life
The modular Joey Couch will be customised into 4 totally different orientations, match for a number of social settings and sleeved in certainly one of eight vibrant colors of corduroy.
Sitting in Color represents one of many model’s first forays into the experiential area for the reason that Joey Couch’s launch about three months in the past.
Missing a brick-and-mortar retailer, the Joey Couch model has relied on taking up bodily areas to provide audiences a really feel for his or her comforts, solely this time, they took it a bit additional.
Because the comfortable ambient music performed, a person joined the lady on the sofa, backdropped by a view of ocean waves and the setting solar.
With the duo dancing the story of affection and its comforts and conflicts, the partitions of the Rexperience area shifted too by way of numerous pure surroundings; from a shiny solar in opposition to an orange sky to a snow-white icy waterfall, to a cacophonous inexperienced forest.
Certainly, the projections mirrored the eight color choices of the Joey Couch interspersed all through the corridor, which is available in Seashell (mild gray), Seaside (beige), Sundown (orange), Peony (pink), Mist (blue), Sage (mild inexperienced), Forest (darkish inexperienced), and Stone (darkish gray).
In every act the duo would change the orientation of the Joey Couch, from the basic sofa to dialog pit to a flat mattress, showcasing the flexibility and ease of use of the couch, earlier than ending the efficiency laying on the ‘film’ orientation, with pink flowers and petals floating within the background.
“Sitting in Color, this present, is our little love letter to all of the shades of consolation. At Joey, we imagine that consolation is not only sitting or sleeping; it’s a sense, a vibe, a bit piece of dwelling that you simply carry with your self. It’s an unstated language that connects us all.”
– Joey Tan, co-founder of Joey Couch
My evaluate? The efficiency was a heart-pulling show of the comforts of affection, and it did nicely at incorporating the Joey Couch into the story.
Sharing the second
“We wished folks to come back and really expertise the colors [of the Joey Sofa]. Just like the pink flowers for the ‘Peony’ couch and the jungle visuals for the ‘Forest’ couch, we wished folks to essentially sit in color and be taken away, on an experiential journey by way of the totally different shades of the Joey Couch,” mentioned Joey.
As such, after the efficiency, audiences have been free to take pleasure in and modify the sofas to totally different orientations, for a full really feel of the product.
“We have been impressed by the reception of the pre-launch giveaway, which obtained about 5,000 to six,000 shares, which was introduced within the type of a moodboard. We wished to show that into an immersive expertise,” mentioned Winson Chong, one other one of many co-founders.
Past the efficiency, friends have been additionally given the prospect to take their “Glow Portraits” to “seize their vibe,” share a message on the “Wall of Color,” and even take dwelling an embroidered pouch that we obtained to customize with our initials.
All in all, Sitting in Color proved to be a enjoyable expertise that completely displayed the options and beauties of the Joey Couch.
Presently promoting for RM2,995, with the choice to separate the price into 24 month-to-month installments with zero curiosity, the Joey Couch affords shoppers a comparatively inexpensive product, constructed to final with its extremely sturdy corduroy material, ranking 75,000 on the Martindale scale.
Dictionary time: Basically, the Martindale scale is a measure of the sturdiness of textiles, particularly these used for upholstery. In line with JustFabrics, scores underneath 30,000 are greatest for home use, whereas these above 30,000 can be utilized for heavy business use as nicely.
Sit down for your self
For the following six months, the Rexperience area will likely be populated by the Joey Sofas, providing guests a hands-on expertise of the modular product, and the visible efficiency would even be performed as an interlude between Rexperience’s common programmes.
When you’re trying to see simply how nicely they match into your properties, nevertheless, the Joey Couch affords clients a 99-day dwelling trial, with a straightforward return course of if you happen to change your thoughts.
“This collaboration marks a daring new step for Joey Couch because it strikes past the house and into the world of design, creativity, and neighborhood, and we’re extremely grateful to everybody who got here, lounged, and shared this second with us,” mentioned Joey.
Certainly, this newest occasion underneath Joey Couch is a testomony to the founders’ dedication to being a trailblazer for the trade. Much like their different enterprise, Joey Mattress, plainly the duo are consistently in search of alternatives to redefine simply what it means to be a furnishings enterprise.
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