Q&A: Inga Sempé on Designing a Sofa That Doesn't Bore Her Stiff

Parisian designer Inga Sempé discusses her exuberant new Ruché sofa for Ligne Roset.

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Inga Sempé is one of the hottest designers working in Europe now,
a description that would doubtless annoy her to no end. Sempé, who was
born, lives, and works in Paris, has said she would like to
die in Paris and has a uniquely French disdain for tidy labels. She thinks artistic
inspiration is for hacks and refuses to characterize her work
thematically, claiming only that, "My aim is to do things I'm...